Re: Had my septum resected!

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Thanks

Best of luck with your appointment, looking forward to hearing how

it goes.

Personally it has been a very difficult journey for me to get to

this position where I have had the resection. I have had lots of

conflicting medical advice and have had some difficult decisions to

make.

The key thing for me in having the op was finding a specialist who

really seemed to know his stuff (and I did a lot of reading, and

gained HUGE benefit from the women at this site, so that I KNEW that

he knew his stuff!). And also I was lucky that this Dr was very

reassuring and understood all my anxieties about it. That was a huge

breakthrough because up until then I felt I was seen by the medics

as a dodgy reproductive system, and not a whole person with feelings!

In hindsight, after having 4 m/cs and relying on - albeit good 3D

ultrasound pictures - I would have had a lap/hyst or even just a

diagnostic hyst earlier than I did, to confirm diagnosis. It wasn't

until I had had my 4th m/c that the Drs really started taking my

uterine anomoly seriously as a potential cause of the m/cs. Up until

then I was told it was arcuate and not a problem (based only on 3D

ultrasound).

I am still all too aware that there may be many potential causes of

recurrent m/c that are not really understood yet by the medical

community and it could be by some cruel blow of fate that my m/c

were due to these, and my septum resection may not prevent further

m/cs...but I do now feel I have done what I can. My surgeon

certainly seems extremely hopeful about future outcome, but after 4

m/cs I feel I must keep my expectations under control. I'd be lying

if I was saying the op hadn't given me more hope though.

Best of luck for the 17th, look forward to hearing how you get on.

I think I am still doing well, still in some dicomfort after the op

but not too bad.

Best wishes

Alison

34, 4 m/cs, subSU - resected May 04!!

> glad to hear things are going well allison!

> I tto have a su and have an appointment on monday may 17 with a RE

> to talk about having the resecion done. this would be my first

time

> going. i am 32, no kids and have been trying unsuccessfully and

> found out last june about my SU. My fiance and I have had the

> serious talk oabout wanting children so this is the first step--

> getting the resection done. I have gotten soem good words of

> encouragement from some people here and it has made me feel pretty

> good about the whole thing. and several success stories as well

> from those who had the resection and got pregnant. so good luck

to

> you and i'm going to keep the group posted on how things go monday.

> take care!

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