You would think I would know this by now after having 350 periods, but I do not know what to label this day. I started spotting last night at 9pm, after having no sign AF was on her way. I thought good, here we go. I usually spot for 2-3 days before AF and it is usually pretty clear the difference between the spotting and the actual period. Well not today. I had a bit of specks on a pad overnight so I figured okay since it reached the pad it is day 1. Well the blood hasn't gotten any heavier than that. Usually on cd 1 I have heavy flow with clots, not a few spots on a pad through out the day. So I called the doctors to tell them I think AF had arrived, but I wasn't sure.
30 minutes later the nurse calls back all cheerful, saying "so this is cd1". I don't know why she always acts so cheery when she calls to report this. It isn't like getting my period is a joyish occasion. Anyways I reiterate that I wasn't sure if it was cd 1 or not because it is mostly spotting, but is heavy spotting. She then says spotting isn't cd1 so what is it. This is why I am calling you! Anyways, I try and defend my calling by saying that some day get onto a pad so I am calling it cd1. Anyways, really what does it matter, it isn't like I am going to do fsh testing.
So anyways I ask her if I should start the pill tonight and she says no you need to come in for a pregnancy test first so that will be done on cd3 (Thursday). Now here is the thing, the nurse that called yesterday with my instructions told me I didn't have to do any testing before starting the pill, but just to come in some time this week for the amh test, which I booked for Friday since dh was off. I even asked that nurse if I needed to go in on cd3 for blood and she said no, so now I am being told that yes I do. Not to mention the fact that they have to do a pregnancy test when they took my eggs and I didn't have a transfer. How the heck can I be pregnant ??? I am seriously glad I don't have to pay each time I go in there (besides the $20 in gas) because really RE are the worst with doing useless and repeated testing. I can't count how many times they have checked my blood for hcg, or done STD testing on us, etc.
Anyways my nurse today said they will move the amh test to Thursday from Friday so it will be drawn when they do the hcg and then I should start the pill Thursday night. Hopefully my period comes in full force tomorrow so I don't have to call back there and tell them I got the dates wrong.
Oh and speaking of doctor offices being stupid my nurse today on the phone then says for me to send in my pap results. At first I was wondering if I heard her correctly, so I asked her to repeat what she said. Yep, that is what she said. So then I wondered if she has me confused with someone else. I did my pap the end of January and the doctor send it over. They should have got it before I cycled last, in fact I know they would have got it because otherwise they would have bugged me for it everyday throughout the cycle since they said I couldn't cycle without it. I told the nurse this and then she says that they never got it and maybe my obgyn forgot to send it. Now I don't know what to think. Why tell me this now 2 months later and why is it my problem. I am getting sick and tired of dealing with insurances and getting all properal referals period then to have to worry about doctor offices not doing their job. I already have enough of this problem with dealing with all of dd's medical expenses and now getting a bill from children's yesterday saying my insurance (and dd doesn't just have one insurance, but two) won't pay because we didn't get authorization even though her pedi sent a referral. I can't stand it and it seems everyone points to the other party and I am left being the one struck to pay and clean up everyone's mess. I'm sorry, but I don't have time for this. I am not going to contact my obgyn about the pap. I already have enough of a problem trying to sort out all of dd's medical issues as it is.
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