Moving Forward

Yesterday was a LONG day. First my daughter was up half the night because of an ear infection. Then I went to the clinic in the morning for my sonohysterogram. Semi-painful, but mostly just uncomfortable. They put a balloon catheder in my uterus and filled me with water and did a sonogram. This let them see my uterine cavity to check for scar tissue, polyps, fibroids, etc. She said my uterus was in perfect condition - no problems at all - woohoo!!

Then I went to a hospital imaging center for the second test, the hysterosalpinogram (HSG). During this test they inject dye through a catheder in your cervix; the dye travels through the uterus and into the fallopian tubes allowing them to find any scar tissue in the tubes. Apparently I have a cervix of steel because they couldn't get the catheder through. She would just get it in, start the test, and then it would fall out. They had to poke me with that stupid thing 4 times. She even had to "pinch" my cervix to get it through - can we say OUCH! After 45 minutes of torturing me, leaving me crying and bleeding on the table, they decided they couldn't do the test. So, all that fun for nothing.

The doctor talked to M&M and explained pros and cons to them about going forward without this test being performed. After talking about it, they decided to just keep going. We've gone this far, the first test had great results, and the odds of my tubes causing a problem with an IVF pregnancy are slim - so onward we go! :-D

The only concern is that my stupid doctor's office will not return my calls to give me a copy of my blood test results. The clinic needs those results to take the next step. My babysitter's daughter is sick today so Shayla is home. I decided to take a 1/2 day so I could take care of her, and so I can go to my doc's office and demand my test results. Hopefully they will realize that not calling me back is not going to make me go away. I NEED these results and I won't stop until I get them! And as soon as I have them, I am changing doctors. I cannot stand them. It takes forever to get in for an appointment, when you are there it is always a minimum of 2 hours before you get done, and they don't return phone calls. They are horrible! So, I'm going to switch docs within the next week or two.

So, that's my update for today. I would like to thank all of you that were thinking of me yesterday. It was nice knowing so many people love and support me through all of this. <3