Re: removing half of bicornuate uterus?

[Guest guest]

Hi I also just found out after that last post that it was called a 'non

communicating half'... does that make it any different? She also had bad

endometriosis.

Kitty

bu su combo

metroplasty 2/02

..5cm left

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I sent her an email address asking her if she minded if I gave it to you. I

also forwarded the link to her to join this group. I will let you know if

she emails me back. And maybe she will join too. Her name is .

Kitty

su bu

[Guest guest]

Kitty-

I have heard of that, but not frequently. Most studies indicate that BU

and UD with function quite well and do not require surgical

intervention. I have gotten the feeling that the " cure may be worse than

the ailment " in the case of repairing a BU, and I haven't heard of repair

at all of UD. Primarily because w/ BU and UD the division is true uterine

material, not septum. Beth and the others may have more scientific support

for this.

UD

[Guest guest]

Well, I was a BU with one side developed and the other side was

shedding it's lining but not flowing out the cervix (closed off at

the cervix)..so I had a lap to remove the tube and the " extra uterus "

which was only 1x1x1cm and removing the wall in between would not

have gained anymore uterus woth having..so now i am a UU. It is my

left side..which is odd to me since I had a left lazy eye when I was

little and I am missing a muscle to write with on that side as

well..weird huh??

Anyway, in my case it was the best thing to do since if a baby had

implanted in the " bad " side it would have been as bad as an ectopic

since the cervix on that side is closed off. I hope that makes

sense?? This is still all very new to me..so someone else may have

better lingo to explain with proper terms...?

I hope that helps?

UU

[Guest guest]

Kitty,

That sounds alot my situation...only my horn was communicating..which

i have no idea what that means..but Dr. Price didn't like it so he

was pretty stricit about no BMS until it was out..the risks were too

high. I also had terrible endometreosis which has been ALOT better

since he took the horn out...as it was backflowing (VERY PAINFUL) and

really creating problems. I still have endo and PCOS but as bad as

before my surgery. Do you have her e-mail address?? I would love to

talk with her!

[Guest guest]

Kitty-

It sounds like she may have been a UU with a rudimentary horn. Many

doctors call any uterine anomaly a BU. I don't really know why

UD

[Guest guest]

Hi Kathyrn,

She just sent me an email saying she would probably join us! If she does, I

guess she can fill us in on all her history etc.

xoxo

Kitty

bu su combo

metroplasty 2/02

..5cm left

[Guest guest]

Hi I also just found out after that last post that it was called a 'non

>communicating half'... does that make it any different? She also had bad

>endometriosis.>>

Kitty,

Non-communicating means there is no connection between the uterine halves.

The endo could be caused because there is no outlet for the menstrual blood

in her non-communicating horn. Again, there could be a problem with

terminology here - in some cases UU can have a rudimentary horn. Some

doctors like to use " BU " for every MA. Do you know how she was diagnosed?

SU resected, bicollis

>From: cckidsinc@...

>Reply-To: MullerianAnomalies

>To: MullerianAnomalies

>Subject: Re: removing half of bicornuate uterus?

>Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:22:36 EDT

>

>Hi I also just found out after that last post that it was called a 'non

>communicating half'... does that make it any different? She also had bad

>endometriosis.

>

>Kitty

>bu su combo

>metroplasty 2/02

>.5cm left

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[Guest guest]

> Again, there could be a problem with

> terminology here - in some cases UU can have a rudimentary horn.

Some

> doctors like to use " BU " for every MA.

There is BU with a non-communicating horn as well as UU with same.

From what I can tell, BU w/rudimentary horn is very lopsided and the

rudimentary horn (whether communicating or non-communicating) is

intimately associated with the big horn (See illustration L on the

main page).

UU with a rudimentary horn has the rudimentary horn widely separated

from the big, usable horn by a length of connective tissue.

sometimes there is a white ligament running over it, between the

horns. With 's post-c-section " turkey " photo, you can see

how far away the rudimentary horn is, rather than being stuck right

onto the other horn.

Beth

SU