CD11: Stim day 3…adding in HGH and awaiting the hurricane

Tonight will be my 3rd dose of gonal-F and I though it was worthwhile to add in some HGH to try to help those straggling follicles along. I found a 15iu vial for $319 including overnight shipping (and delivery on a Saturday, no less) which was quite a good deal as compared to the local [...]

Posted on | August 27, 2011

Worrying

I’m feeling rather anxious about this Dr. B and what he is doing for the $1250 that I paid him last week. He’s vacillated on a number of details so far: Changed his mind about billing my insurance as “out of network” and not billing me for any outstanding balance. Added in a $1250 monitoring [...]

Posted on | April 19, 2011

CD5: Decisions have been made

Had a quick consult on the phone with my immunologist, who freaked out that Dr. Czech was thinking of going after only one egg. Thank god. I was the only one freaking out about this and I couldn’t understand WHY. He offered to do my IVF “and” my immune work together for about $9500. He’s [...]

Posted on | April 10, 2011

CD2Busy Day of Busy Work

Got up at the crack of dawn to see Dr. Indian in the Big Apple. Two trains to get there and about a mile of walking. The place was pretty empty, luckily. They took my blood and put me into an exam room. Two of the docs that did my retrieval came in to do [...]

Posted on | October 27, 2009