just got a letter from kings i was lead to believe by my docter there that i would recieve my first icsi cycle this year now they letter says i wont be getting it till between april 2005 to march 2006 i cant stop crying i had got so excited about having it done this year i cant wait that long and we really cant afford to go private but i am going to try and get a bank loan i have to i cant wait that long i also rang them up to make sure there was no mistake as theres something about being 27 before you can recieve funding i will be 27 this march so i rang to check that they hadn't got it wrong and the women said no its right she wasn't very friendly i have to say think i may write a letter to my consultant that i saw just to double check
got to go tell my d partner now if i can stop crying long enough to get the words out
Love Ang
sorry to read about the huge delay. Can you go anywhere else for treatment? If so it is worth approaching another hospital. I was treated at our local hospital with Gonal F injections and Clomid etc, I was there for nearly 2 years when I decided it wasn't going anywhere and asked to be referred for IVF which was in another hospital. I went there for my first consulatation and was told the waiting list was about 1 year long. While we waited the list got longer although I wrote quite an indepth letter to the hospital requesting some answers they weren't very forth coming apart from that they always said that nobody could jump the que.
After 2 years we decided to pay privately and thought that our NHS attempt would be shortly after this. Unfortunately our attempt was unsuccessful, we were seen the following month, and they said it would be another year until we reached the top of the NHS list.
About 10 miles away is another clinic and I made an appointment with them and told them what had happened and asked about there waiting times and if I could transfer waiting lists. (When I had approached my GP he told me that this was impossible). The clinic agreed to take me and I had my notes transferred from my last clinic so Newcastle had a good starting block. My GP had to do a letter for me and I waited about 4 months. I am now pregnant with twins after a successful IVF attempt.
Sorry I have waffled quite a bit, but wanted to say that some of this crap we go through could be pushed, don't take for granted everything that people tell you and look around and check out other places. However, really double check the waiting times incase you do manage to move and end up waiting longer.
I am so sorry. How gutting for you and your DP. It really messes with your mind having to wait so long. It shouldn't matter what age you are but that's protocol for you.
I think (if its possible) you should look into alternative clinics - some NHS waiting lists are much shorter than others. I know when I was waiting for my first tmt, we had to wait nearly 18 months (and we were private and fortunate enough to be able to pay for our tmt) and that is because of the politics between clinics. I hadn't realised this at the time, but you do have a lot of choice as to which clinic you go to. I would discuss it with your gp and ask them for an alternative.
Please be careful taking out a bank loan, I know friends who have put their tmt on their credit card and then the tmt has failed and they are still paying back something for nothing and its a constant reminder. It can really mess your head up - more than the waiting.
I really wish you lots of luck sorting things out. Don't give up hope! You are still young and have got time on your side. It will happen for you.
Thanks girls for all your wondeful msg i am def going to look into other clinics have just wrote a letter to the consultant i saw, To my surprise i am actually quite calm about it all at the moment i feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders knowing that it isn't going to happen just yet guess that shows how worked up i was about the whole treatment thing thanks again girls xxxx your all great
your all great