Update (i just got back from my HSG)

December 13, 2001

Hello everyone,

Well, I had my HSG appointment this morning at

9:00a.m.

Bad news- they couldn't get the darn catheter in

through my cervix-two different Dr's tried. I almost

started to cry-not because of the pain, but I felt so

discouraged and stressed. I was trying to breathe my

way through the bad cramps, and one of the nurses was

so kind to hold my hand during the whole thing. Well,

at 10:30 a.m., they gave up. I didn't have the HSG

today, and now I have to go to my OBGYN on January 9th

so she can dialate my cervix, then go acroos the

street to radiology and attempt this one more time-I

hope it works. Does anyone know anything about a

Federal mandate law that requires insurance companies

to pay for things like the HSC, since a septate uterus

is something we were born with? I need all the info I

can get. My insurance will only pay 50% of

infertility (diagnostic only). AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

Any information is welcome-please! Thank you all for

being an awesome support group! HUGS TO ALL!!!!!!!

love,

Amy

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December 13, 2001

Amy,

I'm so sorry that they couldn't make things work today. They had

trouble with my HSG too, but ended up using some kind of suction???

catheter and it worked. I DID cry and I'm not normally a woos. So,

good for you for being strong!

Anyway, I'm glad that they can at least attempt to do the test

another way. I didn't realize that they could do that. I'm sorry that

you'll have to wait though.

I don't know anything about that federal mandate. It's not the HIPPA

thing - is it? I think that's about being covered for pre-existing

conditions - but it's got a bunch of different things. I'd started to

do some research on these things, but didn't get very far.

Your insurance shouldn't necessarily consider this infertility. My

docs put uterine anomaly as my diagnosis so that I could get all of

my diagnostic testing paid for. My insurance wouldn't pay for

infertility treatments at all. You might want to check into that.

Hopefully my babbling helped a bit.

Tara

December 13, 2001

Amy -- sorry to hear about your painful, disappointing day. Sounds like my

first HSG, which was discontinued due to " patient discomfort " I think my

fingernail marks are still on the radiology metal table!!! The second time, my

ob told the radiologist what she needed to look for because of my vaginal septum

and two cervices (common to UD). He even offered to come over and insert the

catheter, which was nice of him. The second time I also --not under a drs

direction -- took a darvocet left over from my husband's sinus surgery, about

30 minutes prior to the procedure. The second time was sooo much better.

As to the insurance issue, I'm not sure that an HSG for an MA necessarily has to

be coded as for infertility. It can cause serious problems AFTER conception --

is that a fertility issue??? Mine was covered and we had pretty average to

below-average insurance at the time. A lot has to do with how the ordering

doctor codes the test and the reasons for it.

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> Hello everyone,

> Well, I had my HSG appointment this morning at

> 9:00a.m.

> Bad news- they couldn't get the darn catheter in

> through my cervix-two different Dr's tried. I almost

> started to cry-not because of the pain, but I felt so

> discouraged and stressed. I was trying to breathe my

> way through the bad cramps, and one of the nurses was

> so kind to hold my hand during the whole thing. Well,

> at 10:30 a.m., they gave up. I didn't have the HSG

> today, and now I have to go to my OBGYN on January 9th

> so she can dialate my cervix, then go acroos the

> street to radiology and attempt this one more time-I

> hope it works. Does anyone know anything about a

> Federal mandate law that requires insurance companies

> to pay for things like the HSC, since a septate uterus

> is something we were born with? I need all the info I

> can get. & nbsp; My insurance will only pay 50% of

> infertility (diagnostic only). AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

> Any information is welcome-please! & nbsp; Thank you all for

> being an awesome support group! HUGS TO ALL!!!!!!!

> love,

> Amy

>

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December 14, 2001

Hi Amy,

HOW FRUSTRATING!!! I'm glad they're rescheduling you. It sounds like

your medical team was very supportive.

On the plus side, when you *do* become pregnant I bet you won't have

to worry about having an incompetant cervix. When that puppy's

closed, it stays closed!

Take care ... I'm so sorry for your disappointment.

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December 14, 2001

Amy,

Oh, I'm sorry for your HSG experience. It's hard enough to go through that

proceduere without the stress you went through. And to be worried about

insurance coverage on top of it, it's really not fair. Being Canadian, I

don't have any answers for that, but I wish you luck on the next try...

I had a hysteroscopy last summer, and I have 2 cervices, and they got the

scope through the first cervix, and tried and tried for the second, and

couldn't do it. It was the worst...my Dr. tried, and she had an intern who

also tried, and he was SO determined, that the Dr. had to very firmly tell

him to stop because I was so obviuosly in pain!! I'm thinking that when he

becomes a Dr. he'll be kind of scary...

Sorry again for your experience.

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