Grazia - Re: Arcuate vs Septate & 3D u/s

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Hi Grazia,

is very highly respected around here. I have hear a

lot of good things about him.

There are also 2 dr Valle's around here...talk about confusing!

There is Valle (the one I went to) out of Northwestern and

there is Valle (I think he works out of Lutheran Gen and

Highland Park). Anyway, Valle, as I have come to learn since

my last resection, is probably the more skilled of the 2 (and he is

MUCH more compassionate than ). Our members Heike and Sylvia

had their successful resections done by Valle. Sylvia,

unfortunately, holds the record and has had 3 surgeries to resect her

SU. I know that did at least one of those, but he did

not give her much hope at the end and the SU was still there. She

finally ended up going to Valle for her 3rd resection and it

was a success. I think that Sylvia's case was very unique and that

both Valle and are excellent drs. I think it's great

that you are getting another opinion.

Please tell your friend that their are 2 dr. Valle's. Valle

told Sylvia that last year he had fixed SUs for several (I think 6?)

patients that had originally gone to Valle but did still had

their septum. I was upset when I heard that because I knew that I

was just another example of 's poor work and failure to

recognize that the resection was not successful. I just want your

friend to make an informed choice before she sees someone.

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> So, can you tell me more about you? Did you ever experience

pregnancy loss? Was your septum the 'only' issue for you?

I ttc for about a year and finally got pg but m/c at 12 wks in Dec

99. At the time that they did the u/s to confirm the m/c the tech

found a " heart-shaped " uterus and later my ob/gyn did an HSG and told

me I was BU. Luckily I had found this group before the HSG and knew

that there was an equally likely chance that I was SU. I went to

Valle for my dx and resection via lap/hys. My SU was still

there after the surgery so I got several other opinions and decided

to go to Rapisarda for my 2nd resection. Since it took us

almost a year to get pg the first time, he suggested that we be

aggressive and do IF treatments. Even though I ovulated regularly,

he started me on clomid/IUI and later did inj/IUI. I got pg after 6

cycles and had my daughter, Veda on 10/2/2003.

I'm very sorry that you have had many losses. Losing one was so

hard, I don't know how you have done it. I hope that you get some

answers soon.

Good luck with your dx,

Sara

36, SU resected x2