HolyMoly,
With all due respect I take extreme offence at your initial comments...did you even bother to read my last post.....or my signature?
And yes if you are willing to pay as a fully self funded private patient you can access IVIG here in Australia, maybe I did not make that distinction clear enough in my other post....you still have to be approved however so that you may order the drug and you cannot access domestic stocks as they are reserved for people who meet the criteria, as our domestic stocks currently do not meet the demand in this country. this means you will have to import your own IVIG from one of only two approved overseas manufacturers and (as I stated earlier for the benefit of others who may not be as aware of the costs), it will cost you in excess of $10,000 per treatment. Now depending on the treatment plan you are placed on you may require these as much as once a week or as little as once a month. For example Dr. Beer himself would recommend weekly treatments to begin with for the first three months preconception and then scaling back once conception is achieved, different doctors of course will use different protocols......I was merely placing all the facts there so that people who read this thread and are new to this stuff have all the information there to make an informed decision.
Please do not try to teach me "how to suck eggs"...I have been at this immunology game for a longtime, more than thirty years in fact, and actually do know what I am talking about...
Melanie 39 Geoff 39
4 beautiful angels: Jul '04, June '06, Sep '06, Nov '08 Forever Remembered in Mummy's Heart
Too Many PGD/IVF cycles to remember.....TTC since Feb 2004
Last edited by melbel; July 4th, 2009 at 12:42 PM.
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