Starting Puregon on Friday

Let me start off by saying I'm having major cramps PLUS my back aches. Not sure if it's due to Lupron.

Bloodwork results came back this afternoon and my estradiol levels are below 40 so I'm set to go! But the clinic is full in terms of appointments so they need to have me do an extra three days of 10 units of Lupron. I'll only head in on Thursday afternoon for my ultrasound and instructions for Puregon.

I'm not entirely happy with the delay but I can understand that the clinic is packed.

What I'm really annoyed with is the nurse that called me. Nurse Agnes? Edna? I didn't really catch her name. But she was rude.

Her first call to me was to inform me to head down on Friday to proceed to the next step. At that time, I was doing mass compo marking with other teachers seated there so I just kind "Mmm ok" then said goodbye.

Then she called again, to inform me that I need to continue with Lupron but only 10 units instead of the 20 units I've been injecting the 10 days. At that point, I asked if there was an earlier appointment, and she said no. Was a little disappointed.

Then I realised that I forgot to ask her what my estradiol levels were. So I called back to ask what the numbers were, exactly. At that point, she sounded quite irritated and said I only needed to know I was suppressed enough. Yes, But i'm asking so can't she give me the numbers? She then grumbled something about how she can't tell me over the phone and she'll give me a copy of my test results on Friday if I REALLY want them.

Good gosh.

She also asked where my prescription was. I informed her that I was only prescribed Lupron and not Puregon. Then she complained about having to get the doctor to write one for me on Friday.

After we hung up... well.. the more I thought about it, the more I didn't want the ultrasound on Friday. Surely she can squeeze me in somewhere...

So I called back (Yes I know I'm being annoying at this point) and asked her if she could just try to squeeze me in either on Tue, Wed, or Thurs. She had that super annoyed tone and said they don't do on Tuesdays because egg retrieval would be on weekends (ok, that was reasonable). Wednesday was full. But she could squeeze me in on Thursday afternoon. Only problem was that I had to wait for quite awhile for the results because the doctor would be in the operation room. I was fine with that, really. I only can't stand her annoyed tone. Then she said "You don't call back anymore hor!"

I nearly blew my top then. Isn't it her job to answer questions that patients have? Why CAN'T I call back anymore? I took a breath and apologised for wasting her time. Only because I know I was bugging her.

I'm very annoyed with that nurse and was contemplating lodging a formal complaint. But Sigh. We are all human. And who knows... maybe she was having a bad day. I'll just let it go this time around. But if she deals with me rudely again.. well.. I won't be so nice.