Box arrived today while I was at work. Den’s first comment was, “What did you order this time??” I swore I hadn’t bought anything online recently. Then the lightbulb went off in my head and I knew what it must be – though they said it wouldn’t arrive until tomorrow. My meds are here! Syringes and vials and patches and vaginal supplements (those look fun) and a large sharps container. Apparently our co-pay is $98 for the meds (which is everything but the Follistim and the Vivelle patches). Since there’s no tacked on cost it appears we came in under our meds max this cycle, which is great news! I think I may call to find out just how much of that limit we used, just for future reference.<\/p>\n
Not quite as overwhelming as I’d feared, and the whole thing still seems a little unreal. It really does. If you had asked me two years ago if I would have been okay with giving myself daily injections I would have said hell no!<\/i> And yet here I am today, big box of syringes and meds, and it seems very matter-of-course.<\/p>\n
Earlier today we had stopped by the clinic to pick up the other meds. We were given some – since most people around here have full coverages by their insurance, we’re kind of looked at as the poor couple who don’t due to our limited meds coverage, which I find very ironic considering that most of my friends online have NO coverage at all. But I guess the clinic gets people donating left-over meds, which they then give to those couples who are paying some out of pocket.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately when I went through the big box ‘o meds from the pharmacy I realized they’d only ordered the other stuff, and forgot to order me a Follistim pen to go with the cartridges. Hmmm. So I’ll have to call the nurses to let them know and get that ordered (or can I call the pharmacy directly? I might just do that.)<\/p>\n
Also in the mail today I got a copy of a letter that was sent to the RE from my insurance, “officially” authorizing “two (2) cycles of IVF”. Also authorizing the medications, which is good since I already got them.<\/p>\n
I am going to be starting my Lupron injections on Thursday.<\/p>\n
I also think I am going to have to call my Midwife to cancel the yearly physical I had scheduled for next friday, because since I don’t stop the BCP until the 6th there’s a very good chance I’ll still be on my period on the 11th for the appointment. That sucks. It’ll take a while to get re-scheduled too. All because my last period was late, messed up the schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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