Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Taking some "baby" steps (pardon the pun)LOL...we registered for a seminar at our fertility clinic. The subject: TTC through 3rd party, IE: donor egg/sperm programs. The seminar is scheduled for 1/19/06. I hope enough people register so that it is not cancelled, I am very interested in getting more information on this. I am encouraged that Jeff so readily agreed to attend. We have been avoiding the whole TTC conversations at this point, mostly because we cant do anything until we figure out the financial situation. I should have some more information in February on my lawsuit money...hoping it will come in fairly quickly after this latest delay.
Here is some info on this... Back in 2000, I took some medication for anxiety/depression due to the stress of my job, etc....after only 2 months on the medication. I became increasingly ill, slept all of the time and turned jaundice (not an attractive look). Took a long time for the docs to figure out that the medication was damaging my liver, rapidly. I had a biopsy of the liver done in 3/00 and they determined that 40% of my liver had been damaged. If I had been on the medication any longer than i was, I would have needed a transplant. Luckily for me, they caught it in time and I fully recovered by just stopping the medication. Right after this, i went to a lawyer who told me that I didnt have a case, so I went on with my life as usual. In 2002, I read that a class action suit was going on with this medication, so for the past 3-4 yrs I have been turning in paperwork, waiting, turning in more paperwork and more waiting. Finally in early 2004,I was notified that the drug company decided to make a settlement (instead of going to trial). 2005 was a whirlwind of more paperwork and crucial deadlines. In November 2005, we were told to expect our $$ by the end of year, then in December we received a letter stating that the courts had expanded a deadline to Jan 31st, 2006 for some others to get in their paperwork...So now I am hoping that in early spring we will have our money and that we can get on with our lives....and be able to finance our family expansion.
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