Running out of injections!

[rekhap]

Hello all,

Some advice or reassurance?!

I am on Menopur and Buserelin. Went for a scan on Wednesday to see if my follicles are growing however they said still not developed as they like and to keep taking the injections and come back for a scan on Friday (today). I said to the nurse, the Buserelin might not last but was told ‘Don’t worry, there is always a lot in there and you can order it on Friday if need be’.

Went for the scan today at 11am and although follicles have grown, still not the right size for egg collection and I have to go for another scan on Monday. I again said I will not have enough Buserelin for the weekend and will run out of Menopur by Sunday night. The nurse put a request in for the meds and said I would get a call back from the company that sends out the injections. Anyway I returned back to work after my appointment with my phone next to me all day. For whatever reason, they must have called at 2pm and it went straight to voicemail however I didn’t get the voicemail notification on my phone until 4pm (stupid 02). I called the company back straight away but was told as I missed the 3pm cut off, I wouldn’t get my medicine until Tuesday and there was nothing they could do!

I called the hospital straight away and had to wait for the nurse to call me back. She called me back and I explained the situation. She kept asking me ‘are you sure you will not have enough Buserelin for the weekend?’, I said I doubted it very much but I can try and fill two syringes now and asked her to call me back after 10 minutes. She said if it doesn’t last then I can pick up an emergency prescription from the hospital on Sunday. I only had one syringe worth to fill and called back but by this time the ACU line had closed for the day! Arrrgghhhh! I left an urgent message with the hospital and hopefully they will call me back tomorrow!

We are on our second cycle. The first one failed and it was our only NHS funded one. We are funding the second cycle ourselves so I can’t afford for any mistakes to happen. For the first time through both cycles, I am feeling stressed by the administration and process!

Has anyone experienced this at all? Or can I put it to a one off?

[Lilli79]

Oh my god, what an awful situation. The nurse should have listened in the first place, like this process isn't stressful enough! Someone on here the other week ran out of buserilin and was able to get it direct from their fertility clinic (I personally think the meds companies are awful and so completely unhelpful). How far is your clinic, is it open on Saturday? Hope you get it sorted xxx