Catching up

Okay, so it's been a while since I've written. It's not that big a deal, though, because I know everyone reading this blog. Since we've last spoken, I started a new cycle... or at least I tried to.

I had a very surreal experience at the clinic the last time I went. It was the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and the office was packed. I remember being really irritated, really frustrated that it took so long and that I had to go back to the meter twice. While I was there, I met this woman. She just started talking to me about how she had three-year-old twins through the clinic, and how she was trying for another child. She was already picking out baby names. I remember her talking to her mother, and telling her that she met this really nice person at the clinic (me). When she went out to the meter herself, she brought me back breakfast. It was very nice of her, even if it was something that I don't eat. I gave it to the homeless man outside when I went to feed my own meter. Funnily enough, this guy gave me his meter sticker to put in my car because he was leaving. There was a lot of "Pay it Forward" going on that day.

There's something to be said for that woman's... I don't know... optimism, I guess. The fact that she was already picking out names even though she hadn't taken a single injection could be delusional. Maybe it's just blind faith. I resolved to be at least a little more like her. There is a part of me that recognizes, however, that sometimes the answer to your prayer is no. I hope that's not the case. Anyway, I received a call from the doctor that afternoon that the cycle needed to be postponed because my hormone level was too high. Given the fact that we only ended up with one successfully fertilized egg last time, "suboptimal" was not a good way to start. So off we go to the new year and better success. Hopefully.

Giving Thanks

Just wanted to take a moment to reflect on blessings. I'm thankful for family and friends, a home, a job and reasonably good health.

Just waiting

Ten days since last post, so thought I'd drop a line. Not much going on except Thanksgiving prep. We will be staying home so off to the supermarket I go. If Aunt Flo does come next week, I'm all geared up.

Frozen in time

So I found out what happened to all the embryos from the cancelled cycles due to Hurricane Sandy: everything was frozen at that point. You have to figure anything that survives the thaw is pretty hearty; hope they work for those families.

I wish I could freeze time; give myself longer to make certain decisions, make sure I say or do the right thing...

Right now I'd settle for freezing time to make up the sleep I've missed from waking up too early. 😒

Delayed start

So it turns out that AF came today. As the office is still closed due to the dangling crane, I am going to miss the early part of the month. Looks like it will be another 3.5 weeks before we get started again. Oh well. Guess I can go on a three-week super diet to lose a few.

The Aftermath of Sandy

We've been pretty fortunate over here in that we had had power flickers but no full outage.  Although the water rose, it didn't rise high enough to flood us, so with the exception of cable services out for a day (no TV, Internet, phone) we were good.  Especially since I have a mobile broadband card that I was able to share with B.  It will be a while before I am traveling back to the office, though. It's right by the Battery, and under water.  This is what it looked like yesterday:

Got a call from the insurance company that the Gan.irelix is long term out of stock (wish they'd confirmed this when I transferred the Foll.istim script). There is also a hold on UPS deliveries to 10 states and DC, so the best they may be able to do is next week. Particularly with LaGuardia airport still under water. There's a runway under here.
  

Luckily I have Men.opur left to start with.  I called the Dr's office to see if they preferred Gan.irelix or Cetro.tide, but there was a recorded message that the office is closed until further notice due to the dangling crane on 57th street. 

This is almost a comedy of errors.  Given that there are people who lost homes and/or loved ones, however, I can only look at it as a minor headache.  I really feel for people who were mid-cycle who had already triggered had egg retrievals or embryo transfers cancelled. I wonder how the clinics will deal with those.

The weather outside is frightful...

What was previously Hurricane Sandy is now a Post-Tropical cyclone, aka Superstorm Sandy. I suddenly realized that I may be starting cycle number 2 this week and I should make sure my meds can get here.  Thank goodness for specialty pharmacies in California, because the east coast is toast!  Also doubly relieved we didn't lose power for very long; I just remembered I have 6 cartridges of Follistim in my fridge. That would have been pretty ugly.  I am going to check it now to make sure it's not frozen or anything.