Shortly after my appointment with my oncologist about my chemo treatments, I had a few questions. I wasn't sure if I wanted to take all the drugs that they're going to inject me in. There were a few side effects that can be permanent after treatment. One of them is infertility, I called her because I was confused to why she didn't mention it at the appointment. This is definitely something that I need to consider. She didn't mention it at the appointment because she doesn't think it should be a priority especially when I need to do chemo as soon as possible and it shouldn't be postponed any longer. She still gave me reference to a fertility centre.
I was scheduled at the fertility centre on February 2nd. The procedure will take about 2-3 weeks to get my eggs out. Unfortunately, that will prevent me to start chemo in less than 2 weeks. She recommend me not to especially that I'm young, I should have enough eggs and won't be infertile after chemo. She said she only recommends this to 30+ year old women. The cost too was very expensive, it would be about 10 000$ to freeze my eggs. wtf? no cancer discounts? She also mentioned the drugs that I will be getting from chemo does not have high risk of infertility. That definitely made me feel at ease.
The Dr definitely convinced me not to do it. I wish my boyfriend was with me at that time and would love to hear his opinion especially that we want to start a family next year. I'm not sure if I made the right decision.
I just need to focus on healing right now and deal with it in the future... I'm just going to trust God and hope for the best. I will be coming back after treatment and see if I still have eggs that are not damaged. Adding another prayer to the list...
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