Thursday, December 1, 2016

One Test After Another....






A few short weeks later I received the pathology report that confirmed I did not have uterine cancer and that the bleeding I was experiencing was just believed to be abnormal breakthrough bleeding. Before I left my appointment my oncologist advised me to speak with my OBGYN to discuss meeting with a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE) or most often referred to as a Fertility Specialist to discuss my family planning options. After I received the results from the pathology report I called my OBGYNs office that put me right in to her desk line. This is one of the great benefits I have with my doctors. If I call and they are free they transfer me right over to her or if I leave a message I know she will return my call in 24 hours or less. I spoke with her regarding my appointment, the unexplained bleeding and my final results. I further told her my oncologist thoughts on starting a family ASAP and she was onboard with his decision. She provided me the name and number of a RE that she said came highly recommended. I followed up with a call to their office and made an appointment for February 2016. This initial appointment was basically information gathering to learn my family history, my previous diagnosis, how many children I wanted and ultimately what my next steps were. I even learned at this appointment that the RE was trained by my Oncologist as with my OBGYN and Primary doctor. What were the odds?! At this point I was comfortable with her due to this fact although I was not comfortable with the 30 minute drive to her office and I soon found out there were weeks I would need to visit her office 4-5 times a week. No fun!

Things started off really slow with this doctor because they had to run various test on me to determine how healthy I was, the condition of my remaining ovary and fallopian tube. Outside of blood work one of the first tests they did was a hysterosalpingogram (HSG) which is an XRAY that looks inside of your uterus and fallopian tubes via a small tube that inserts dye into your vagina, uterus and ultimately flowing to your tube(s). The test is done to check if there are any abnormalities or injuries to your uterus and to verify if your fallopian tubes are open and nothing is causing a blockage. I was warned this test would be painful by my REs office and it was very close to the pain I felt during the Biopsy I had to test for uterine cancer. I left feeling like everything would be fine because ofcourse I read online of other women’s accounts who stated that it’s usually much more painful if there is a blockage. I had to wait on these results to determine from my RE what my next steps would be.

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