About Me

Having been raised by a single mother, it's been my dream to have a "normal" family with a father, a mother, and children since I was a kid. I got married to a wonderful husband Mike eight years ago. I love my job - I am an oncology nurse taking care of people undergoing bone marrow transplant. Mike got his Master's in Clinical Social Work last year. He recently started his career as Substance Abuse Specialist. We thought it was time to expand our family. One year later, I was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve at age of 32 with an elevated FSH level. My doctor thinks I need "aggressive" interventions right away. I am going to have my first IVF in September 2010.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

A little scare (actually it wasn't "a little...")

So I spent a day in a research class in the basement of my hospital. Here was the big problem: I was waiting to hear from my nurse Jocelyn to get the progress report on my embies, and I had no cell phone reception in the basement (!). Jocelyn and I did a few phone tags before I finally got to talk to her. Meanwhile, my insurance company called my cell phone and left a shocking message. "I spoke with your doctor's office and cancelled the predetermination review for your cancelled procedure." WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? A CANCELLED PROCEDURE? I was in panic for a while. I thought something happened to my embies and my transfer got cancelled. I couldn't breath right. I was half crying. Well, fortunately my assumption was wrong. Jocelyn said I have 6 embies surviving. They should contain 6 or more cells on Day 3 (today was day 3). Three of them have more than 6 cells and three have only 4 cells. Jocelyn thinks these three slow ones can catch up by Sat. And they got my genes. I am not the fastest person in the world so maybe these embies are just taking some time too. Hopefully they can become strong candidates for the transfer by Sat. We are not sure how many embryos we are going to transfer back to my uterus. I'll see what my doctor says. I trust him 100%.

So I'm all set for my Sat transfer at 11am. I've made acupuncture appointments as well. It is happening!

I did ask Jocelyn about my insurance company, but as far as she knew, no one from my doctor's office called to cancel the procedure. So, I guess my insurance company has an employee hearing imaginary voices. I have to call her back tomorrow morning and send her to this address: 462 First Ave. It's Bellevue Hospital's Psych ER. I can't believe she made me panic. I don't need this kind of stress now. I am still bitter.

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