To Clip or Not to Clip

Two days until surgery. I went to the hospital tonight and gave them three vials of blood. They made me do a urine pregnancy test. They asked, of course, "Is there any chance that you are pregnant?" How I hate that question. There should be a big red mark on my chart: "Infertility patient. Handle with care."

I am nervous. Second guessing, in the 11th hour in typical fashion, whether or not to let Dr. G clip my tubes. And yes, she is clipping them not cutting them. And for this I am grateful because clipping has something like an 85% success rate of reversal. The clips ensure nasty cytokine-fluid cannot get into the uterus, but salvage the tubes in case you change your mind. I am glad Dr. G was a bit defiant and decided against Dr. Moustache's demand for them to be removed. I doubt he realizes any of this.

I will call her in the AM and beg her to do yet another chromopertubation on the OR table. Check those tubes one more time just to make sure that they weren't spasming the first time. My tubes deserve at least that much before I do permanent damage to them.

Nogales

On the 16th we're headed to Nogales for our first LIT treatment. Airfare was horrendous. $750! My travel agent (yes I use one because trying to find the best airfare among 15 websites is a waste of time) said that if we had 21 days advance notie that it would have been much cheaper.

Really?

I checked airfares four weeks out...for our anticipated 2nd LIT treatment. Were airfares cheaper? Not a chance. I know gas is high right now, but why on earth would it cost us $730 for 2 R/T tix to Tucson? What the heck is so popular about Tucson? Isn't it filled with retirees and their RVs? I've seen R/T fares to NYC on Southwest for $200 plus applicable taxes.

Go figure.