Even lower

Shortly after I blogged yesterday the nurse rang me back with my estrogen levels. They were even lower than Fridays. Ugh. So low that that were pretty much the same as my CD 10 levels, I can't remember the exact number but it was in the mid 100's. They're not meant to be getting lower, but getting higher!

The nurse told me she'd already consulted with the on call FS, Dr F, and seeing that it's my first cycle he'd advised her to call my FS, Dr S. She was going to wait until Dr S got in touch and then she'd call or text me with what to do next. If it was to up my dosage of Gonal F or if it was a cancelled cycle. She warned that it's often hard to get in touch with the doctors if they're not on call so I might not hear from her until late in the afternoon or early evening.

But a short time later she rang me back, I'm to up my dosage from 50 to 75 for the next few days. Then on Wednesday I've got a scan and appointment with Dr S.

While it's good to hear the advice from the nurses and their opinions, on Friday afternoon when I heard my levels weren't climbing like they should be, all I wanted was to talk to Dr S and hear what he has to say. 

Dr S has a very calm and professional manner. He's very thorough with all the testing and preparations but at the same time he's conservative in his treatments. He also has a lot of faith in what works and what doesn't. So to hear that he'd said that I'm to increase my dosage and have a repeat scan on Wednesday gives me a tiny little bit of hope for this cycle.

I'm still expecting him to cancel the cycle on Wednesday and call this cycle a test run with gonal f. But giving me a few more days on a higher dose makes me feel that we'll have given it a good shot and we haven't cancelled at the first sign of things not going the way they should.