So, according to my oncologist, I had just enough time to freeze my eggs if I wanted to, I basically had a little less than 3 weeks to do it, so where was the time to decide if I even wanted to? By the way, just so your know, when you freeze your eggs or do in vitro fertilization, its generally an out of pocket expense and its EXPENSIVE! So when you are freezing your eggs because you are going to have chemo, the insurance companies for sure don't cover it. Anyway, I made the fastest appointment I could with the fertility specialist and when in to discuss my options. Before we left that appointment, we had already started the process, so there was no time to think about it, there was only time to just do it and think later! Oh and the fertility specialist gave me the caveat that we might do all this and it might not work at all if my body is too stressed. Well let's see, I just had a baby, was just diagnosed with breast cancer and had just had surgery, yes I think my body was under a little stress! Oh and if it doesn't work, you are just out of luck, you don't get your money back!
I then started the tedious process of giving myself 3 shots a day for about 2 weeks, going in to check how big my eggs/follicles were getting, and they were huge! And at the end of this minor torture, a procedure where they harvest your eggs. Well I was super proud of myself (as if I had any control) but they harvested 23 eggs and 15 were viable to be frozen...that's a lot! My reproductive system seemed to be working just fine, minor victories!
After all of this, my fertility specialist decided to keep me on lupron to put me into menopause with the hope that if my ovaries are quiet during the chemotherapy, maybe the chemo won't affect them as much, so now I am only on one shot a day during my 5 months of chemo.
And that my friends is how you freeze your eggs! Now do Matt and I even know if we want more kids, nope not sure yet, but its always better to be safe then sorry!
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