Anyone want to buy my left kidney????

I think I may have to sell it on ebay. We went to the IVF protocol class. I was very happy to learn I do not need any IM injections. Thank goodness. Chris had fun with the syringes and the practice dummy they let you practice on. Again, he won't be giving me any shots.

The meds are way more involved than I thought. There's three meds you mix and inject in one shot. I had priced out on-line with my pharmacy what meds I thought I would be taking and it was around $430 per cycle. I could handle that. I've been paying that for the last 3 cycles.
The nurse who did the class told us since I worked at the hospital they like to help their fellow employees since our pharmacy copay is 30%. I was thrilled to hear this but not as thrilled when I came home and went on-line to price out the actual meds I will be using. My copay will be $1700 per cycle!!!!! With the RE's office help, my first cycle will only be about $450. I hope.

Yikes that's a lot of money. And I'm lucky I live in Massachusetts and we have mandated infertility treatments. If my pharmacy plan was with my medical insurance, I believe these meds would be covered. Bummer.

Tomorrow I will call the pharmacy and my insurance company to verify who approves what. I don't think my insurance company can dictate which meds I use for my cycle if they don't provide a pharmacy benefit. And I need to know if my pharmacy needs some kind of prior auth to fill the prescriptions. Right now, my insurance wants Gonal-F used instead of Follistim. I was on Follistim for my last 3 IUI's. I liked it. It was easy to use and it's cheaper than Gonal-F.
It's hard enough to deal with IF, never mind the insurance crap.

Tomorrow morning I will POAS. I'll repeat on Saturday if negative and then stop taking the prometrium (progesterone). I'll be glad to be done with that med. It's taken vaginally twice a day. I know, gross. And yes it is gross. But, a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do! I know this will all be worth it in the end.