So this morning I brought up a box from the basement. My mom, who is visiting, said, "What's in that?"
I replied, "That's the big box of bad."
"Huh?"
Then she got a real treat, watching me sort and count needles and syringes. Follistim is so easy, I'd forgotten all the nonsense with Menopur. I have a million and one containers of diluent; what the hell do you do with all that leftover stuff?
Anyhoo... the nurse has now ordered me 36 vials of Menopur, 12 days worth of needles, 60 Prometrium pills, 90 DHEA pills, and why not throw that Ovidrel in for good measure. The ridiculous thing is the most I'll pay for is the DHEA, which I could get over the counter for like $5, but Dr. Gorgeous won't let me touch that stuff.* And I guess given how much hormonal tinkering I've done over the past two years, I should probably listen.
Next Monday I'll call and get another vial of Cheap and Hardy Gametes. This is the part I like, when a cycle is shiny and new and anything is possible (of course, it's not even technically cd 1 yet). It's all down hill from baseline...
* So after a million rounds of phone tag the nurse told me that not only did Dr. G approve of the DHEA plan, she thought it was a good one. Really, if I don't get tenure, maybe I should become an RE.
Oh that's a lot of menopur. It stings! (me at least) so I wish you well.
ReplyDeletefwiw, I put the extra (and used) containers of saline in my sharps container and just have the biohazard people sort it out.
My mom would have freaked out at all of the sharp things that her "baby" had to use, so I am super impressed with yours. :-)
Yeah, that's a fuckload of Menopur. My IVF dose. And I'm wary of the LH in Menopur; I'm guessing either I'll stim really well, or this cycle is going to be abysmal, but definitely not middle ground. But, as Dr. G said, I'm not getting pregnant on Femara/Follistm, so let's try something new.
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