HSG today

greenchild · #1 August 21st, 2007, 06:43 AM

I posted this in TTCMA too. I really should have expected this!! I am SO frustrated right now. With everything I went thru for both my pg's everything was one huge wait. Wait for these results because for some weird reason we don't have them. Wait for this, wait for that, I mean it was to the point it was completely ridiculous and I was starting to laugh about it bc NOTHING about my situation ever happened in the time frame it should have.
So, I get there this morning, only to be told my OB is stuck in surgery and it will be another 1 t0 1 1/2 hr wait. oh yay. I mean, it's not a big deal overall, the hospital is only like 6 blocks away, but nothing goes the way it's supposed to for me in TTC! AAAAACCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!!

(okay, over my rant now and back to laughing about all this waiting!

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~*Kixs*~ · #2 August 21st, 2007, 07:14 AM

I am sorry. Waiting is truly miserable! But just remember everything will happen on God's time. He has a quirky way of teaching us patients

Let us know how the doctors appointment go!

*Bobbie* · #3 August 21st, 2007, 07:29 AM

Anne.... first

and second.... I can't help but laugh because that's how things go for me.... and I thought I was the only one

I hope the results are good and the tube grew back

aries2276 · #4 August 21st, 2007, 07:59 AM

I'll be thinking about you.

MelissaT1973 · #5 August 21st, 2007, 08:36 AM

I so understand the wait wait wait......today I called to schedule my 2 week post D&C appt. and of course they were like, gee we don't have anything open till after the first of Sept. I insisted and much to their dismay they will get me in next Thursday!
As they say, "hurry up and wait"
Good luck!!!!

Melissa

greenchild · #6 August 21st, 2007, 08:53 AM

the results? According to the dr, inconclusive. AAAAHHHHHH!!!! more waiting!!!

the first time they put the dye in, they couldn't see it on the screen so they had to do it again. There was no spillage, which *should* indicate that I have no tubes, but my OB said that since this was so incredibly painful/crampy for me (once was bad enough, but twice??? OUCH!!!) he said that the tubes could have spaszed (sp?) shut, he's seen that happen before. So, he wants me to come in for another procedure once I have another period (bc I told him I think I have a cyst on my right ovary that's been hurting since mid-July, he said that first he wants me to have another cycle, provided I don't get pg, and if that cycle is as painful as the last 2 have been then I need to come in anyway) and this time they'll knock me out (thank god!!!) and do like an angioplasty. I get an incision (I assume for the camera he was talking about) and then they go up my cervix into my uterus with some balloon thing to see if they can get it into my tubes (if I have any). If anyone knows what this procedure is called, please tell me! I forgot to ask.

This will be the "definite" diagnosis of infertility, which my insurance will cover, but nothing beyond that for TTC.
The dr was so nice, he kept apologizing for it being so painful for me, and he said that if my periods were normally painful then the HSG would be painful and I told him the last 2 had been VERY painful so ummmm yeah, that HURT!!!!!!!!!!!! Typing doesn't even begin to describe the pain. I can truly say that is the most painful experience I've EVER had! If childbirth is anything like that, they can knock my butt out and wake me up when the kid comes out.

Or maybe I'll beg really hard for a c-section (if I ever get pg again).

Here is the x-ray pic, okay, it's not great, they gave me the HUGE xray so I tried to take a pic with one hand holding the xray up to the window with the other hand ). As is, it shows my tiny uterus (he even commented it was so small), nothing going off to my right side, and a little going off to my left side. Unfortunately my dr had already left the room before I thought to ask why the sides looked so different. The tech explained the xray pic, said that the right side could look like that too, but with things moving around in there with the cramping during the procedure, the right tube could have curved around so that nothing would be seen, or it just could be bc the tube was removed there. But if that's where the tube was removed, then there IS more on the left side.

Dang, I wish I knew for sure.

*Bobbie* · #7 August 21st, 2007, 09:07 AM

That has got to be the coolest pic I have ever seen on these boards.... I am sorry the test didn't go well. I can only imagine how painful it was my HSG was with the saline and u/s and that KILLED can't imagine pain worse than that

Thank God they are going to knock you out next time....

LOTS of

for such a rough day

I wish I had more time to type but I am gonna be late for work...UGH

Mum2three · #8 August 21st, 2007, 01:14 PM

Im sorry about the say that ur having! i hope it gets better!!! i think that is the neatest picture i have ever seen! i have never had those test done, and from the sound of it i dont want them...i wish that us woman didnt have to go through this!! i wish u tons of luck!!

~*Kixs*~ · #9 August 21st, 2007, 01:33 PM

I am sorry the doctor hurt you

Take some pain meds and call it an early night! That is a really neat x-ray. Thanks for sharing it with us!

reddick2084 · #10 August 21st, 2007, 02:17 PM

sorry that your appt didn't turn out the way you planned.

MelissaT1973 · #11 August 21st, 2007, 02:22 PM

It sounds like you need to get some rest! Poor thing, so sorry for your pain.
Well wishes,

greenchild · #12 August 21st, 2007, 02:28 PM

well after a bunch of ibuprofen and an hot water bottle, I feel pretty normal again, except that cyst or whatever that is on my right side, that had pretty much gone away after AF last week but this brought it back full force. Not bad pain, but a constant sharp feeling. That's why the dr wants me to come in again after my next AF if it still hurts. I'm going to (try to anyway, they're always so booked) make an appointment for right after my next AF for that procedure, then I can talk to him about the cyst-thing at that time too. What do they do then? An ultrasound to see if they can see a cyst? That's my guess anyway. Or I suppose if they're going in with a camera maybe they can look around with that.
But if I have a cyst, then what? Do they give me something to make it go away? Or do I just wait it out and hope it goes away on it's own? Unfamiliar territory here.

Ugh. I hope the bleeding from the HSG goes away soon. It's pretty light, but it's still there.

Edited to add:

now this is interesting: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art41599.asp
at the end of the article it says the same thing the dr said, that just bc the dye doesn't go thru doesn't mean the tubes are blocked, they can be spasming and just appear blocked.

man, this story better end with a happy ending and SOON i am getting tired of this!!!