I have not blogged for ages. There really wasn’t anthing to say. I have been dancing around in Limbo for six months being poked and prodded like a guinea pig to try and discover the answers. Then we went to Lister on Friday and boy do I have my mojo back. I am finally after six months to give this damn IVF another shot.

Dr Smiles was on holiday so we went to see the fantastic Dr F. Sometimes in life you just click with someone. I found him warm and engaging and for the first time someone took in G. Spoke to him and not just me.

As we already knew, CF, chromosomes, Thyroid, iron etc all had come back perfectly normal so I was waiting for our NK cells and INT tests to come back saying exactly the same. BUT they both came back positive. It means my army that attacks foreign matter works harder than most people and might just be getting rid of the embryos instead of recognising them. This is completely treatable and I have a course of steroids that I will be taking alongside the IVF. What this does mean is that as well as the PCOS and blocked tubes, there is another factor as to why it will just never happen naturally. I did say to the Dr that ironically these NK cells dont seem to kill off the many colds and bugs that I seem to get!!

We then went on to where do we go from here. He did say its odd for me to have PCOS and not respond well to the drugs and he thinks that I may have been downregging far too long (three weeks) and its making my ovaries sluggish. So I am going to be taking the contraceptive pill to up my oestragen and then I am only going to downreg for ONE week. Just one. This is brilliant for me as normally the horrific side effects take place in weeks two and three. It is called the ‘long day 21 protocol with pill (ocP).

We are then going to try a completely new drug. It is out with the gonal F and in with the menapur. Apparently I have to mix the drugs myself which fills me with dread but he said he wasn’t worried in a veteran like me. The dose is also going to be a lot higher in the hope that we can achieve double figures.

The egg collection is also going to be done under a general and not just sedation and so thats something to not look forward too - although maybe I won’t be rushed out like I was at Oxford. It says you are there for at least four hours.

I feel ready to go. I feel like someone has listened to us and has investigated us and this is tailored to us.

The Fantastic Dr F is brilliant. I have his mobile and email address which are both free to use anytime (I did say he might regret that on the 50th call) ha ha

So when do we start, we could have started on Friday but it would have been a rush so he said to go away and enjoy our holiday and then we can start the day i get back.

I am back! :o) Come on team 2012!!!!!