[Mjp121212]

Af is horrible.....beyond horrible. It has gone on far too long. He has ordered more lab work, another u/s this time at the hospital and then my regular appt. is coming up on Oct. 10th. They gotta do something.

[petalfuzz]

Good luck to you! I hope the Drs. will suddenly have a brilliant brainstorm about your condition!!

[lauren in hi]

(((HUGS)))

[Oriyan]

Have you had a water sono lately? Maybe you have polyps? Cause I had the AFs from HEL- for many years and they kept getting worse and they removed tons of polyps and my last AF was bliss!

*hugs*

[Garfieldbear]

I'm sorry

[Mjp121212]

A water one? No I havent! Never even heard of that! How do they do that? Now I've had an HSG where they put dye into your uterus and tubes. is that what you mean?

[bittersweet]

The most likly culprit is fibroids. They are pretty common, most women will get them at some point.

I hope you can get some relief soon. I have horrible AFs too, so I can relate to the misery.

[Mjp121212]

No fibroids. They would have been found by now. This will make my 4th U/S since June (or July I forget) 2007. I've had 2 pelvics and 2 transvag (one was a combo pelvic and transvag, one just pelvic, and one just transvag) and then this one will be a combo pelvic transvag.

[soImarriedAnerd]

I hope you get an answer soon {{{{HUGGLES}}}}

[ShannonMVT]

I hope they can help you soon.

(((((((Missy)))))))))) I hope they can help you quickly!

[Mars]

Oh dear, I hope you find answers soon or it may be time to see someone else who can get you some answers.

You can't continue on like this. T&Ps that they find some answers. (((HUGS)))

[~Caroline~]

I hope they figure out what's wrong soon. I have very painful AF, but it's still bearable. I'd go crazy if the pain was worse.

[Oriyan]

A water one? No I havent! Never even heard of that! How do they do that? Now I've had an HSG where they put dye into your uterus and tubes. is that what you mean?[/b]

A water sonogram AKA SHG, is where they put sterile saline into your uterus which expands the walls and the saline flows in. What happens is since the walls are opened, the saline ends up shaping around any possible polyps that can be inside that are NOT seen by u/s regularly. Polyps cause very very painful AFs because your uterine linning sheds around them each month, thus making them bigger. The bigger they are the more painful your AF is going to be. My AFs have been getting more and more painful the last 3-4 years. I complained to my GYN and she did a regular u/s and said she didnt see anything suspicious (of course she didnt cause the walls of the uterus close in on the polyps!) When my RE did the water sono he found a giant polyps, and when he did the D&C and got inside he found tons of smaller polyps.

My recent AF after the D&C was BLISS. Instead of 40 advil in 2 days i took 6. It was amazing.

The dye just tells them if your tubes are open and flowing properly. The SHG will make sure nothing out of the ordinary is inside your uterus.

I recommend the SHG. It was relativly painless, for me i felt a little crampy when they inserted the catheter into my cervix/uterus but that was it. Definetly ask for it. Its a great way to know if theres any polyps or not and your AFs sound just like mine did.