BeckyM

richmond_girl · #1 February 25th, 2009, 03:11 PM

I hope your DH's appt with the urologist went well today! I am thinking of you

BeckyM · #2 February 26th, 2009, 05:45 AM

Thanks for thinking of me. I do really like the urologist doctor, and he makes things as easy as possible for both of us. He ended up spending a lot more time and had removed more tissue then he'd originally thought he would be removing. He wanted to cover all areas of the testees with the biopsy. This is due to what he found out in DH's bloodwork. It came back with DH having an extra chromosome - known as XXY. The doctor was very shocked with these blood results as DH doesn't really have any of the characteristics of the condition and DH's testosterone is at normal levels but his other hormones were all out of whack. The doctor was very straight forward with us that our chances for having a biological child from both of us is very slim. This is due to the fact that between 95 percent and 99 percent of XXY males are infertile because their bodies don�t make a lot of sperm. I'm still trying to keep my hopes up that DH is in this small percentage that can make sperm and at this point am just waiting for the results to come back in.

DH is still being pretty calm about everything, and I'm trying to be that way to. But it is so hard. I just wanted to scream & cry yesterday after getting this news, but I know that it's not going to help any. So, I smiled & tried to keep DH as pain free as possible. They gave him a strong narcotic to take for the pain and I rotated ice packs from the freezer for him. He was feeling some better this morning, so I headed into work.

So, that's my update. I know everything will work out for the best, and am just waiting to see what our next steps will be. DH brought up the topic of using donor sperm yesterday, and we talked some about that. Our medical insurance will not cover any costs for using donor eggs or sperm, and only covers all these infertility treatments/procedures/etc if it is using my eggs and his sperm so that will also play a factor in our journey as well. My head is spinning from all of this.

Thanks ladies!!!

4eyes · #3 February 26th, 2009, 08:11 AM

I just read this post I really hope everything works for you guys and they are able to find some sperm for you guys to use.....they only have to find a few to be able to do the ICSI procedure.... Good luck!!

txjovigal · #4 February 26th, 2009, 08:12 AM

HUGS Becky! I hope things work out for you! We are here for support if you need anything!!

richmond_girl · #5 February 26th, 2009, 06:22 PM

Oh sweetie, I'm sorry. I hope the biopsy results end up being great and they were able to find enough sperm to freeze. I know how it feels to be dumped with a ton of information and just be overwhelmed with the number of decisions you have to make.

Brandiwine77 · #6 February 26th, 2009, 07:07 PM

Hugs! I hope that you guys get some good news! Hope your DH continues to heal well from biopsy

BeckyM · #7 February 27th, 2009, 06:15 AM

Thanks, girls! DH is feeling a little better, but still has quite a bit of pain. We are just waiting for the lab results to determine our next steps will be in our TTC journey here. His follow up appointment with the urologist is March 11th and I've left a message for the financial adviser with the fertility center to go over prices. Since our insurance will not cover any infertility treatment involving donor eggs or sperm, we want to know all the costs so we make decisions if it comes to that. Whew - all of this is enough to drive someone bonkers. Hopefully we'll hear something soon & I'll update when I can.