Re: 28 year old with no menstrual bleeding
From: Michelle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:19:43 -0600 (CST)
At Sat, 13 Feb 1999, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>In a message dated 2/12/99 8:14:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>mlhebert@mountain-inter.net writes:
>
><<As far as not asking about this procedure, I did and was told to take 2 advil before hand because there will be slight cramping. And as far as a pain shot goes, it is free in Canada if needed but was never given to me as an option.
> I was on Depo Provera for approx. 6 months ending in February of 1998
>****** Effects can last 6 to 9 months.
>
> I was not told anything about this procedure other that there may be some
>cramping. I have NEVER been in so much pain in my entire life!!!!!! I believe
>I screamed the entire time and begged them to stop.
>
>****** I blame two people for you ignorance of this procedure.
>(Hystersalpingogram) 1) Your Doctor 2) YOU for not asking ahead
>of time.
> The pain was a result of the pressure put in the canal. Your Doctor was
>trying to open the blocked tube.
>******* Pain shots are readily available in any hospital, and they are not
>expensive.
>
><< They have found that one of my tubes is blocked. They didn't explain
>whether or not this is the cause of my lack of menstruating. Could it be?
>******* Not very probable that they are related! (BUT - maybe!)
>
> >>From here I will be scheduled for a Laporoscopy and as well they will be
> looking at the uterus through the cervix. This procedure will be done in
>about three months with a Doctors appointment just before to go over the
>procedure.
>******** Laporoscopy = Looking into the body cavity. Needs general
>anesthesia.
> Hysteroscopy = Looking into the cavity of the uterus. With or
>without general anesthesia.
>
>>> I would like to know more about it before then.
>****** ASK!
>
>>> They didn't tell me if I still can get pregnant with one tube or not.
>****** It depends upon why one tube is blocked? It depends upon the health of
>the remaining tube.
>
>>> Can I? As far as getting pregnant goes my husband and I are trying to
>conceive but is it going to happen or do I wait three months down the road for
>the Laparos.....
>****** I have no inkling!
>
>****** This OBGYN sounds like a good doctor. Stick with him/her and you will
>get your answers. If he/she doesn't explain it to you, ask.
> Did you know that the pregnancy rate AFTER blowing open the tubes is
>higher if the husband holds the patient's hand DURING the x-rays?
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