update and more questions Re: bleeding and hcg after d&c

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Her doc is suggesting trying a medicine (to force cramps) for a day and on wednesday she will do a biopsy on tissue to see if its new growth (some .... trophoblasty) or old tissue.

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At Thu, 29 Jun 2000, concerned wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>My wife had a D&C (due to miscarriage) in april. After that she bled a
>lot and had sever pains for 2-3 days. Since then she has been bleeding
>off and on. Now she is having her periods every 15days and they last
>10+ days. Sometimes she passes clots and mucous, sometimes the blood is
>black sometimes red. Occassionally she has abdominal and lower back
>pain.
>
>Its almost 12 weeks since her d&c.
>
>Her doc is doing blood tests every 2-3 days and her hcg is hovering
>around 10-15. The doctor said it should have been zero now. She
>suspects that either something's left inside or her body is taking
>longer than usual to adjust or some rare condition in which growth
>occurs again (i forgot the name).
>
>She had an ultrasound done today. We'll come to know tommorow about her
>latest test results and appointment with doctor(again) on next wed.
>
>What should we expect????
>Is it possible that something could be left inside?
>Does it mean that the doc is not good and Should we change her doctor if
>thats the case?
>
>worried.....

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