The Plot Thickens

I got a letter in the mail from my ob/gyn today. I had almost forgotten that I called and asked them to mail me a copy of my HSG and MRI results so I could hand deliver them to my RE since their office seems to be incapable of receiving the faxes from my ob/gyn. Also, I just wanted to see for myself what was on the HSG and MRI reports. If there was nothing in there that said which side my uterus was on, I knew I was going to have to try to get a hold of my RE and have him redo the HSG or some other test to figure out what side my uterus is on so that when we do finally get around to doing the injectables and IUI, we will know what side I need to ovulate from to get that egg into my uterus. My RE thought my uterus was on the left side based on the sonohysterogram, but that test really isn’t designed to figure out where the uterus is anyway. I was reading through the HSG and MRI reports today and both say that my uterus is on the right side. Glad to know that that is (pretty much) determined. However, there was some information on there that no one ever told me before and when I read it I just started laughing in disbelief that my ob/gyn never even mentioned this to me. The report reads:

“Incidentally, the sagittal midline images demonstrate degenerative disc disease at the lowest two levels of the lumbar spine with probable moderate disc bulges at both L4-5 and L5-S1. Please note that this study was not designed to evaluate the spine and dedicated lumbar MRI should be considered if further information is clinically desired.”

Not sure what I would have done with that information but still! You would think someone might have mentioned that to me. It sure does a lot to explain why I have had horrible back pain on and off for the past 10 years or so.