Update on Dougs Foot

Well the Doctor called Doug today to tell him, she had a chance to look at the MRI and that it appears he has done more damage then we initially though. He fractured his heel and tore every single one of his ligaments in the ankle.

Im thinking Doug is looking at surgery, but we wont know the plans till next Thursday when the doctor calls back.

Why Us?

Don't Worry it has nothing to do with my IVF.

So about 4 years ago Doug went to a friends house in Kansas City for his mothers funeral. I didn't go because of reasons and because I didnt go I of course blame this on me and wish I would have went so this would have never happen. But while he was there he fell and hurt his ankle and leg. The next day he returned home and it was getting worse so we headed to the hospital. He had a slight infection in the leg but they didn't do anything with the ankle. He stayed home for a few days and it all went away.

Now guess what the ankle is bothering him severely. He went to his primary doctor last week and they did x-rays. A few days later a call that says there is nothing wrong with his foot. Now off to a specialist because obviously there is something wrong, he can barely walk and several times it has woken him up in so much pain that he cant sleep and goes in the living room so he doesn't bother me. The specialist does X-rays and tells him several things that are wrong and ships him off to get an MRI today. The results are done and now we are waiting for the doctor to call back with what she wants to do, surgery or other options. But she told Doug she wont call till next Thursday. So Doug goes back to work and they tell him, he cant work with out a doctors release. Are you freaking kidding me, he has already been off work for 4 days now and now he has to wait another 7 days till he gets the news. And his STD wont kick in till he is off at least 30 days. So we are pretty much screwed and we are going to get behind now.

All this does is stress me out, that right now that is not an option. I don't want to screw up this IVF cycle.

IVF Update

Well my cycle has started and I am not getting my body prepared for the IVF process. That is right the insurance approved the doctors letter and we are good to go moving forward with IVF.

Since my last update I have been on Metformin and boy does these pills mess with me. Makes me dizzy at times and my stomach hurt but not like the symptons the nurse told me I could get. Now since I have started my cycle, starting this Friday I will take Birth Control pills for 3 weeks, the 16th I will start with my first shots of Lupron, then an appointment on the 25th and stimulation starts the 27th. I so cant wait for egg retriveal day, and then transfer day.

But for now, I have an appointment this coming Wed and this is for my trial embryo transfer and sonohyst. Its all finally coming true.

Happy Birthday Douglas!

IVF Update

Well I talked the nurse yesterday afternoon and she told me that they have not heard back from the insurance yet on the letter and that they sent the letter on the 11th. But lets go ahead and get me started on my med to start my cycle and then the birth control that I have to take for 21 days before I can begin my shots and also do my trial embryo transfer and sonohystrogram on day 3 of my next cycle. Then by then we should have the results from the insurance company. I said OK thanks. After I hung up the phone with her I called the insurance company to see if I could find anything out myself on the results. The Representative I spoke to on the phone said they did receive it on the 15th which was odd cause the nurse said she sent it the 11th. I'm guessing she didn't fax it like she was supposed to and mailed it. But anyway yes they did receive it marked urgent and that it takes 3 business days to look it over and make a decision and that I can call back in 3 days and they will tell me my results or the Doctors office and myself will receive a letter in the mail in about 10 days. So its a waiting game with the insurance but at least I am starting everything else and being prepared in case the insurance does approve it and then I will be good to go to start the IVF.

We Were Infested With Ants!

So recently we have noticed we have had alot of ants, but we couldn't not figure out where they were coming from. Some days were worse than others and everytime we would spray and they woud be gone for a week and then we would see them again. Just a week or so ago Doug set some bombs off in the house hoping that would work. Well guess what it didnt and this is what happen. Doug came home from golfing on Sunday and I was gone to bingo. When he got home the house was a little warm, because we actually was having a nice day after a few cold days. But anyway so he decided to open some windows and get some air flowing through the house. Well when he decided to open the Kitchen window this is what he found. ANTS galore, thousands and the eggs/Larve to go with them. It was the nastiest thing we have ever seen. Well we found the solution to our problem, so Doug spray the shit out of them and then sucked all the ants and eggs up in the dry vac and then washed the rest of all the mess away outside with the hose. Lets hope they are all gone this time. Oh yeah and the pictures dont do justice, it was worst then the pictures look. And these are the pictures after Doug sprayed the shit out of them

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Our Anniversary

Last night we decided to go out for our Anniversary. We went to the

and had dinner with Doug's Mom and Dad. They have all you can eat

buffet and it was so good. After were was all finished we all played some

.

Doug and I was up, not much but we ended up breaking even at the end of the night. Next year since we really didnt plan anyting this year, I plan on planning something Big for us.

Any Ideas??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Happy Anniversary

Today we celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary. What an amazing ride it has been!

We have been through alot, much more than I ever imagined. For 838 days now we have been husband and wife and I couldnt have asked for a better partner in life.

Douglas,

IVF Update

I know I'm sorry I am neglecting the blog, but I am back on it now!

First off let me say I didn't get to do IVF this past cycle like we had hoped and planned for. Right before we was to start all the meds for IVF, I got a call from the Doctors nurse saying that Doug's insurance (my secondary insurance) has a mandate on it and that I have to do 3 IUI cycles before I can proceed with IVF. I explained to her that I basically have done this before and that I am resistant to the drug that is given (clomid) and I wont ovulate on it and then the IUI will fail. She says well we cant get around it. So I call my the insurance company and ask is there anything else that we can do, so we don't have to do 3 IUI's? They tell me yes, your Doctor can write us a letter explaining that IUI's wont work for you and why, we will review it and if we think OK shes right then you can skip IUI's and go straight to IVF. Well I ended up calling the nurse back and telling her that. She says well let me talk to Dr. Keller and see what she says. She calls me back later that day and says No Dr. Keller doesn't see why I cant do an IUI cycle it wont hurt me to try at least one and if I don't ovulate on the first one she will then write the letter. At this point I am upset and just about to dropped Doug's insurance all together especially cause its my secondary anyway. I spoke to the billing department about that and she tells me, I'm not sure I would do that. I said why? And she tells me that once I use up my $35,000 that my insurance is going to pay, I still have Doug's insurance that will pay everything as many times as I wont after I reach a $500.00 deductible. So after hearing this we decided to keep his insurance in case we need extra rounds of IVF done.

So I start my 5 days of clomid pills and then test with these very expensive digital tests to test to see if I ovulate everyday for 23 days. After my 23 days no surge means no ovulation. I call the nurse and let her know and she calls me a blood drawn in for progesterone on Tuesday. I go in on Wednesday and by Friday Dr. Keller read the results. The results from the blood work also read no ovulation and that IUI's are not going to work for me. But no one calls and tells me this information so I called yesterday and of course like always left a message with the secretary for Nurse Amy to please call me back with my results. Later that day Amy did call and of course I was on the phone and never heard her beep in and missed it, but she left me a long message explaining what happen and that Dr. Keller decided to write the letter and that she was in the process of sending it off now to be reviewed by my insurance and now it was all a waiting game. We should know some results in 3 days, but I'm sure that the insurance will approve it and we will get to start IVF this next cycle, which happens to be in the next 2 weeks. I am supposed to call her back on Friday if she doesn't call me with insurance news. If I dont start my cycle by then, which we are both sure I wont because I normally dont without meds then she will put me on meds again to start and we then can proceed with my shots for IVF and hopefully be pregnant by this May/June.

As I am writing this I just got a message from my Cousin Kristi that says she had a dream last night that I went over to her house to tell her I was pregnant. And that she hopes it comes true soon! Well I hope you are right Kristi and I cant wait till you have a bundle of Joy yourself and they can grow up together and we can do things as a family. Love Ya!

More updates soon when I hear back from the Nurse on Friday

April 1, 2011