CD1

Wow. CD 1 of our IVF cycle. It's here. Some of the meds are here. (More on that later) Here we go again....

Work front: Told my employers the time off needed and they are on board with it. They are so positive and happy to help out in any way that they can.

Church front: Have requested an appointment with the Bishop to lay it out to him. He can then decide what to do with my church job.

Cleanse front: AHHHHH!!! Week 1 was not bad at all. I had to cut out: gluten, soy, dairy, refined sugar and corn. I could eat lean protein, veggies, fruit and non-gluten grains. I also had a 1x a day rice protein shake (SO Chalky!). Week 2, this week, has been SOOOOO hard. This week is vegan week. I am very tired of eating legumes. Very, very, very tired. I feel awful physically. My traditional Chinese medicine Dr/acupuncturist (the one who put me on this 3-week cleanse) told me that I would feel yucky as the toxins are moving out of my system. She suggested a drink more water. I could float away with the amount of water I've been drinking. I have 1 more day of vegan week and then I'm on the last week. Week 3 goes back to week 1 stuff. Which means I can reintroduce lean protein. I'm not a HUGE protein eater, I mean we eat vegetarian in our normal diets probably 2-3x's a week. However, when that is my only option, it is difficult.

Meds front: I called my nurse on Monday and had her order my meds from two pharmacies. I am using Freedom for the gonal-f and Walgreens (IVPCare) for the rest. Freedom called on Tuesday and I paid the staggering amount of $$$$ for my gonal-f (2- 300 units, 1- 450 unit, 5-900 units) and had it delivered Thursday. I didn't hear from Walgreens by the end of their workday on Tuesday, which meant that all of my meds wouldn't be delivered on the day DH had taken off from work to stay home to sign for the meds. I called them on Wednesday, and they didn't have my prescription on file. I called the nurse. She argued with me that they had sent it on Monday. I told her that I am glad that they did, but could they re-send it as Walgreens didn't have it. She did. Today Walgreens called to set up my order. I am having it sent next Thursday. My sister will be at our place and can sign for the meds. About 2 hours later Walgreens calls back. They can't order the traxene as they don't carry it. She offers to call it into a local pharmacy for me. I give her my pharmacy's name. She doesn't have it on file. I then have to call DH to get the number and then call them back. A 1/2-hour later Walgreens calls- my local pharmacy doesn't stock tranxene as it has been out so long and is only available in generic form. My prescription states to "dispense as written" which means they can't substitute a generic without my Dr's approval. She tells me she will call the Dr. I also call my RE and leave a message about CD1 and the pharmacy issue. It finally gets resolve and the rest of my meds should be delivered next week.

Next step on this IVF is for me to go in Saturday for an ultrasound and blood work. They will also repeat my IVF panel at that time. I think our deposit needs to be in place at that time too. I am hoping to get a chance to call the receptionist at the RE tomorrow to find out our balance on file and then figure out the difference.