Day 13

Possible the last lazy day for a while..

Woke up super early this morning. Neither Megan nor I are sleeping very well. Well, not at night, anyway. We both decided to stop trying to sleep and wake up at 4am this morning, but since then she has spent 90% of the day in bed. I worry she is coming down with something other than jetlag. Great.

We ate cereal for breakfast, and she fell back asleep. I found that CARE fertility place, and phoned the Milton Keynes office. I was struck by an answering machine message, so I left my number and hung up. Around midday, she phoned back, but I was in the bathroom, my mother was outside, and Megan was half asleep, so she ended up leaving a message for me to call back. We played phone ping pong for an hour or two, until I finally ended up speaking to her around 1pm.

Turns out the MK office cannot do anything for me, and I needed to phone the Northampton headquarters. I did so, got put through to admin, who told me I needed a referral, be it from a GP or a hospital, to use their service. But they put me through to the lab to explain the procedure. Lab however started putting me back through to admin, so at that point I hung up and attempted to call the consultant doctor who saw me yesterday in A&E to ask about a referral.

Somewhere around this time, MK hospital called me up to confirm my ultrasound for 9:30am on Wednesday. Yay. Anyway, I started called Mr Ajuwon on the number he gave me.

Nobody picked up, it just rang forever. Getting rather frustrated, and unable to ask Megan for advice (she was still zzzzzzz), I went downstairs, but as I started to explain the situation to my mum, CARE called back. Someone from the lab explained exactly what I needed, two things: a) a referral from the hospital, and b) funding from the PCT (primary care trust) who governs MK hospital. I provided some details and she went to work acquiring B and left me to get A from the number I had been given the day before.

So I called Mr Ajuwon again and just waited on the line. After about 10 minutes of rings, he picked up. I explained my case and he told me I really needed to phone Mr Anderson, the urologist I was going to be seeing. He gives me a number and tells me to call and that he faxed all my info over to his secretary earlier. So, I do so.

A lady picks up, I explain my case for the 94th time, and she tells me I'd get a referral when I see the urologist, and that he wants to see me on Wednesday after my ultrasound. I guess to decide if I am 100% having surgery or not. She also mentions if I do have surgery, it'll be next week. Great. I hang up, and within 10 minutes the appointment section of MK hospital phones to confirm my urologist appointment for 10:30am Wednesday, after my ultrasound.

Whilst trying to explain all this to Megan, CARE phone me back to ask how I got on. I explain I will get a referral on Wednesday, and she tells me she got funding from the PCT already. They want me to come in two times, one time tomorrow, Tuesday, at 10:00am, and once on Wednesday but I'll arrange that tomorrow.

So yeah, busy few days coming up. Makes me feel a little sick when I think about it, but in 48 hours I will know so much more about what's happening.

Unfortunately, I got so exhausted around 5pm that I laid down next to Megan. It's now 8:30pm and I slept past the time we were going to order Chinese food. Oh well, more sandwiches, I guess.