No Go:

Positive: I am very well hydrated. My kidneys love me.
Negative: The 17 vial blood draw didn't happen as the collection kit was sent to Birmingham and NOT to Montgomery. It's a blasted mess. Because it contained dry ice, the courier that was going to bring it back to my local clinic can't. And the dry ice is going to melt. And I somehow have to figure out how to get it to me. And I can't remember the last time anything infertility related was easy, painless, and smooth.  And, I'm mad. I'm mad that I didn't confirm the address of where the shipment was going. I'm mad that the contact I've been working with at ReproSource is hard to get a hold of and never calls me back or responds to my emails.  I received DH's blood draw kit this morning at home so at least there's that. He now gets to come with me next week (as long as I figure out how to work this) and we get to do this fun stuff together. *Insert eye roll here*

While I expected hiccups, this is not what I had thought was going to happen.  I paid $149 for the kit and now it has to be redone. Not cool ReproSource, NOT cool.

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As of today, Friday Aug 10, the referral to AZ still has not been pushed to Tricare. I just received another call from my case manager and she put me on a three way call with a general surgeon from Maxwell who had me explain to him what the differences were between a laser laparoscopy vs excision and why I thought I needed it.  Really. They wanted to know my official infertility diagnosis (which is habitual aborter by the way) and if I wanted to have more children. They also asked if I had children (umm...is that info not sitting right in front of you in my record that I HANDED to you?!?) and if I was trying to get pregnant. Would they be more willing to get me this surgery if I WASN'T trying to get preg?  I'll never know.  I gave a brief history as quickly as I could to him and told them how I had success in AZ and no where else.  I was then told that Tricare most likely will not approve any travel expenses but should approve the referral as it is technically continuity of care (even though it's out of network). I'm good with that...but this is the same thing TRICARE themselves told you last week so why isn't this taken care of yet?

I'll be honest here. AZ is not my first choice in this.  Dr. G (The doc that helped me get preg with Skittle) is an interesting soul (very kind, but wacky if I do say so myself), but does know his stuff when it comes to endo. He was the first doc of many before him that even suggested I had the disease. He saw the markers for it when other RE's didn't...or at least the others didn't care enough to check. I feel like I'm pinning a lot of hope on him that he can do the same surgery he did 9 years ago on me again.  I haven't even talked to the guy in 7 years.  I'm doubting myself for pushing his clinic and now just praying that the surgery (even if it's less than ideal but better than laser alone) coupled with Dr. B's protocol can help us.

How can I pray for YOU?

"Every day may not be good...but there's something good in every day." -Alice Morse Earle