IVF hormone positive
Hi guys. 2 days post mastectomy and axillary clearance and I’m doing very well! Discharged this morning. If you had oestrogen/progesterone +ve cancer and you underwent IVF to freeze eggs/embryos b...
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Hi everyone;
So today was egg day!
This was done at a small day surgery in Brisbane.
I was in surgery for about 25 minutes underneath general.
The process is they insert the needle into each follicle, extract what they think is the egg and then the lab examines it immediately to confirm the egg has been extracted. If not they keep going until the egg is taken. And then repeat. I had 10 eggs extracted. We will find out tomorrow how many fertilised and then on Saturday how many made it to day 5 for freezing.
Uncomfortable and fatigued and quite emotional, very different to post mastectomy. I believe very hormone related.. heat pack and rest is all I’ve done since.
All up IVF has so far cost me:
$120 in injections, $80 for one blood test that Medicare doesn’t cover and $500 for the day surgery fee. My anaesthetist bulk billed me very kindly. Plus around 8 trips to the doctors rooms in terms of petrol; this office kindly validates parking for one hour for their patients and most appointments are done by then too.
Quite a reasonable cost to close this chapter and decide how we feel in a few years once this has all settled down.
Ongoing cost is $240 every 6 months for freezing.
Once again I hope this helps someone else one day.
So today was egg day!
This was done at a small day surgery in Brisbane.
I was in surgery for about 25 minutes underneath general.
The process is they insert the needle into each follicle, extract what they think is the egg and then the lab examines it immediately to confirm the egg has been extracted. If not they keep going until the egg is taken. And then repeat. I had 10 eggs extracted. We will find out tomorrow how many fertilised and then on Saturday how many made it to day 5 for freezing.
Uncomfortable and fatigued and quite emotional, very different to post mastectomy. I believe very hormone related.. heat pack and rest is all I’ve done since.
All up IVF has so far cost me:
$120 in injections, $80 for one blood test that Medicare doesn’t cover and $500 for the day surgery fee. My anaesthetist bulk billed me very kindly. Plus around 8 trips to the doctors rooms in terms of petrol; this office kindly validates parking for one hour for their patients and most appointments are done by then too.
Quite a reasonable cost to close this chapter and decide how we feel in a few years once this has all settled down.
Ongoing cost is $240 every 6 months for freezing.
Once again I hope this helps someone else one day.