I am pleased to inform you that I now have NO reason to be affiliated with rip off clinic. (& if you live in Florida or have friends that are looking for a clinic in Florida do e-mail me so I can make SURE you stay away from Rip Off Clinic) Continued to have some fun fax drama through lunch, but miraculously when my Mother called Rip Off clinic (in her best Julia Sugarbaker voice) and informed them that SHE would be right over to fax the fucking labs herself the rip off clinic learned how to use a fax machine. We are a small tribe of women in this house and we will not be walked on.
The elevated E2 wasn’t much of a wrinkle. It is going to change my med schedule a bit, but not much. In fact my med schedule (as far as the stepping up of the estrogen) will remain the same but now I have a bonus. And by bonus I mean I now have to take one estrogen pill up the hoo ha every night.
And because I find the whole thing amusing- you know, the business of sticking something up there- I totally laughed like a 7th grader when the IVF nurse said, “so take one pill via mouth and one pill via vagina”. Via Vagina is now the new title of my as yet to be written or conceptualized autobiography.
The increased level could indicate that I might ovulate earlier than they would like, but since my antral follicles are small they are not crazy concerned. Just via vagina concerned.
GM was very plugged in today about all of the clinic drama. She has been a bit altered the past week (a post for another day), so it was nice to have her very connected. Of course she didn’t really understand what was going on, but she sensed that I was phone twitchy and that it involved my health.
When I finally got the instructions from North East Clinic GM laughed so hard. Like me, the phrase of the day made her giggle.
I am totally exhaled right now. Big time. Totally relaxed and zen and in my mellow head space. I’ve had the crazy, had the fear, the stupid, the anxiety. I’m cranking up Mary J Blige and singing along with her, “No more drama.”
I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face…I say to myself, I’ve lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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I’ve been laying low, but watching from afar. I’m so glad that you got your stuff taken care of.
And that song is one of my favorites.
Heehee, I’m totally with you and the 7th grade humor.
YAY!
So glad to hear like that things are moving forward! Yea for being done with rip-off clinic! I hope things go smoother for the rest of the cycle -and beyond! I agree that taking meds and actually doing something feels so good! Via Vagina – what a great title!
Via Vagina would also be a good name for a rock band!
YAY!
Oh god – now I am singing that commercial “viva v*agra” only in my head it is via vagina.
Via Vagina. ha ha ha ha ha.
Dude, if I could get paid $400 to fax shit, I would do it right.
That totally would have made me laugh too! I want your mom to come over and help me when I have to make my phone calls!
Clearly the extortionate faxing fee was actually so they could pay to send their totally incompetent staff on a fax training course. Good lord, could they not have let you take the paperwork away and make your own faxing arrangements?!
And yeah, your mum could make good money being a telephonic trouble-shooter. I’d pay her to make my shouty phone calls.
via vagina! i like that! kind of sounds like a good name for a cocktail. but then, i haven’t had a cocktail for a very long time… does it show? ;o)
Via Vagina. My new battle cry.
YAY for no more shit cling but name the bastards here, in a title blog post that will get mass google hits!!!!!!!!!
Don’t worry about the elevated E2…it will just make your lining (not your ass) fluffy! Good luck with the FET. Been following your progress….
Sounds like you kicking ass & taking names….now kick back, relax and let those hormones do their work….Crossing bits for continued good labs and smooth sailing.
*giggle* via vagina or VV for short… glad it is all over and that Rip Off Clinic is WAY behind you… Ass wipes!
I only understood about half this entry but I’m glad you are done with said clinic!
BTW did I tell you I went and South Pacific at Lincoln Center and it was awesome! JB’s ex-girlfriend was one of nurses!
I’m in Fla….Where is this rip off clinic located? Just want to make sure I’m staying away!
thanks!!
I too am a Mary J and Eleanor Roosevelt fan!
Hooray for Julia Sugarbaker! SO glad you get to have no further dealings with that clinic!
Via vagina – lol!
Via vagina – I’ll have to try to use that phrase at work today and see what kind of reactions I get! Glad the elevated E2 isn’t going throw things off.
Via Vagina is a great title for your autobiography.
I can’t remember exactly what it said, but the pharmacy that used to mold my hoo-ha bullets for me used to put an amusing sticker on the bottle. I wish I could remember what it said now. It didn’t say “via vagina”. But it amused me.
And wow, your mom and her Julia Sugarbaker “nice as pie but don’t mess with me” way of getting things done … rockin’!
Cheerio from Merry England…stopping by between meetings to wish you well on the FET via L&F and about fell out of my chair laughing over “via vagina” ….
Wishing you all the bestest…
I love your mom. She told them she was going to come in and fax them herself?? How fantastic is that. And have fun with the via vagina meds. I love that as a book title. I would totally buy a book with that title.
I’m glad it’s not going to be a huge wrinkle in the plan!!!
And hey, can I write a guest chapter to your book, “Via Vagina”? During my FET, I had to take estrace, via vagina, 3 times a day. And to make things MORE fun, I had to take viagra, via vagina, 4 times a day. And I couldn’t ‘mix’ them. Yup, 7 times a day I had to via vagina something.
You mom kicks ass like my mom does. I love it.
A better book title has ne’er been written, that’s what I say.
Also, yeah, that song kind of rocks. I don’t like Mary J. Blige, and do wish that she’d stay away from acting (ATROCIOUS on The Ghost Whisperer), but that song is awesome.
You go, Mary!
Good luck sweetie!!