My doctor's appointment yesterday went well. At first, the doctor wasn't convinced that I had fibroids, although he agreed that there were some abnormalities, and that fibroids were possible. He showed me my ovaries, and how out of all of the follicles on the right (that I couldn't even see last week) one had taken the lead and had grown quite large, and the others remained small. He did remark that the winner was a bit large for only CD12, he thought it looked more like CD 16. He showed me one of the large arteries in my abdomen, and asked if I was a runner. He said he could tell by the size of the artery. It made me miss running, but considering how much my ankle was hurting on Monday when I wasn't even doing anything, I don't know if I'll ever get back to running.
So after the ultrasound, we went to his office to talk. He looked at my husband's test results and said everything looked fine. He looked at my FSH, and wasn't too concerned. Considering one number was 11.7 and one was 12.8 (I might be slightly off there, I can't remember exactly) and they were taken at the SAME TIME, he said being slightly high didn't matter, especially since my AMH was normal and I had a reasonable number of follicles. He never would have guessed that my FSH would be that high after looking at my ovaries. After looking at the pictures from my HSG, he said there were definitely some abnormalities and considering everything else was normal, the only reason he would think that we're not pregnant by now is because the abnormalities are likely fibroids. He thought surgery was the way to go, but he explained that there are different kinds of surgeries depending on the location and type of fibroids, and now he wants to schedule me for an MRI so we can get a better idea of how to proceed. So now I'm waiting for a call to schedule that. Hopefully it won't be crazy expensive.
I really liked this doctor a LOT. Let me list the reasons:
1. Now that I'm treating fibroids rather than getting specific infertility treatment, he had them charge me for a regular appointment, which is covered at the regular rate by insurance rather than the 50% copay I would have owed for an infertility appointment.
2. He kept getting confused about my age and thinking that I was 31 instead of 36. He said I looked really young for my age (which is true, but I also don't wear makeup or wear business clothes for work, which tends to make me look younger). This could end up being a bad thing if he keeps forgetting that I'm actually in a bit of a hurry to start a family as I don't have a ton of time left, but right now it's nice.
3. I weighed 3 pounds less than last week! (Obviously the doctor had nothing to do with this, but it still made my appointment better). AND my blood pressure was finally back down in the normal range. After suffering from low blood pressure for most of my life, sometime in the last two years my blood pressure has been borderline high. I don't really know what's causing that.
Anyway, now I'm waiting for the phone to ring to schedule my MRI. Waiting, waiting, waiting. I'm going to have to develop some patience.
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