Post-Op and Beyond
I finally had my post-op appointment today for my lap/hyst. It was supposed to be a week and a half ago but got canceled. We were also supposed to wait until I was cleared at my post-op appointment before getting back in the sack, but we didn't wait for that either. After I hit the 2 week mark I was pretty much back to my normal feeling self. By 2.5 weeks, there was no pain whatsoever. Then randomly at 3.5 weeks I went back to feeling sore and having difficulty reaching my toes without being in a lot of pain. I'm feeling a little less sore now, but still not as good as I felt back at 2.5 weeks post surgery.
Anyway, post-op appointment was fine. My RE checked out my incisions and said everything looked fine. I had to unbutton my pants for him to check out the incisions. He handed me a sheet to cover up with and I almost busted up laughing. A month ago I was unconscious and naked on a table and he was poking around in my va-jay-jay with lights and cameras, and yet he found it necessary to give me a sheet so I could cover up my bikini line.
I got to see the photos of my uterus. I wasn't as impressed as I hoped I would be. Part of it was because he was just kind of flipping through them quickly and I would have preferred to have time to sit and study them. He showed me the photo of my small amount of endometriosis. It was on the right side, the same side as my uterus. I also got to see my rudimentary horn on the left. He said he didn't remove it because he didn't feel that there was endometrial lining in there. I have a feeling that I will be going back at a later time to have the horn removed since all my pain comes from the left side where the horn is and the pain I have is odd - pressure and burning. We will see how things play out over the next several months. I have a tube connected to my rudimentary horn. The tube connected to my half uterus was checked and it is open.
My RE said that DH and I should try for the next 3 months to get pregnant and hopefully the removal of the small amount of endometriosis will be enough to make pregnancy more possible. I said something that pretty much translated to, "Yeah, that plan isn't going to work for me." Back when I first started seeing him in May, we talked about doing injectables and here it is November and all I have had is a bunch of tests and surgery. With my half a uterus (meaning that if I ovulate from the left ovary, there is no chance of me getting pregnant) and DH's performance anxiety, trying naturally to me means not trying at all. We have been having unprotected sex for the past 23 months and I am ready to get my life moving. So, I said something about how I thought our plan was to do injectables months ago and then I decided to have this surgery instead. Thankfully my doctor is cool and said, "Okay, then we will just do the injectables next cycle."
I talked with the nurse after he left and the order for the meds is being called in. I still have to talk to the financial lady in the office. I got a nice list of the expected costs of an injectable cycle with IUI. I do have some coverage for the injectable infertility drugs, but none for the actual treatment and monitoring of my cycle. (Not even sure what "some coverage" actually means as far as the meds go.) Up until this point, I've had no anxiety about this process, just mostly felt like whatever came of it was just fine. I get pregnant, cool. I don't, then we move on to the adoption of our third child. Then I saw the price tag. Now I feel there is much more at stake. Can I mix Xanex with infertility drugs?
AF is due about Thanksgiving time. Three days later I'll be ready to jump on the infertility treatment bandwagon.
Anyway, post-op appointment was fine. My RE checked out my incisions and said everything looked fine. I had to unbutton my pants for him to check out the incisions. He handed me a sheet to cover up with and I almost busted up laughing. A month ago I was unconscious and naked on a table and he was poking around in my va-jay-jay with lights and cameras, and yet he found it necessary to give me a sheet so I could cover up my bikini line.
I got to see the photos of my uterus. I wasn't as impressed as I hoped I would be. Part of it was because he was just kind of flipping through them quickly and I would have preferred to have time to sit and study them. He showed me the photo of my small amount of endometriosis. It was on the right side, the same side as my uterus. I also got to see my rudimentary horn on the left. He said he didn't remove it because he didn't feel that there was endometrial lining in there. I have a feeling that I will be going back at a later time to have the horn removed since all my pain comes from the left side where the horn is and the pain I have is odd - pressure and burning. We will see how things play out over the next several months. I have a tube connected to my rudimentary horn. The tube connected to my half uterus was checked and it is open.
My RE said that DH and I should try for the next 3 months to get pregnant and hopefully the removal of the small amount of endometriosis will be enough to make pregnancy more possible. I said something that pretty much translated to, "Yeah, that plan isn't going to work for me." Back when I first started seeing him in May, we talked about doing injectables and here it is November and all I have had is a bunch of tests and surgery. With my half a uterus (meaning that if I ovulate from the left ovary, there is no chance of me getting pregnant) and DH's performance anxiety, trying naturally to me means not trying at all. We have been having unprotected sex for the past 23 months and I am ready to get my life moving. So, I said something about how I thought our plan was to do injectables months ago and then I decided to have this surgery instead. Thankfully my doctor is cool and said, "Okay, then we will just do the injectables next cycle."
I talked with the nurse after he left and the order for the meds is being called in. I still have to talk to the financial lady in the office. I got a nice list of the expected costs of an injectable cycle with IUI. I do have some coverage for the injectable infertility drugs, but none for the actual treatment and monitoring of my cycle. (Not even sure what "some coverage" actually means as far as the meds go.) Up until this point, I've had no anxiety about this process, just mostly felt like whatever came of it was just fine. I get pregnant, cool. I don't, then we move on to the adoption of our third child. Then I saw the price tag. Now I feel there is much more at stake. Can I mix Xanex with infertility drugs?
AF is due about Thanksgiving time. Three days later I'll be ready to jump on the infertility treatment bandwagon.
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