Officially Canceled...
Well, we got the word today that my RE did not recommend proceeding to egg retrieval, but left it up to us to decide. We have been in agreement with his plan and agreed it was best not to move forward.
Key Issues:
Lining (always an issue!) - barely made it to .7, added Letrozole to help, but it didn't do the job
E2 - 1,047 as of today, RE wanted it at least 1,500
Follicles - I was reasonably pleased that we had 5-6 mature follicles with a few additional smaller ones. Ideally, I'd like more.
Anyway, they are having me take a BIG dose of progesterone in oil (ouch!), which will trick my body and make me have a period in a couple weeks. I can only imagine how this will mess up my already funky body.
We are understandably disappointed, but said from the beginning we wanted ideal conditions before moving forward to ER. We'll schedule a follow up with the RE to discuss the next steps and the things we will do differently. I have told him from the beginning, I am not the average patient. I expect some protocol revisions. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let me know.
The frustrating part is that this whole 4-year journey has been nothing but TRIAL and ERROR. I guess that's why they call it "practicing" medicine.
Thanks to all of you wonderful ladies. Your support makes this much more bearable.
Key Issues:
Lining (always an issue!) - barely made it to .7, added Letrozole to help, but it didn't do the job
E2 - 1,047 as of today, RE wanted it at least 1,500
Follicles - I was reasonably pleased that we had 5-6 mature follicles with a few additional smaller ones. Ideally, I'd like more.
Anyway, they are having me take a BIG dose of progesterone in oil (ouch!), which will trick my body and make me have a period in a couple weeks. I can only imagine how this will mess up my already funky body.
We are understandably disappointed, but said from the beginning we wanted ideal conditions before moving forward to ER. We'll schedule a follow up with the RE to discuss the next steps and the things we will do differently. I have told him from the beginning, I am not the average patient. I expect some protocol revisions. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let me know.
The frustrating part is that this whole 4-year journey has been nothing but TRIAL and ERROR. I guess that's why they call it "practicing" medicine.
Thanks to all of you wonderful ladies. Your support makes this much more bearable.
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