A Trip to Columbus to Get Some Answers

So today was the day, the day that I was hoping to get some answers to my crazy, wacky, unpredictable body from an RE.  So I left work and trekked my way down to Columbus, GPS set to take me to some answers.  From what I read on the website for the clinic, the initial meeting was going to be more of a consultation which it was.  I was led back to Dr. S's (which is short for super amazing awesome Dr.) office where I didn't wait but a minute (which is pretty awesome).  He introduced himself, asked about me and what I wanted to happen and my history, family and Matt's family. One of the things that I loved was that it was low key, I felt no pressure whatsoever. So after all the formalities, he told me that he thinks that I may not have PCOS (umm ok?) but he would want to see some more tests, but based on the tests I already had done, I don't have typical PCOS results. What he does think is that the trigger in my brain (I can't think of the long name that he gave it, I know I'm a horrible person for not writing things down!) is underdeveloped. That means that when it receives a signal it doesn't know what to do or the signal gets lost. That is why way back when I was 17 and having irregular cycles the answer was BCP. The BCP just stopped all activity in that area and voila, problem solved. Well now, I need the triggers to work in order to make my system work. He said the treatment is to trick my brain, make the signal work which would make the whole system work. We are going to take 150mg of clomid on days 3-7, then I will be having an ultrasound and then a trigger shot.  I was kind of shocked to see the clomid since I had been told that I didn't respond to the clomid but Dr. S said that my progesterone was higher at a 6 and while they would like it to be a 12 the 6 was promising so they are using the clomid again. Tomorrow I am having my fasting glucose test to see if I am even insulin resistant and if we continue on the metformin. Now, the met did help with some weight loss and the side effects weren't bad, hardly noticeable for the most part. I'm also having a pregnancy test just to make sure I am not preggo since I haven't had AF come visit yet. I am 99% sure I am not but I would rather be safe than sorry. If AF does not come within a week then I have to call and get a prescription for provera. I have never had to have provera to start AF and I am just hoping it doesn't make AF more unbearable than it already is.

So that my friends is how my appointment went. I have some reading material to read over the next couple of days and the nurse told me not to hesitate to call even with, what I may think is dumb question. I left there with finally an answer to why, why my body wasn't doing what it was supposed to do. As I read more of the information and process everything I will hopefully have some more information. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and well wishes!