It is a step by step process. First step, resistance. Why should i have LIT (Lymphocte immunization Therapy)? I believe I can get pregnant even without LIT. Second step, understanding. I try to understand how LIT works. I feel My grasp of understanding is less than 40%. Nevertheless, I tried. Third step, acceptance.
If LIT is banned in America, why should I try it? If it is banned, I will think of two sides. One, it is unproven. To protect the safety of the public, the government needs to ban it. Second, it is banned because it is lobbied by pharmaceuticals? Ivig is also a blood product marketed by the giant pharmaceuticals. They are competing profitability with several thousands of unknown doctors.
Maybe I am brain washed but I voluntarily wanted to have LIT. Is it because my stubborn fairy godmother also changed her stand? My fairy godmother does not believe in immunology as a factor of infertility. After series of debate, she asked me to have LIT. She said it is to increase the chance of pregnancy. Case closed! I believe in immunology as a factor for my infertility. I had LIT done. I said in the past that I will wait for miscarriage to happen first before believing in immunology.
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How about Neuopogen? First step, resistance. Second step, resistance. Third step is also a resistance I guess. I try to understand but the comprehension is still vague for now. Neupogen involves stimulating the bone marrow to produce more white blood cell. Bone aches, ouch, ouch and what is the benefit? If I have plenty of white blood cells that means I have magnified my nk cell? I will be more resistant to infection, more nk cells to kill the embryo? Uhum... Wrong... We want Neupogen because it can stimulate the tropoblast growth factor. I just emailed my hematologist in HK. He confirmed gcsf receptor is found in cancer cells of leukemia. It is safe to me even if I have family history of cancer. Why? Because my tnf-alpha is high or because I don't have cancer yet for now?
With LIT, I have heard of several success stories within my circle of friends. With Neupogen, it seems that drug is new or not yet available in our market. Where can I find success stories. Do we have Neupogen teens already? Its safety on the fetus is already established? Maybe I am not yet prepared. I dont feel the benefit outweighs the risk. According to my ivf doctor, they use Neupogen on patients that experience implantation failure even with ivig and lit. I am not cursing myself. I wait for implantation failure to happen first before deciding to believe in gscf. Can neupogen cause leukemia in fetus?
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