Major bust. I have never cried as much as I have in the last 2 weeks and I'm
getting sick of being sniffly and stuffy because of it all the fricking
time.
I had a phone consult already with SIRM but tonight was my 1st in person
consult with a local RE. I've personally met two mom's of IVF twins who went to
this guy and highly recommend him so I was really excited!!!
I get there at 5:20 for a 5:45pm appointment and didn't get called back to
the RE's office until 6:50pm. Then, they have me sitting in his office while he
"reviews my chart" which he didn't get done with and come to meet me until
7:15pm.
He then sits down, and starts making a list of the labs he wants me to repeat
first. Then he says, I'm producing such poor quality embryos that I really
should be focusing on DE instead especially since I only have one IVF cycle
left. Well....I corrected him and told him I don't have a cap on cycles, to
which he replied "Oh well then I would consider cycling you with your OE". Well
sure if you're getting the money from us no matter what why not!?!? He also
told me that he wanted to cycle me with Ganirelix even though he knew I had an
adverse reaction to the injections.
Then the real kicker....he gets up from his desk (while still talking to
me) and starts walking towards the door while I'm sitting there still. He says,
"Just a minute"....which I presumed he meant to me....and leaves. I sit there
for 15min and when he doesn't come back I started wandering around. Turns out he
is in another consult with the couple who came in after me!!!! I started
bawling and just left....and bawled the whole way home.
Urgh....I'm seriously so frustrated with this whole process. The only thing
he told me that I agreed with was to get karotyped and to see a genetic
counselor since I may have a pituitary genetic mutation and NOT be panhypopit
afterall. Seriously hope the other 2 consults don't go this bad.
That sounds absolutely horrible! What an asshole!! Sometimes doctors are way too cocky for their own good. I'm so sorry you had such a horrible experience and I hope your other 2nd opinions go much better. Have you thought about consulting at the Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago? I've heard they have really high success rates? Good luck to you, I hope things look up from here ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteActually one of the Bump girls went there and had a pretty bad experience so they're not on my list. I'm seeing Dr. Morris in Naperville next Monday and Chicago IVF in Orland Park the following week. I also have a phone consult with CCRM end of the month!
DeleteUgh. I am sorry. That is a horrible experience. I did not cucle at Advanced Fertility, but I did a phoen consult and thought the doctor was super personable. Confident, but not cocky. Maybe it is worth a try? I know we will consider cycling there if our curent clinic does not work out. Either way, I hope your next appoitments are better!
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