Do you think the CanadaPost delivery lady thought I was a quack or a criminal when I said ”Thanks I’ve been waiting for this one, almost $5000 worth of drugs” ?
My injectable meds arrived yesterday morning. I drove all the way to work, checked the tracking and noticed it had JUST been updated from a Monday delivery to Friday. So, I packed up and went back home. I won’t deny it. I prefer working from home on Fridays.
Here’s my loot: Puregon, Repronex and Orgalutron with needles and sharps container.
And here’s my Puregon chillin’ out (literally) in the fridge:
Oh, and that $4500 was only for what you see. It doesn’t include the rest of my meds.
5 days til injections start. 11 days til we fly out.
Shit’s gettin’ real.
Awaiting Autumn 
Yay! This is so exciting!!! And man, that’s a respectable amount of meds.. Not long to go now! All the best – fingers, toes and all other crossable organs crossed for you!!xx
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Thanks!!! I appreciate the support 🙂
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I picked up all of mine yesterday, too!
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Whew it’s coming fast eh?
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Good luck with all that! Know that feeling well! Praying all is a success!!!
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Thank you for your prayers! 🙂
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Good luck! Prayers!!!
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Thank you 🙂
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It’s almost time!!! And seeing all the meds totally makes you feel like “oh wow, this is no joke!” Wishing you luck and a successful IVF cycle.
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Much appreciated!! 🙂
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Hooray! Glad it all came for you, one step closer now!
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Definitely! Not much left to figure out.
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Whoop whoop!! Getting closer!!
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Soooooo close.
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It’s getting exciting!
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Yes it definitely is. I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed though. Looking forward to next weekend when I can pack, then relax before we leave.
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Damned WordPress somehow made me unfollow you *again*. Argh. I’m sorry I’m late to the party as a result (only here because I thought “gee she’s quiet…”).
Did they give you your injection schedule already? Curious about whether Dr. H has you on both Repronex and Puregon from start of injects or if he adds the LH later on (Puregon is FSH only, that’s all I’ve ever taken for injectables other than Lupron).
Wishing you so much luck and some calm nerves as you move forward. I’m sure you’re getting anxious. Hugs, my friend.
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Yes I do Puregon and Repronex together. Add in the Orgalutron I think 6 days into stimming. I’ll have to double check that. (and no worries, technology has its moments. Glad you are back!)
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Interesting. Does he have you on dexamethasone or anything else as well during stims or pre-ET or do you not know that yet?
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Check my post called My IVF Protocol. I’ve got the whole list on there… https://awaitingautumn.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/my-ivf-protocol-2/
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Yeah, sorry, i just did that.
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No worries 🙂
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You don’t mention when you start the steroid – did he tell you why he has you on that when you don’t have an immune diagnosis (or not one of which I’m aware, although I’m still catching up thanks to blasted WordPress)?
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No I’ve never done the immune testing. He said he would do the immune protocol due to bring unexplained and then now female factor I guess. I’m not sure when I start it. But probably not til we are at the clinic as I don’t have any yet.
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It’s really common for REs in the U.S. to Rx it for a few days before ET to reduce inflammation. The concern I have with that is the need we all have for *some* inflammation in order for implantation to succeed. I’m not sure I follow the logic of prophylactic Rxing of steroids where there’s no real indication for it but I truly hope it works in your case!
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That is the one area I have not done a lot of research into (doesn’t that sound bad?) when I find out more from the clinic, I’ll shoot you an email.
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Thanks, that would be lovely of you. I’m really hoping you only have to go through this once (at least for kiddo number one).
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So… Dr. H’s lab has zero experience with the kind of cryo device used to vitrify our embryo (they use the same vitrification medium but a different type of device). Dr. H’s Lab Director suggested I may want to cancel our consult in light of this. Yeah, my gut reaction is to do that. I’m trying to find out if Dr. B’s lab has experience with this device and medium but of course he’s out of town this week…
Why does everything have to be so freakin’ complicated?
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Man oh man! I hope you can find some answers soon. Wouldn’t someone else know at Dr. B’s lab even if he’s not there?
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I hope so, I forwarded my email to the person to whom his out-of-office suggested all “medical” (as opposed to financial) communications be sent first thing this morning. So far nothin’ and the business day is long over there by now. Bah! 😦
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Fingers – crossed they respond tomorrow.
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Woohoo! I kind of wanted to have a picture of all my meds at once, but they don’t do that here in Finland. We get the prescription of what we need at the time we need it. Nothing more, nothing less. (but it also doesn’t cost as much here and I had to pick it up directly form the pharmacy, so they knew exactly what I was getting and why. No crazy person looks here (maybe).
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P.S. Best of cycles!!
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Thank you! 🙂
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I still have some pills to get but this is all the injectables. Is the process much different otherwise in Finland?
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Good luck! Sending so many prayers!
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Much appreciated!
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