Kenneth Wong

Dr. Wong provided my husband and I with realistic expectations and answered all of our questions. I never felt pressured with him and he always let us set the pace for our treatment plan. Additionally, whenever I reached out via e-mail, he responded promptly. I do wish that I was able to see him more often during my visits and/or that he performed all of my IUIs, but I understand it is operationally impossible given the backlog from covid and limited amount of REI doctors at Kaiser. Additionally, we weren't provided with a consultation to review our bloodwork results (genetic disease carrier) prior to beginning our first treatment cycle, which I think may have been an oversight or possibly because nothing abnormal was found. Unfortunately, when I reached out to schedule an appointment for this, he did't have availability until about a month later.

He does his best to provide you with all of the information necessary, but be prepared with questions that are specific to your situation and treatment plan.

For my 1st IUI, Dr. Wong recommended 5 days on Letrozole, then one injection of Menopur on the 6th day, as well as monitoring via transvaginal ultrasound (one baseline, then another to check on follicle size). I responded well to this treatment plan (2-3 mature follicles), so he kept me on the same plan for all 3 IUI cycles that I went through. For my 4th IUI, he recommended that I do an injection cycle of Follistim, which I haven't started yet. His reasoning for moving on to an injection cycle was because it is injecting the actual hormone vs. Letrozole which "tricks the brain".

I am fortunate to have 100% coverage, so I did not need to pay anything out-of-pocket.

I just felt like my doctor didn't understand how painful it was when he used the clamp to do IUI then switched to the ultrasound stick and back to IUI since my uterus/ cervix had moved, it was very painful and I cried during the session and he didn't show any compassion and spoke to me afterwards as things were matter of fact. I would have just preferred someone more sensitive to the situation and had better bedside manners when the treatment was being done.

If the patient does not need a compassionate caring doctor, I would recommend them switching since this would not be the doctor for them

I was not told about the treatment strategies until I asked what the next part was if I started my CD1. I was only aware of being on letrozole and how many pills only when I had called to get my first appointment and then the pharmacist told me. I was not told of how many follicles goal we were trying to target and therefore there was no specific rational. During IUI I was told a number for sperm motility and that was essentially it.

Ultrasound - Pelvic Limited (76857C) $60.00 Blood Work - HCG Pregnancy Test (84702) $0.00 Ovidrel 250 MCG Choriogonadotropin Alfa (Trigger) Rx# 122503460087 $112.49 Letrozole 2.5 MG Tablet Rx# 122503460086 $3.58 Ultrasound - f/up for follicles (76857C) $55.00 Sperm Isolation, simple (89260A) $50.00 Insemination - intra-uterine (58322A) $127.00 Total $408.07

He offered us whatever information we requested and was helpful in offering us whatever options were realistically available to us. I found, however, that I really had to advocate for options when we were initially told IVF was our only option. Because I pressed for other options, we saw improvement in our test results and we now have a ton of options before IVF.

Advocate for yourself. Do your own research. Ask for alternatives. Start with small steps. Get the male partner tested first before starting ANY treatments.

Clomid for 2 cycles, 50 mg for 4 days starting on day 3 of the cycle. Progesterone test on day 19 of the cycle. Used to induce ovulation with PCOS. These 2 cycles were completed prior to husband being tested - once tested, we stopped with Clomid to try vitamins to increase his numbers.

Clomid for each cycle: $5 Consult meetings: $60-$160 HSG: $600 Male Sperm Analysis: $15

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Dr. Wong is very straightforward, although I wish he would have explained certain results of our labs/blood results a bit more delicately. He does tend to use a lot of scientific terminology, which can be a little hard to understand at times. With Kaiser, you might not always see Dr. Wong, sometimes you may see a nurse or PA or another doctor that is available. Overall, I would recommend Dr. Wong.

write down any questions you might have before your appointment and take the questions with you.

Im sorry i cant remember.

Only $35 co-pays through my insurance and co-pays for medications, which was usually less than $100.

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I met dr Wong one time , and during that time he was very knowledgeable and let us know our chances of becoming pregnant once he diagnosed us with unexplained infertility . He right away wanted to take action and tell us what he recommended and that was an iui.

That you might only get to see him one time , unless you change your course of action.

We completed to iui treatments with dr Wong , you had to come in on day 3 of your period get scanned to make sure everything is a go , then prescribed Clomid 50 mg to take day3- day 7 then on day 8 take a shot of 1ml fermera sub q . On day 10 go in again for another ultrasound scan and the NP would then tell you when to administer your HCG trigger shot and the date to come in for insemination

About 700 dollars per iui

Very skillful and knew what he was talking about. But did not show compassion towards us. Did not see him every visit. But he is very smart and I do trust him and know that his job is to just help us get pregnant and not a therapist.

Be prepared. Go in hoping for the best but know that it is a process.

Clomid for 10 days beginning on day 3. Scans every week and iui on the day after trigger shot. Progeaterone while the two week wait. No pregnancy achieved.

Insurance covered 50% of meds and visits. still paid a total of $800 per cycle

Very knowledgeable doctor. Listens to me. Just very expensive. His helpers nurses are so nice and respectful. I still feel hopeful. Ivf is next with him. He explains everything in detail and always calls to check on me.

Ask every question!!

Testing. Blood, hormones, hsg, we dis clomid and monitoring. And IUI.

Exoensive. $1200 IUI cycle

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