I just got back from my baseline scan and we're on for FSH cycle #2! Things have quieted down in there, finally! YAY!
Dr. Smiles wants to push a little more this cycle, so we're starting off with three days of 150 IU Folistim and then will check again on Thursday morning and may stay at 150 or drop back to 100 depending on what things look like.
It was crazy going down there today because, over the weekend, their office moved! I didn't realize until I walked up to the door and it said "Monday May 2 -- we're in a new office." So, today was their first day in the new place -- a giant new complex. Very nice place with lots more room for everything. Things are a bit chaotic, though, but exciting. It felt like a fresh start somehow for all of us.
After my appointment, I had to head over to my old RE's office. I've been trying to get them to write me a letter for my Flexible Spending Account reimbursement for 2010 for a week or so and getting no response until I started threatening to storm the office this morning. (OK, only sorta...)
When I submitted my final receipts for reimbursal last month I got a message back saying that they couldn't reimburse me for about $900 of fertility treatments without a letter from my doctor saying I'd been diagnosed with infertility. (Because, you know, of all of those people who have fertility treatments for the heck of it.) This led to a phone call with the FSA with a young-ish sounding man who was clearly very embarrassed by the conversation ("er, uh, well, the letter has to say that, uh, well, you, or, well, I suppose, your partner, have, you know, been, well, trying to, well, having a hard time getting pregnant, uh, and have been, you know, diagnosed with, uh, infert... well, some sort of infer.., well, infertility, I guess").
The irony of the fact that I have to have a letter *saying* I'm infertile to be reimbursed the money I set aside pre-tax for medical treatments because my insurance refuses to reimburse me *because* it says in my records I'm infertile is not lost on me.
Anyway, wish me luck this cycle!
i can't believe your RE's office didn't tell you they were moving. i hope you were able to find it ok! that is too funny that the customer service guy was so uncomfortable saying "infertility"! ha ha ha! i love how we unnerve people sometimes. ;)
ReplyDeleteI had to send a detailed receipt for our sperm to the FSA people showing it was purchased and where it went, LOL. I wanted to send them a picture of my u/s. Gotta love it. Yeah, I just thought I would spend $1k on sperm for shits and giggles.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Glad things are quiet and this cycle is a go ahead. It sounds like an awkward conversation with the insurance guy but well worth it if you get money back!
ReplyDeleteUGH on the insurance crap, how ridiculous! I hope that you get that letter without issue and get your money already. And if not, have fun messing with more insurance guys..lol.
ReplyDeletegood luck this cycle!
Yay for a fresh start! Sending you lots of luck!
ReplyDeleteGlad things are moving in the right direction!!!! As for the insurance...uggggg I hate them! I totally wish we had coverage.
ReplyDeleteOur insurance companies and systems are totally broken! I hate that any of us have to deal with them at all. Siiiigh.
ReplyDeleteGood luck this cycle, I like the fact that you're taking an aggressive approach this cycle!!
Good luck on this cycle!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to hear the baseline appointment went so well and there is a new plan for you in motion already!
ReplyDeleteI am here cheering for you very loud. Come on, follicles, it's time for a great game!!!:)
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Good luck!!!!
ReplyDeleteHow frustrating to have to go through all the paperwork/insurance stuff... if having IF wasn't hard enough already :( Great that your cycle is underway and heading in a good direction :)) Love to you always xoxo
ReplyDeletegood luck!
ReplyDeleteROFL at that irony with reimbursement.
ReplyDeleteLove the new, fresh start for everyone. :D
wishing you tons & tons of good luck this cycle!!! Gotta love the insurance crap! keeping everything crossed for you & sending lots of (((HUGS))) your way!
ReplyDeleteWOO-HOO for being good to go! I hope this is IT =) I use to have nighmares about arriving at the clinic for IUIs or IVF and having the office moved. I can't believe it happened to you *lol* Happy you got to the appt and everything turned out a-ok.
ReplyDeleteIt's such crap that you need that letter...it's your flippen money in the FSA, they should just let you have it for any bill from a doctors office. It's none of their flippen business of the diagnosis and if you used it for anything not allowed by tax standards it's your problem really. They aren't liable. What flippen idiots. Ok, deep breaths. Can you tell I love dealing with all things insurance?
Wishing you TONS of GL this month girly!
What a redundant requirement...
ReplyDeleteGood luck this cycle!!
Oh good grief! I hate all these hoops we have to jump through. Grrr insurance companies.
ReplyDeleteAnd good luck with the cycle! I'm rooting for you!
Damn insurance companies. I think it's in their job descriptions to over-complicate things. That's hilarious about the customer service guy, though. It always makes me giggle when I watch or listen to people get embarrassed with IF stuff. :) Good luck with this cycle. Dr. Smiles needs to kick some IF ass with you!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for you!! I had a similarly awkward conversation with my insurance provider during open enrollment. I needed to know if IF treatments were covered. Someone called me back and said, "ummm, uhhhh, the condition, ummm," and I had to say to her, "it's ok, you can say it." Wonder if we talked to the same person.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with Round 2!
Yay for starting a new cycle!!! Good luck!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd so weird about the insurance people - I hate this part...