dixielanddelight
05-13-2010, 12:36 PM
I could have gone without hearing anything that I did...But hey, at least they listened to me.
Ok....Well after waiting in the waiting room an hour and asking WTH they switched me to see a different doctor. I requested a woman but apparently she was way behind so I chose to just see a guy...But I believe everything happens for a reason, so maybe that lady wouldn't have listened to me.
He seemed pretty concerned. I mean, having hearing me say I felt like something was going to fall out of me, who woudn't?
The exam HURT! It's never hurt before. He goes, 'Ok, now you tell me' and stuck his hand up in there and pressed my belly and OMG. He asked if that was the pain I felt before my period...Yeah, sort of. He left the room and told me to get dressed, he'd come back so we could talk. I knew then something wasn't right.
He said that it shouldn't hurt when he touched my uterus. And it does. Hencing a problem. He also said that my uterus is completely backwards. He showed me a diagram of our reproductive system and pointed out the uterus and said that instead of mine looking like that, I would take it and flip it....Like if you look at the picture, imagine your arm being the vaginal opening and your hand, palm down, the uterus, and now flip your hand palm up...That's the only way I know to desrcibe it, the uterus would be on the other side of the opening and everything. He said since that's the case my uterus could swell up and cause pressure different than what other women would experience. BUT his concern is that I have fibroids and/or endometriosis inside my uterus weighing it back more. When I told him my mom and alot of other family members had endo, his response, "That's not good."
I asked him if a backwards tilted uterus could cause fertility problems, and he said possibly since because my cervix probably isn't pointed down, it's pointed up, causing it to be difficult for sperm to locate or get too. He could have just punched me instead. I want more kids so bad....Now, I know he didn't say "infertility" or "impossible" but if we add Endo to the mix....You see where I'm going.
I'm almost certain that in between DS and DD I was told at some point during a pap that my uterus tilted back...So I don't know if it's just worse now, or if I've always had this and it hasn't cause fertility issues, but now I've got the Endo or Fibroids weighing it down causing pressure when inflamed.
So. Wednesday I have to have an ultrasound to see. More money. Not having insurance right now is killing me. He also had my pap culture marked as high risk and a G/C culture. I got the nurse to come to the front and talk to me and she said the high risk pap would cost nearly $300 or more so I took it off and I also took off the G/C cause I was tested in December and haven't been active since then. She said they would do the normal pap, but if it came back abnormal they would automatically do the high risk one...So, I might still be screwed. UGH!!! At least they gave me 20% off my u/s and todays visit...
Ok....Well after waiting in the waiting room an hour and asking WTH they switched me to see a different doctor. I requested a woman but apparently she was way behind so I chose to just see a guy...But I believe everything happens for a reason, so maybe that lady wouldn't have listened to me.
He seemed pretty concerned. I mean, having hearing me say I felt like something was going to fall out of me, who woudn't?
The exam HURT! It's never hurt before. He goes, 'Ok, now you tell me' and stuck his hand up in there and pressed my belly and OMG. He asked if that was the pain I felt before my period...Yeah, sort of. He left the room and told me to get dressed, he'd come back so we could talk. I knew then something wasn't right.
He said that it shouldn't hurt when he touched my uterus. And it does. Hencing a problem. He also said that my uterus is completely backwards. He showed me a diagram of our reproductive system and pointed out the uterus and said that instead of mine looking like that, I would take it and flip it....Like if you look at the picture, imagine your arm being the vaginal opening and your hand, palm down, the uterus, and now flip your hand palm up...That's the only way I know to desrcibe it, the uterus would be on the other side of the opening and everything. He said since that's the case my uterus could swell up and cause pressure different than what other women would experience. BUT his concern is that I have fibroids and/or endometriosis inside my uterus weighing it back more. When I told him my mom and alot of other family members had endo, his response, "That's not good."
I asked him if a backwards tilted uterus could cause fertility problems, and he said possibly since because my cervix probably isn't pointed down, it's pointed up, causing it to be difficult for sperm to locate or get too. He could have just punched me instead. I want more kids so bad....Now, I know he didn't say "infertility" or "impossible" but if we add Endo to the mix....You see where I'm going.
I'm almost certain that in between DS and DD I was told at some point during a pap that my uterus tilted back...So I don't know if it's just worse now, or if I've always had this and it hasn't cause fertility issues, but now I've got the Endo or Fibroids weighing it down causing pressure when inflamed.
So. Wednesday I have to have an ultrasound to see. More money. Not having insurance right now is killing me. He also had my pap culture marked as high risk and a G/C culture. I got the nurse to come to the front and talk to me and she said the high risk pap would cost nearly $300 or more so I took it off and I also took off the G/C cause I was tested in December and haven't been active since then. She said they would do the normal pap, but if it came back abnormal they would automatically do the high risk one...So, I might still be screwed. UGH!!! At least they gave me 20% off my u/s and todays visit...