Sunday, January 18, 2015

Another Week Begins...

On Monday, January 18, 2010, Wendy and I once again got up very early to go into NYC so that new bloodwork and ultrasound scans could be completed.  Things seemed kind of slow this round, with only three follicles making themselves evident at 14, 14.5, and 10 mm respectively.

The morning commutes typically resulted in arrival at CRM around 7:00, or a bit earlier.  Monitoring was generally done quite quickly, and the trip out of the city almost never took as long as it did to come into the city.  So, we were back at the hotel in time to have breakfast there, which helped save expense of the meal outside.  Today, we enjoyed Belgian waffles!  (Actually, since CRM is a Center of Excellence for Infertility treatments in New York State, and it is more than 100 miles from our home, the insurance coverage was "complete," actually including meal expenses.  But, we still tried to keep those expenses down, since there was a limit on the total amount of coverage for these efforts, which we ultimately didn't exhaust in four full cycles.)

As was common, we had a nap as the day wore on, then went to Gotham City Diner for lunch.  This was a place we had discovered on our first visit in December 2008, and I would heartily recommend it to anyone visiting the Paramus, NJ area.  They have great lunch fare!  We enjoyed a Calypso Chicken Sandwich and a Malibu Chicken Panini, with Oreo cheesecake and Snickers chocolate gelato for dessert!  Mmmmm!!

We returned to the hotel for more laziness, then got a call from the hospital to decrease one of the medications (Follistim) to 300 units for tonight's shots.  The Menopur dosage remained at 150, and Lupron at 10.  (This was actually the first "Lupron flare" protocol Wendy had been instructed to do.  Our first cycle was a "long Lupron" cycle, and the second was an antagonist cycle, using Ganirelix.  Those medication names may not mean much to a lot of people...)

And so, as always, we waited...

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