Re: Advice ... (pg / mc ment)

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> I posted a little while ago after finding out that I had a BU (diag.

> via u/s 06/02,went to see a gyno (first visit - Im 25) with the

> results for further infomation. I have just received the copy of her

> letter back to my GP in which she is certain it is a BU, even though

> the US results state that SU is possible. Has recom. no further

> investigation, and she also went on to re-assure me " that this should

> cause no problems and that I have the same percentage of the rest of

> the pop when considering preg " . Given the research I have been doing

> into it all, and the god-send that this site/group is, it is hard to

> take her recommendation and just wait.... So I have an appt scheduled

> for 5.9.02 with Prof in Sydney (aka 's wonder dr !).

I'd go ahead and see Prof, he's fabulous, and, most importantly, he's a

SPECIALIST in this area, whereas who knows if your Gyno is? Ultrasound

is by no means conclusive as to a diagnosis between BU/SU, and so **why

should** you go and have the eventual heartache, if and when you try to

conceive, of the possibility of a miscarriage?? **Why should** you

have to be on tenterhooks about " will this one work? " each time you

fall pregnant? If you are really SU, then the likelihood of

miscarriage is actually far greater than the rest of the population.

If you are BU, then you have a higher chance of preterm labour, or late

miscarriage (others feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken). Go and

see Prof, tell him you want to find out for your own piece of mind,

what do you really have to lose? Tell him you've talked to me, and

that you were referred by me from this list, I've mentioned it to him

before, he'd be really excited to hear it, I think! Also, I wouldn't

mention that you're not trying to conceive for 12 months...

Yes, you could be SU, conceive, and carry babies to term, I have. But

I've also had 8 miscarriages, to get my 2 children, 4 before my

daughter, 3 before my son, 1 last August. It really burns me up to

hear " so-called experts " tell people that they should take their

chances and go and make a baby before they will do anything drastic

like fix a condition that is easily operable!

If Prof goes and just does the laparoscopy, and then finds out you're

BU, then there's no harm done, it's a very simple procedure, and you're

out of surgery and in recovery within 15 minutes. If he finds you're

SU, then he'll go ahead and do a hysteroscopy, and he'll probably look

into your fibroids as well (although I have no information about that,

I don't know what he'd have to do). I asked him to give my

endometriosis a bit of a scrape - I went in on day 3 of my periods and

came out with them finished altogether! What a good doctor!

>

> I am nervous as whether to persist and ask for further examinations

> to rule out SU and then if so to request surgery?. There was a alot

> of articles that I came across where surgery was not an option if you

> had not already had probs with preg / ttc. And the attitude I picked

> up from the gyno was that bc I wasn't ttc, m/c etc then there was no

> cause for concern.

PERSIST! It's your body! Why shouldn't you be able to get it fixed if

it needs fixing? It's no skin of Prof 's nose to do a bit of an

investigation!

>

> No plans within the next 12 mths for preg, (although this has

> certainly changed alot of priorities in my life !) but if surgery is

> an option do you think I should be considering it before ttc ?.

YES!!

> Very much looking forward to the prof appt, although feeling a little

> daunted, so any advise/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Make sure you bring up all your concerns with Prof, he's very cool

indeed, and he appreciates women with brains who know what they're

talking about. When he asked me why I wanted the surgery, when I have

two healthy children, I said, " Because I want to know for sure that

what I've been diagnosed with is what I actually have. And, I'm only

33, so I want more children! " . He appreciated my candour, and that's

what made him go ahead with the investigation. It helps to have a

little bit of a tear in your eye as well, I'm sure...

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Thanks , your re-assurance and advise is greatly

appreciated. Is lap. my only option for correct dx ?.

Have seen that MRI can be used ??. (Big chicken when

it comes to surgery and needles ..... guess Im going

to have to get over that soon !!!.

Elise

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Oooh, Elise, there's nothing chicken about not liking needles or

surgery!

I don't like needles and so forth either, but I'm good with surgery,

I've had to be, with all my m/c!

Yes, MRI can be used, but I went the way of lap, because of my m/c

history. I think if you can convince Prof to let you have an

MRI that would be a good way to go!

BTW - I thought your initial appointment with Prof was supposed to be

in August?

--- Elise wrote: > Thanks , your

re-assurance and advise is greatly

> appreciated. Is lap. my only option for correct dx ?.

> Have seen that MRI can be used ??. (Big chicken when

> it comes to surgery and needles ..... guess Im going

> to have to get over that soon !!!.

>

> Elise

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--- Hafey wrote:

Advice taken, Im going to plead with Prof for an MRI,

seeing as not ttc just yet, I can always go lap

afterwards if he or I are'nt happy.

Yes, appt was meant to be Aug 8, but I'm off to Italy

for 4 weeks !. My partner has a Rugby contract over

there (Aug-May) and Im going with him, but then coming

home (work), then going back in Dec for a month.

This is the main reason Im not ttc,... that and we are

trying to fit a wedding in at some stage too !.

Hope you are feeling well and getting even closer to

#3. (Had a little look at the pics on the site, Eilis

and Liam are gorgeous !).

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