Rallying, and making plans

Okay, I think I'm done with the wallowing-in-self-pity portion.


I have a plan. My plan is:

1. Go ahead with the scheduled IVF. We can put the pedal to the metal as far as stimulation goes, because hyperstimulation will not be an issue because
2. We'll be freezing everything.
3. Five days after my period arrives post-IVF, I am going to fly up to Boston for hysteroscopic surgery with Dr. Keith Isaacson, who is by all accounts one of the two best Asherman's surgeons in the US. I'm extraordinarily lucky in that he accepts my insurance, and that his hospital happens to be twenty minutes away from my sister's house. The surgery is apparently a quite minor one, although very dependent upon the skill of the doctor: no anesthesia, in-office, little to no recovery time.
4. If all goes well, several months later I should be cleared to transfer the frozen embryos.

My RE -- who is a good RE -- appears to be somewhat insulted that I don't want him to do the uterine surgery. I know this because he made a great show of telling me how much he's not insulted and how he has no professional jealousy and that surgeries like this aren't very profitable anyway. Furthermore, he feels my case is not very difficult, and he's never heard of this Dr. Isaacson I'm going to see instead.

I'm glad to hear that he feels my case is not difficult, but the fact that he's never heard of one of the very few experts who specialize in Asherman's tells me that I'm making the right decision by going to Boston.

Frankly, I don't care if he's vexed or pleased. I've only got one uterus, and I'm going to do everything I can to get it in tip-top shape.

@nutella, I'm pretty sure that my insurance will cover a freeze-all cycle just fine... it's just like a normal cycle except for the lack of transfer. I hope I'm not proven wrong about that, but I think it'll be okay. I don't see any exclusion in my policy. I am covered for three cycles, so in a way I'd be "wasting" a cycle by giving up the transfer, but under the circumstances I think the trade-off's worth it.

@lathany, thanks. I had never heard of it, either. Unfortunately this fits in perfectly with my anxiety disorder, which appears to believe that worrying about things actually prevents them from happening... because it's never the stuff you actually worry about, is it? Therefore, by worrying about everything, nothing bad will happen! Right?

@pajamamommas, it's one thing after another, isn't it? BTW, I keep going back to look at the pic of Tadpole asleep over the side of the bed. So. Damn. Cute.

@insertmetaphor, thanks -- I know you get it.