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Monday, January 15, 2007

CD25, IVD5

Fucking blogger. I wrote a huge account of the hell I've been going thru to this last week to get my uterine lavages done and then J sent me a link that crashed IE, and blogger ate my post. Normally it autosaves as you're writing, but alas, this time...not. Fuckity fucking fuckers. Is this how you entice me to switch to the new blogger?

What a waste of time.

So in a nutshell, Dr. G, who said she'd do my uterine lavages first didn't call me on Thurdsday as she said she would, she played possum on Friday, Saturday Dr.Hungarian asked me if I'd done my lavages (Me: "No, but Dr. G said she would....working on it"), and today, Monday, I find out from Nurse L that Dr. G has gone on vacation. She'll be "popping in" on Wednesday and why don't I "fax over a note for her to read" so she'll know my concerns.

Jesus fucking christ. I met with her in December and she agreed right there and then to do them, and now here we are two or three days before AF and my lavages aren't going to be happening.

Do I go ahead and start a cycle with Dr. Pompy THIS WEEK and then cancel if Dr. G changes her mind? I guess I have no other option but to assume she'll never do them and then act accordingly. You know?

God this sucks. I really thought that she was going to be there for us.

Nurse L said, "She read Dr. Hungarian's notes and realized that it's far more complicated than she thought it would be."

Complicated? Fuck. Dr. Hungarian's assistant, let's call her Nurse J even though she's not a nurse, Nurse J does them all on her own. Said to me that they're extremely easy to do. Take pouch of saline/gel, insert abx, run tubing to it, run tubing through pump, set pump flow rate, stick end thru cervix. Et voila! Leave me the materials. I can do it myself. Damn!

My instincts tell me that to a small degree that Nurse L might be to blame here. She's screwed things up in my treatment plan on more than one occassion.

My fax to Dr. G was sent earlier today, so I can only call back on Wednesday to see what's come of it. She has my copies of Dr. Hungarian's books, which I want to loan to Dr. W and Dr. Pompy....so I perhaps swinging by in person is the best thing to do at this point. Sigh.

It's always something, isn't it?

But on a happier note, Louise Brown has made news today!

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Blogger Fertile Soul said ... (10:29 AM) : 

Well that sucks. I cant stand when doctors do that. I cant stand when someone agrees to help you and then totally forgets about it!

But good luck nonetheless!

 

Anonymous Margo said ... (4:04 PM) : 

How frustrating. She shouldn't have left you hanging like that.

Good luck with all of this!

 

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Ultrasound of a 9 week old fetus

Diagnosis:
elevated NKs, NKUs, 3 +APAs (2 borderline), heterozygous for MTHFR A1298C. Slightly low thyroid.

dq-α:
me: 1.1, 4.1
dh: 1.2, 3.1

Low LADs were treated in Mexico and elsewhere with LIT.
Anti-sperm antibodies
Article: LIT and the FDA

No: ANAs, normal TH1/TH2 Cytokine ratio, or x-DNA/Histones.

IF Treatments:
-Clomid #1: Sept 2005
-Clomid #2: Sept 2005
-HSG: Oct 2005
-Lap/Chromo: Oct 2005
-Nat'l IUI: Nov 2005
-IVF #1: Jan 2006, β1=2.0, β2=0.9
-IVF #2: May 2006, β1=<1.0
-Myomectomy (5), salpingectomy (both), & endo removed via lap on 6.6.6
-LIT#1 in Nogales: 6.16.6
-LIT#2: July 2006
-FET #1: Sept 2006, β1=2.48, β2=<2.0
-Dr. Hungarian Dx Oct 2006
-Dr. Hungarian Tx Dec 2006-Mar 2007
-IVF#3: Mar 2007 Canceled myself right before retrieval
-IVF#4: April/May 2007 Canceled due to dominant follicle
-IVF#4: August 2007, β1<2.0
-IVF#5: December 2007

Pre-ET
Feng Shui'd the House
500mg Zithromax starting with stims
4 LIT Treatments
17 Weeks of Humira or Enbrel
30g IVIg CD5 of IVF cycle (day 2 or 3 of stims)
30g IVIg 2 days before transfer
1mg Dexamethazone starting with stims
30mg Lovenox, 2X's/Day
0.0375mg Synthroid
Lexapro
Prenatal
Folguard 2.2 2x's/day
Extra 1g C (Stop at ET)
Extra 1g Calcium
Extra 400mg E (Stop at ET)
Nettle Tea & Capsules
2g Bromelain
Extra D3
Keep BMI<24
4-6g Fish Oil/Day
Baby Aspirin
Eating Loads of Protein!
Nettle Caplets
Femoral Massage (Stop at ET)
Acupuncture (Stop at ET)
TCM Diet: No cold or slippery foods
Immune Friendly Diet: No non-sprouted wheat, sugar, starches. Little fruit.
No nightshades
No caffeine
No coffee, not even decaf
No soy when in cycle
10 days Doxycycline

Day of Transfer
Light activity

Post ET Changes
Visualization
200mg progesterone capsules
Take it easy days 2&3
No sex til beta#1
Cut out egg yolks (contains immunogenic acid)






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