You see this vial of Follistim?
$509.20 each.
I have 5 of them. Each one lasts about 2.5 days. Guess what I'm going to say about that? Ridiculousness.
$509.20 each.
I have 5 of them. Each one lasts about 2.5 days. Guess what I'm going to say about that? Ridiculousness.
I do, however, have this handy dandy pen that I get to use to inject the medication with.
I decided to let go of my control freakishness and allow Andy to do the injection on Tuesday night. He has done an intramuscular injection to my backside a couple of times, so I figured this would be a walk in the park. It's very simple...just pinch my belly fat, slide the needle in, and push. It doesn't require nearly as much force as an injection into my Beyonce humps.I think he threw it like a dart from across the kitchen and it almost pierced my bowel. Poor thing...he means well. Maybe I'll let him try again this weekend.
Today is stimulation day 4. I had blood work this morning and my E2 (estrogen) level is now 118. They would like for it to be a little higher, so they increased my dose of Follistim from 225 units to 250 units each evening.
The estrogen production increases as follicles develop and it is expected to be above 100 at this point in my cycle. From what I've been told, it will correspond with how many follicles I have towards the end. Every mature follicle should produce about 200 units of estrogen. I think.
My next appointment is Saturday morning. I will be having labs drawn again, as well as an ultrasound so that we can see what's going on in there. My nurse will call me Saturday afternoon to let me know how everything looks. I'm not too uncomfortable yet, so we'll see!
4 comments:
It makes me sick to think how much we get ripped off for wanting to have a family. RE's and pharmacies should be ashamed of themselves! Enough said!
I'm so happy, seems like this cycle is going smoothly for you! I can't wait to hear how it goes this weekend.
It's painful how precious that little vial is to our bank accounts! I now have a mental picture of a follistim pen flying across the kitchen. :)
I hope the expensive Follistim does its job!! I hope everything goes well on Saturday.
I HATED the follistim pen - I found it really hard to actually do the injection (i.e. push the medicine in). My clinic got us a discount of about $1000, which was nice, but it's still insane how expensive it is. Hope your follies are growing well.
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