Re: HSG update, Not Good :( (IVF mentioned) Krista

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Krista, I had to write back to you right away. As a matter of fact right

after I was done reading my e mails I was going to look up hydrosalpinx. I

did call the DR office today and set up a consult for the 29 of March, but

unfortunately I did not get to talk to the dr. Anyway, my sister-in-law went

with me for the HSG. She is an x-ray tech. So, I called her today to see if

she could pull up my HSG report, and she was able to. When she was reading it

to me, it did mentioned something about a hydrosalpinx in the distal

proportion of the left tube. Well, she or I did not know what hydrosalpinx

meant, so I was going to look it up on the Internet. If the fimbria are

closed could that cause the dye not to leak out through the tube? I

definitely feel I have nothing to lose by letting the DR go in and look at me

tube. I'd like to have a list of questions for the DR when I go, and if there

is anything that you can think of that I should ask please let me know. Thank

you and everyone that has been responding. I am feeling much better

(emotionally) today.

Kerrie

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Kerrie,

Okay. If you have a hydro, surgery to correct that is much more successful

than surgery to remove a blockage. Any surgery may not be a complete

success-in that, I mean that the fimbria could close back on themselves.

This would cause a problem with IVF, not to mention making natural conception

almost impossible! The tubal fluid that backs up in the tube is thought to be

toxic to an embryo. This is why Todd and I chose to have the HSG before

exploratory lap-did you read the Updates page on my site? It is a quite a

drawn out story, but my former RE wanted to do a lap BEFORE an HSG based

solely on an u/s finding. Thankfully, in my case, there was no blockage or

hydro and we were able to proceed to IVF.

I also agree that you should have a second HSG. I don't see any reason to

have to wait for an extended period of time. If the appearance of a

" blockage " was caused solely by the spasm of the tube, then you could

(theoretically) have another HSG done in your next cycle. If the " blockage "

seems to still be there, then an exploratory lap (in your case) would be what

I would do. That said, if the hydro cannot be repaired, it would most likely

be recommended that the tube be removed for IVF. I know how very hard this

is to even think about, as I was confronted with the same thing. If there

had been a hydro in my tube, I would have elected to have it removed before

attempting IVF.

I hope this helps a little more. Hydros can be caused by a myriad of things.

Check out www.ivf.com. This is my former REs website. Even though I left

that practice, his online book is great and chock full of all sorts of tubal

related information!

Take care,

Krista

Krista, I had to write back to you right away. As a matter of fact right

after I was done reading my e mails I was going to look up hydrosalpinx. I

did call the DR office today and set up a consult for the 29 of March, but

unfortunately I did not get to talk to the dr. Anyway, my sister-in-law went

with me for the HSG. She is an x-ray tech. So, I called her today to see if

she could pull up my HSG report, and she was able to. When she was reading

it

to me, it did mentioned something about a hydrosalpinx in the distal

proportion of the left tube. Well, she or I did not know what hydrosalpinx

meant, so I was going to look it up on the Internet. If the fimbria are

closed could that cause the dye not to leak out through the tube? I

definitely feel I have nothing to lose by letting the DR go in and look at

me

tube. I'd like to have a list of questions for the DR when I go, and if

there

is anything that you can think of that I should ask please let me know.

Thank

you and everyone that has been responding. I am feeling much better

(emotionally) today.

Kerrie

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