My doctor's office called me back (frustration mentioned)

OCIrishBruin · February 2010

I called this morning to see if my doc would want to try the progesterone challenge now rather than later because my cycle is so crazy long. Her nurse just called back and said that the doc wants to get my blood results from my next cycle before the progesterone so I will just have to wait it out. I asked whether there was a point at which I should give up waiting and call back. She said if I don't get AF in a month that I should call - that would be a 10 week cycle!

Aaaahhh!!! This is driving me crazy.

Court1 · February 2010

What?!? That would tick me off too. I think that's way too long!

Amanda78 · February 2010

That is total poop. I'm sorry the doctor is not being helpful.

bohemianbeauty7 · February 2010

Yaaaaaarg! That's forever! :-(

kona08 · February 2010

Hmmmmmmmm, I do not think that this is proactive or fair on your doc's behalf. Can you go to someone else? I think that since you are already into a lonnnnnnngggg cycle that they should be paying attention to you.

mlmtgg · February 2010

yikes. do you have irregular/long cycles?

sorry.

OCIrishBruin · February 2010

kona08:
Hmmmmmmmm, I do not think that this is proactive or fair on your doc's behalf. Can you go to someone else? I think that since you are already into a lonnnnnnngggg cycle that they should be paying attention to you.

It's because if I take the progesterone the doctor won't be able to get reliable bloodwork results from my next cyle. So, I understand why she is saying no. If she said yes, then we'd have to wait until the cycle after my next cycle to get bloodwork. It is just so annoying how uncooperative my body is being.

OCIrishBruin · February 2010

mlmtgg:

yikes. do you have irregular/long cycles?

sorry.

Only post D&C. Because, you know, losing a baby wasn't enough all on its own.

eminbmore · February 2010

A 10 week cycle is nuts, especially if you had shorter/regular cycles before your m/c. Could you call back and talk to the doctor himself, as opposed to the nurse? Maybe he would be more helpful.

And what's the progesterone challenge?

OCIrishBruin · February 2010

eminbmore:

And what's the progesterone challenge?

My doctor wants to try it as a first step before going to clomid. I it basically giving me a bunch of progesterone to start a new cycle. My doctor said that many of her patients that have irregular cycles after m/c will get back to normal after doing this because it acts like a sort of reset button on your system. She likes to do this because it is much less risky that other methods and doesn't require monitoring like clomid. If it doesn't work for me, then she is going to send me back to my OB for clomid.

AppleRidge · February 2010

I feel like there's got to be a compromise.

I think if I were you I might want to go ahead and do the progesterone challenge. Best case is you start a new cycle, get a BFP and don't have to worry about the b/w. Worst case, you start a new cycle, that helps you ovulate and therefore makes that cycle shorter, and you get the b/w the next cycle.

OCIrishBruin · February 2010

BBHME:

I feel like there's got to be a compromise.

I think if I were you I might want to go ahead and do the progesterone challenge. Best case is you start a new cycle, get a BFP and don't have to worry about the b/w. Worst case, you start a new cycle, that helps you ovulate and therefore makes that cycle shorter, and you get the b/w the next cycle.

That's a good point. If I don't get AF by next week, I might try to push the doctor on this. On the other hand, I'm TTA until mid to late march per my acupuncturist, so I guess a few more weeks of waiting isn't going to make much of a difference in the long run. I think this whole experience is just forcing me to learn how to be more patient.

jrhodes09 · February 2010

kona08:
Hmmmmmmmm, I do not think that this is proactive or fair on your doc's behalf. Can you go to someone else? I think that since you are already into a lonnnnnnngggg cycle that they should be paying attention to you.

THIS!!! That is ridiculous!

jdeats71 · February 2010

the waiting game is killing me too.......it sucks!

I'm sorry!

mdm2137 · February 2010

jrhodes09:

kona08:
Hmmmmmmmm, I do not think that this is proactive or fair on your doc's behalf. Can you go to someone else? I think that since you are already into a lonnnnnnngggg cycle that they should be paying attention to you.

THIS!!! That is ridiculous!

I agree!! You shouldn't have to wait that long.

LLRT · February 2010

I smell a new doctor needed! Or something. That is just absurd, don't they realize that time is just tick, ticking away?

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