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Monday, October 26, 2009

CD2
Busy 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 the U/S. I told them that I was having pain on the left side and suspected a cyst. They checked, and as I suspected from the nagging pain on my left side, I've got a good sized cyst on my good (left) ovary about 17.8mm large. Endometrioma on the right side.

Fuck.

Canceled again.

Just when I THOUGHT that I had things all planned out.

I decided to spend some time in the city and just wander and think. I treated myself to breakfast at Penelope over in Murray Hill and then spent some time browsing Kalyustan's (the mother of all spice shops) before heading home. My head must have been in the clouds over the U/S findings because I wound up taking the train to Hoboken rather than Jersey City. It was only a delay of 10 minutes or so, but I haven't done that in a long time.

Back at home, I quickly got on the phone and made a bunch of calls.

I followed up with my reproductive immunologist to see which drugs I should continue and which ones I should cease and to beg them to prescribe some hGH for my next cycle. I called the pharmacy and ordered 2 months of lovenox, to arrive on Wednesday. I made an appointment with the current RE to discuss what happened. I called the Persian doc in Palo Alto to see if there were any cancellations this week. (There weren't but my December 2nd surgery might get moved up to November 23rd). And lastly, I fired off an email to Dr. Italian in NYC to see if he would simply drain my cyst and let me cycle.

He replied right away.

YES.

He instructed me to get myself on BCPs ASAP and to call his office in the AM to schedule the procedure.

Thank you universe.

Finally something is going to happen that includes my trying again as soon as possible. I envision that this means my surgery with Dr. Persian will get postponed or, better yet, canceled due to pregnancy. Fingers crossed.

And...while I was out...Dr. Las Vegas telephoned me to tell me her hGH protocol and tell me that she's working on getting a letter to Dr. Persian.

Things are falling into place.

I hope.

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Blogger Kara's Mom said ... (3:47 PM) : 

Woo hoo! I'm so happy you can continue with this cycle. It sucks when we have to cancel a cycle and postpone all of our glorious 'baby-making' plans. Best of luck to you.

 

Blogger Mad Hatter said ... (1:18 PM) : 

Wow. You inspire me. It sounds like you have a whole army working on this with you - you're my hero! I have everything crossed for you this cycle!!!

 

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

dq-α:
me: 1.1, 4.1
dh: 1.2, 3.1 we parted

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.

SMA Carrier

IF Treatments:
-Clomid #1: Sep 2005
-Clomid #2: Sep 2005
-HSG (tubes barely open): Oct 2005
-Lap/Chromo (cyst removed; tubes clogged): 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: Jun 2006
-LIT#2: Jul 2006
-FET #1: Sep 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#3 Take 2: Apr/May 2007 Canceled due to dominant follicle
-IVF#3 Take 3: Aug 2007, β1<2.0
-IVF#4: Mar 2009 - Canceled due to my flipping out over donor sperm
- Hysteroscopy - Jul 2009 -IVF#4 Take 2: Jul 2009 - Canceled due to fibroid found during hysteroscopy - Myomectomy: Jul 2009
-IVF#4 Take 3: Aug 2009 - Canceled due to ovarian cyst
-IVF #4 Take 4: Oct 2009 - Antagon Cycle β1<1.0
- HSG, Cyst Aspiration on Left Ovary, Sclerotherapy on Endometrioma on Right Ovary: 29 Oct 09
-IVF #5: Nov-Dec 2009 - Adding in HGH one way or another

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
40mg Lovenox, 1X's/Day, 2X's a day if BFP
0.0375mg Synthroid
Lexapro
Prenatal
Folguard 2.2Methyl folate
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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