Fart sandwiches

Dangit, I wanted to be good about posting regularly again but time is flying by. I'm going to finish this post even though it sort of feels like I don't want to say any of the things I really should be saying.

I did talk to the nurse at my old RE's, who called when they got the letter asking for a copy of our records. She is lovely and she lives in my neighborhood and said she keeps expecting to run into me somewhere. Then I had to talk to the billing person and she was sweet too. Sigh.

So in case you didn't see that, we are now waiting for a copy of our records. I thought getting out the file to fight the last fight with the insurance company was painful. I can't decide if I want to look through the chart or not. There it will be in all its glory: every blood test, every semen analysis, every embryologist report. Hopefully something about the hydrosalpinx. Presumably something about the pregnancy and miscarriage.

So the question is, have you or would you read yours if you could? Or would you keep it in its envelope until you go to your new doctor? I obviously thought we should have our own copy or I would have let them do it doctor-to-doctor handover style. But now I'm not so sure.

btw, fight with sibling patched, apparently.

Comments

[DD]

After our second IVF, I did ask for a copy of all of our records and it wasn't because we were going somewhere else with them. I wanted to know the details of our treatment. I also wanted to make sure it was accurate. Mistakes can and do get made. There was a note in there that indicated that I was a smoker, and I'm not, so they amended the chart. It may be hard, but I think it's really important.

[amanda]

When I switched from my first clinic to my second, I did read my records. I'm glad I did because there was stuff in there that my crap ass RE had not told me. Important stuff like notations that there was blood on the catheter after ET. Making that switch was one of the best decisions I made and while I know my second (and much better) RE read through those records, I felt better knowing everything first hand.

[thalia]

Fart sandwiches? Were you going somewhere else with this post and then changed your mind?

I've been trying to get a copy of my file from the hospital for MONTHS and they still haven't produced it. When I get it I am absolutely going to read it, even if I don't like what I read.