Hello! cookie congratulations on the flat - sounds wonderful! I love TTMH, nyssa, teehee.
Today was a crazy roller coaster of a day. Up at the crack of dawn to go get blood work and ultrasound before work. All looked good. Right now I am starting out with 13 (lucky!) follicles, 6 on one side and 7 on the other, though that doesn't really indicate how many eggs they might be able to get in the end.
After that, I headed into work. I knew I was going to have a rough day. I had meetings scheduled pretty much all day, including one presentation for my boss. I have been coaching my team on this presentation, and they've been driving me up the wall about the whole thing. It was like I was talking to a brick wall half the time - I did NOT think they were listening to my advice, and I was worried about how it was going to go. Thankfully, they nailed it. I was so proud and impressed! Phew.
During all this, though I had no time to pee or eat, I did somehow manage to sneak into an empty office to call the ins. co. to harass them about approving my medication. I was so worried about it not getting taken care of not being able to start my injections tonight. I got a human being on the phone at around 12:30 who promised me in a few hours it would be handled. At 3:30, I called the pharmacy, and the tech there said half were approved and half were rejected! WTF. She was amazingly helpful, called the ins. co., got it all straightened out by 4:30.
Off I go to pick all the meds up before 6 p.m. It's a special pharmacy that deals in fertility medication. I was incredibly stressed about getting there on time, and sure enough, traffic was a nightmare. All the stress about work and trying to also coordinate all this IVF nonsense finally hit me. Suddenly I am sitting in my car, with a sea of red lights in front of me, crying like a fool. I pulled up at 6:04, and the light was on in the hallway...but the actual office was dark and the door was locked. I just wanted to collapse on the floor in a heap.
Just when I was about to collapse into said heap, a woman came down the stairs in her coat, car keys in hand, obviously about to go home. She looked at me and asked, "Are you OK?" (I guess I looked THAT distraught.) I told her my sob story, and she unlocked the door, turned on the lights, and got me my stuff. I have never been so relieved. Now THAT is customer service. I need to write a nice letter.
Anyway, I don't know why I'm sharing all this except to give you a glimpse into my crazy day. I just gave myself the first two injections and it was easy! I was a little nervous, but it was totally painless and not difficult since there were detailed instructions and even videos to watch. Even still, I treated myself to a burger and fries for dinner; back on the low-carb bandwagon tomorrow. The next appointment I have is Thanksgiving morning, for more blood work and another ultrasound to see how things are progressing with the medication. Whee!