I am beyond frustrated and didn't know where to turn. I thought here might be good because of all of your experience.
So I finally called the peri's office. I've been waiting for a week to hear from them. The nurse says yes, we have your files but there's a note here that for RPL we'd like you to see an RE and not the perinatologist. So now I have to wait for the RE division to get my files to get an appointment.
It's been a week. I've have THREE miscarriages since March. I don't want to fuck.ing WAIT ANYMORE! I WANT SOMEONE TO HELP ME.
So I called the doctor who wanted me to see the peri and left her a message. Now I'm waiting for her to call me back also. I asked the nurse who took my message if she knew of any other peris or REs in the area that they work with and she said no.
I was already reluctant, even before this waiting crap, to go to the place where they referred me. It's well known and a successful place, but they're known for being impersonal, etc. Who knows when I would even get in there??
What should I do? I'm so beyond frustrated. I'm in school and am supposed to be functional and I'm not. As if this week isn't already bad enough. There's a part of me that wants to make an appointment with the fertility clinic in Maryland that's a two hour drive and say screw it. The doctor that I had my consult with before my D&E had said that's where he always refers people (and never to the place I'm waiting to hear back from).
This all may sound trivial and I'm sorry if it does. I'm just fucki.ng DONE. At least if I had an appointment somewhere I'd feel like I was making some sort of progress. I"m worried too that I'm going to need surgery to have fibriods removed, which would push back TTC even further (thanks to Dr. Google, 4-6 MORE MONTHS!) They weren't visible on an u/s in July and in September they were. I just feel like the clock is ticking and I want to try to get somewhere, at some point.
Oh you poor thing. As if TTC isn't hard enough you have to deal with these people. Hang in there and hopefully you will get a call soon from the other office where you left a message. I say, if you haven't heard from anyone by 8:00 tomorrow morning, call the clinic in MD. Can't hurt, right?
ReplyDelete(((hugs))), Kelly. I understand your frustration. These people obviously do not get it. If you don't hear from your OBGYN by tomorrow, I would try to find an RE on your own--it definitely can't hurt to call the MD clinic and see what they have to say. You can always come to Philly, too--they got me in for my first appt within a week.
ReplyDelete(((hugs)))! I agree with Rita--set a deadline for tomorrow. If you don't hear anything by then, call the MD clinic. They should be bending over backwards to see you--that's their job. You have enough on your plate. I hope it gets sorted out soon.
ReplyDeleteThank god I got a call. I'm in December 3rd at 12:30 with an RE. We'll see what she has to say. I feel better that they called me back and I wasn't waiting, waiting, waiting even more!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement. It helps to know I'm not crazy!
*hugs* I'm so sorry your getting jerked around. I would wait for your normal office to call or bug them again in a day or so. See what they have to say about going to the re or the peri. I hope they can pull some strings or suggest anything that will make things go faster.
ReplyDelete.... Kelly, if I were you I'd just come down to SGFC at this point. If this is any indication on the kind of customer service you're going to get when you are a patient of this practice I think you'll be highly unsatisfied.
ReplyDeleteSGFC has a satellite office in Frede.rick, MD - you can do all of your consults and procedures there too. How far away is that for you? They'll send you to Rock.ville for the HSG and if you need IVF (g@d forbid) but you can do everything in Frede.rick.
If you would like to ever meet up in Maryland let me know :) I'm not that far away ...