New Dr...time to start over

Ok, well my first Dr. appointment with Dr. Maher of Sutter Medical was this morning.  Did all the routine stuff, he let me explain (in great detail) my history and where we are at now.  And his question to me at the end of all that was "So, what is your plan?" heh, well, I haven't been asked that thus far and didn't really know what to say...but I answered with "As soon as possible!"  That's the obvious answer from an infertile woman, isn't it?

Well, he scheduled a full blood panel work up...but, he said that he is going to need to refer me to a reproductive endocrinologist. My Dr. in Newport Beach did all the typical "low hanging fruit" tests that are what an OBGYN can grasp at, but now we need a specialist to step in and figure out what is going to be the best direction for us from here.  Which makes me happy, because I feel like I'm moving in a direction of some kind (though I don't know what that is just yet).  And I feel a little more justified in my "infertility", though I know I (by definition) AM infertile I can still doubt myself and feel like I'm blowing it out of proportion. 

However, I am nervous.  I will not be seeing a female health Dr. (which is covered by insurance), I'll be seeing a specialist...a reproductive specialist, at that.  Did you know that in the United States only a small portion of the states have passed mandates to make health care cover infertility expenses?  Did you know that as of now, California is not one of them?  So, yes, I'm a bit concerned...things from here on out get more serious, more involved, more expensive, and less of it is covered by health insurance.  I was originally hoping that my Dr. would represcribe the Rx's that I hadn't been on very long before to see if they would truely do the job...and then we would have an alternative that would allow us to be covered and prolong the specialist. But, he believes that there are other options that will be more productive than the two meds I was on...

So, I am waiting to hear about my blood work...and I am also waiting to hear from specialists to schedule referral appointments.  I hope and pray that the neurosurgeons office pulls their act together though!  My Dr. sent them a referral as well so that we could do one more MRI check just to make sure that the tumor is not the issue...they responded that they have no record of me being a patient ever (which is just about as disorganized and clueless as they acted when D and I tried to start this process three years ago).  So, we shall see how that one works out! :P

At least things are moving, right?