That explains some things...
I went back to the specialist (honestly, I don't remember her title) for a baseline ultrasound. She got a copy of the operation report from my other dr. and said I'm actually worse than we thought. I had told her the basics, which were true, but things were actually a little more messed up than that. Even though my tubes are open, they have scar tissue from endo adhesions. My ovaries weren't just out of place, they were basically glued down.
Bad news today-the endo has already started coming back and it's on my ovary again. Good news-I don't have any new cysts and the fibroids my dr. saw are small and external, so they won't complicate things. The specialist said the endo is so aggressive that we can try to hold it off and do intervention to have more kids, but the chances of my keeping my insides intact forever is pretty slim. I'm not going to worry about that for now, and I already knew it was a possibility in the (hopefully distant) future b/c my mom had a prolapsed uterus and that can be hereditary.
The dr. also said a positive attitude can be very helpful, and right now we're doing well. I go back and forth, but now that we have a plan of action, I feel more encouraged. It's the not knowing that's hard. My hubby's getting checked next week, and then if he's all clear & this month is unsuccessful I start clomid in about 3 weeks. We have 2-3 tries on that, then the only option is IVF, but either way we have no insurance help (infertility isn't covered).
Bad news today-the endo has already started coming back and it's on my ovary again. Good news-I don't have any new cysts and the fibroids my dr. saw are small and external, so they won't complicate things. The specialist said the endo is so aggressive that we can try to hold it off and do intervention to have more kids, but the chances of my keeping my insides intact forever is pretty slim. I'm not going to worry about that for now, and I already knew it was a possibility in the (hopefully distant) future b/c my mom had a prolapsed uterus and that can be hereditary.
The dr. also said a positive attitude can be very helpful, and right now we're doing well. I go back and forth, but now that we have a plan of action, I feel more encouraged. It's the not knowing that's hard. My hubby's getting checked next week, and then if he's all clear & this month is unsuccessful I start clomid in about 3 weeks. We have 2-3 tries on that, then the only option is IVF, but either way we have no insurance help (infertility isn't covered).
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