http://www.innovativesupportforwomen.wordpress.com/ (Downloadable flyers available!) Also see artwork by women with endometriosis

Also, now on the Endometriosis Care Centre of Australia (ECCA) Website – bi-monthly:

http://www.ecca.com.au/events/event_item.html?event_id=6

Cheers,

Tricia
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You will also see what is happening in Endometriosis Awareness Week with me in Melbourne!

Warm Regards,

Tricia

P.S. I discovered my information on your site quite by accident!

I am being seen for infertility problems…

First two kids…conceived the day I called it! However, they were both via C-section. After 2nd baby, doc talked me into a lapro to remove a ‘simple cyst’ she noticed… After the Lapro, I’ve had nothing but problems….back pain, side pain. Pain, pain, pain. This doc sent me on a wild goose chase to every other type of doctor imaginable. They all must have thought I was crazy! finding out now…that I must have gotten an infection back then…which started a Hydro type of condition. As I also started to encounter these ‘gushes’ of fluid. Which this doctor, also told me was something completely un-related to fertility related parts. Today, after FINALLY getting in touch with Specialists…I’ve learned that THIS was actually a very key sign of having a Hydrosalpinx. UGH

This initial Doc that I saw delivered both my kids… She first started off fertility treatment measures with me doing an HSG. VERY Painful! Yes, most people say ‘uncomfortable’…but I put my two cents in for ‘painful’ as the descriptor. Everything looked great though…dye went straight through perfectly on both tubes. I had a problem with cysts at the same time too though. They were going to set me on the path of using Clomid…then clinic went weird on me and said they wanted to skip that step and send me directly to the IVF people. It came from left field! Went for a 2nd OBGYn opinion…mostly because of the freakish unprofessional way they handled me. 2nd Doc started monitoring my monthly cycles. Egg follicles were growing… So, started me on Clomid…hormones looked pretty good and eggs growing. Still no pregnancy. I did have a hemorragic cyst on one ovary though… So it was thought we needed to remove that and check for possible endometriosis to boot. Had the lapro to remove the cyst and look for Endo. Found a little Endo and removed the cyst. However, during surgery, new Doc said he noticed my right tube now had blockage (later found out from the IVF the blockages was actually called a Hydrosalpinx). This 2nd doc said that the tube was bent in half and twisted away from the ovary. He also said he took the liberty, without talking to me of course, to try and fix it. He said he manually tried to separate the falanges/fingers of the end of the tube as he said they were stuck together. And then he tried to straighten the tube out. All went very well he said. He later also said he even tried to push dye through it again during the Lapro…which he said it did a perfect job of. However, at Post-Surgery meeting…he mentioned we should consider doing another HSG Dye Test…just to be sure. So, we did. And of course (should have known!) the screen showed that the tube looked like it was still BENT completley in 1/2. So, of course the dye only filled it up like a sausage.

First question: What’s the chances this 2nd Doc messed my tubes up for the worse? Especially since the first HSG was done only a couple months prior to this Lapro….and was a perfect read. I’m just bummed that I could have tried some natural methods first…before he monkeyed with the tube and the falanges without first a discussion.

Second question: IVF doctor is now telling me my only option is to remove the tube, because its showing signs of Hydrosalpinx…and then they would attempt the IVF process. Is this really true? Is there no other option? A more specialized doctor that can fix it perhaps (how do I find a specialized doctor for this too)? Someone mentioned something called ‘Tubal Recantilization’? Is this an option? Or, have heard of Chinese massage methods, cleanses, and herbal supplements…to help clean and clear the tube. Or, if I do remove the tube…what are the chances of additional problems ensuing (blood being cut off from the ovary, etc)? And will the tube removal at the end of the day, cause hormonal problems for me in the future too? And can this Hydrosalpinx condition also cause problems for my Uterus or Ovaries?

Third question: What’s the success rate with IVF after the Hydrosalpinx tube is removed? It would be nice to hear this information for once actually. Have really been searching for this information in particuar…and came up with nothing! Don’t want to remove a tube…if the percentages aren’t good and no baby comes of it. Might as well cut my losses ahead of time and adopt.

Sorry for so many questions…but no one is answering me directly. Getting alot of ‘running around the Mulberry Bush’ verbiage.

Much Thanks for you help~

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