Pelvic MRI

Dr. Indian called today to talk about Dr. K and his test. They both think that at my age I should be considering donor embryo and somewhere in all of this they both seemed to forget that if my endometrium was deemed faulty through the EFT test, that it would still be bad for a donor cycle as well.

So I argued my case to get my lining tested by Dr. K and Dr. Indian agreed to order the biopsy for me. The only problem is that I will need to take another cycle off (and I just finished my period). We canceled my in-person WTF consult for tomorrow since we got it all done during today's call. (Saves me the $35 copay and having to take off from work early too). My other half is also having surgery tomorrow (heart shunt) and I didn't want to take off midday for an appointment when he might still be in the hospital. There's just too much going on.

I also did my pelvic MRI today - they used contrast so they can visualize a bit more of the vasculization of my nether region. I noticed when I went in that my paperwork said that I had fibroids and adenomyosis. Hmm, I've never actually been diagnosed with adenomyosis and I am supposed to be tested for it with today's MRI. That struck me as a bit odd to see on my papers. Almost a bit portentous.

So I'm nearly certain that a lap of some variety will result from this MRI. I already know that I have fibroids, endo, endometriomas...it's just a matter of setting a date to cut it all out. I reckon that taking another cycle off to heal from the surgery might make the timing work out just right, so there's no need for me to freak out over the time.

Save for the fact that my clinic just reminded me that they will only let me cycle with my own eggs up until my 46th birthday (in November) and, get this, they won't freeze any of my embryos at my age. Huh? They have a cutoff at 40 or 42 and I'm well beyond that. Dr. Indian explained that usually women at my age don't have enough embryos to freeze and that they only freeze blasts. OK. But I'm not freezing eggs because I have extras, I'm freezing them because I need to find a surrogate and, failing that, I need to ensure my lining is optimal. No matter: they won't make an exception. I'm starting to dislike my clinic today.

So I can't cycle all I want from now til my 46th birthday and stockpile embryos...I have to do fresh cycles with this clinic and either stick them into myself, or into a surrogate (the latter is what I prefer at this point).

I'm on the fence about this. I think I'll need to have a 2nd clinic on the backburner just in case I can't find a surrogate AND my lining is too bad to transfer into myself. It's always something. I never seem to be able to just cycle and not be trying to do 15 things at the same time. Ugh.