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Well, here we go again.  All I have in the back of my mind is that incessant clicking sound that the roller coaster makes when you are going uphill to the first big drop.  It shouldn't surprise me though, not like we haven't done this before.

But yet, we make the second attempt at this adventure.  We went to see Dr. Wong on Friday and after the last round of blood work, which all came back low, he is diagnosing me as hypothalamic.  Basically, that portion of my brain is not functioning properly and therefore not creating the hormones needed, hence no response last time.  Mostly this is common for women who are very active...dancers, sports, or women who are anorexic.  He was a bit surprised by the results. 

So, a second round of blood work and my levels are still low. Today I begin a new shot that is a combination of FSH and LH to do what my body isn't naturally.  This is a good thing and hopefully gives us a second chance at the IVF.  All hope is not lost yet.  Unfortunately its not just a basic shot and I have to follow this process and actually mix the solution with the pill in the other bottle and prep it myself.  It's not hard, just a bunch of steps the nurse went over with me twice that I can not remember at this moment.  Thank goodness for the bullet how-to list and a video available on the website for prepping it.

We aren't sure how long this process will take and how I will respond.  Keeping my fingers crossed my levels begin increasing to allow us to move back over to Loma Linda for the IVF try.  Hey, I'm getting good at this shot thing.  Like it, not really, but I don't freak out at the thought of poking myself.

There's that clicking sound again...