First time ever doing a happy dance for my period!!! Welcome to town Flo!!! So nice to see you!!! LOL!!! I was getting worried there for a bit since I'm usually between 31 and 35 days and today was day 35 but there she was at 8:58am. I let Spice know and what a surprise - she got hers too!!! I said well aren't you being supportive! Ha! So I made my appointment for bloodwork on Friday morning so they can do the Overian Assessment Reporting (OAR) for my age. Dr "recommended" it since it's an out of pocket expense and insurance doesn't cover it so I said at this rate...what's $145 compared to 12k. Has anyone else done it? I'm guessing it's more recommended for TTC couples who are older?? I don't know much about it but I'm going for it. I'm a little nervous to see if I rank low, medium or high for my age (just turned 38 last week). After that appointment - then I start the BCPs...must say that still cracks me up. I've never even been on them before so this is the first time. The nurse said I will be on those for 17 days until Oct. 16th with stims starting on the 21st.
I can't wait for my RN consultation on the 10th so we can learn more about what shots and how much I will be on...I'm so overwhelmed on how that will work so we can't wait. I need to do my shopping around for any discounted places for the medications/shots since i will be paying out of pocket for it all. It's just insane how much those cost. Goodness! I've written down a few places that I've seen on blogs so it will be interesting to see how much it turns out to be...OUCH I'm sure! I already asked the Dr office if they ever provide free samples or anything discounted but NOPE...they "only write the prescriptions"...they don't have any at the office apparantly. Hmmm. We are paying for all this with a loan from my 401k but it would be nice to not have to use what I budgeted for and just put the money back towards the loan. It's going to be tough but I'm willing to eat ramen and rice until I'm pregnant if it helps! LOL!
Here's to a wonderful day and great start in our new journey - c'mon Hail Mary!!!!
Woo hoo for AF and finges crossed for a good OAR report!
ReplyDeleteUm, I'd be willing to bet a whole lotta money that your RE's office has samples, but they can be pretty stingy about them. They might be saving them for people who are on their 2nd (or later) cycles, or something like that. Maybe you could play dumb and ask someone else (or several someone elses) to see if you get a different answer?
Thanks K - I will definitely play dumb and ask around!
ReplyDeleteWe donated our leftovers back to our clinic. They said they give them to patients who are doing a retrieval before treating cancer.
ReplyDeleteAlso, our clinic had coupons that they sent for us along with the prescription order, to help us get the best price possible - so I know there are coupons out there, but I don't know where to find them.
What a great idea on the leftover meds...I will have to keep that in mind. I find out Monday how much I need to order...caaa-ching I'm sure!
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