Finally talked to my RE about monitoring!

sarahtoledo · March 2011

It took a month to get in to see him, but I finally did. We talked about Femara + injectables, and the risks involved. He doesn't see the need for any b/w or u/s before CD11/12 when doing Femara + injects, but he refuses to do injectables alone without plenty of monitoring... He feels that when you start injects so late in your cycle (CD7), as I will, you run a much smaller risk of over-stimulating.

I made it clear that it is very important to me to see how I'm responding to the meds, and that I want to be monitored on CD3, then three to four days after starting injects, then as needed until trigger. He said (again) that if I want it, he'll do it, no problem. Then he made a big note in my chart, with stars Stick out tongue , that I'm to have whatever monitoring I ask for. He did that because I told him his staff was giving me a really hard time and wouldn't schedule monitoring appts that didn't fit with his normal protocol.

Thank you for pushing me to ask for more monitoring -- I was not comfortable with his protocol and now I feel much better.

naybird · March 2011

That's great your RE is on the same page as you! Sometimes you just have to speak up for yourself!! Best of luck to you!! Glad you feel much better!!!