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Friday 24 February 2012

Surgery delay

So I was all geared up to go in for my surgery this week.  I had a phone call last Friday from Dr Ps receptionist booking me in for a pre-op appointment on the Monday, but then out of the blue I woke up with tonsillitis the very next day.  This is not something I get very often and no one else around me has had it so it was a little unexpected.  By the time I got in to see a GP I had full blown golf balls at the back of my mouth and the antibiotics she prescribed did nothing, so by Monday morning when I went in for the appointment with Dr P it was clear that I would not be fit for the operation on Thursday :(  When I first told her about my tonsils, she started to question if we still do the surgery at all which kind of surprised me as she'd been all for it right from the start but now she was wondering if we should just give the insemination a try and just see what would happen.  I was not convinced.  I've read enough blogs now to know it's best to sort all of this stuff out before you start.  And the fact that we only get two shots at IUI with donor sperm means I wanna make sure we address anything we can that might effect our chances before hand.  Anyway, she did a quick internal to see just how closed my cervix is and to see if she could get a catheter in there but of course she had no luck.  So it was agreed that the surgery had to happen - A:  To up my cervix a bit so she can get a catheter in and B: To check my tubes aren't blocked.

I was disappointed about the delay, partially because I was looking forward to some time off work :) but mostly because I just want to know once and for all if my insides appear capable of letting me conceive and carry a baby or not.   Fortunately the doctor was able to rescheduled my surgery for this coming Monday, so fingers crossed there won't be any further delays :)  So I am now officially on leave for the next week to have and recover from the surgery.  I hope it all goes ok and my tonsils don't create any further issues.  I'm not sick anymore and they've gone down quite a bit so I don't imagine there should be any issues.  Unfortunately even once I have the surgery, I still won't know what the results are until the following week when I go in for my post op review.  It will be a bit of a waiting game.  But if all goes well - I'm hoping we can have our first IUI in April :)  Can't wait!

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Friday 24 February 2012

Surgery delay

So I was all geared up to go in for my surgery this week.  I had a phone call last Friday from Dr Ps receptionist booking me in for a pre-op appointment on the Monday, but then out of the blue I woke up with tonsillitis the very next day.  This is not something I get very often and no one else around me has had it so it was a little unexpected.  By the time I got in to see a GP I had full blown golf balls at the back of my mouth and the antibiotics she prescribed did nothing, so by Monday morning when I went in for the appointment with Dr P it was clear that I would not be fit for the operation on Thursday :(  When I first told her about my tonsils, she started to question if we still do the surgery at all which kind of surprised me as she'd been all for it right from the start but now she was wondering if we should just give the insemination a try and just see what would happen.  I was not convinced.  I've read enough blogs now to know it's best to sort all of this stuff out before you start.  And the fact that we only get two shots at IUI with donor sperm means I wanna make sure we address anything we can that might effect our chances before hand.  Anyway, she did a quick internal to see just how closed my cervix is and to see if she could get a catheter in there but of course she had no luck.  So it was agreed that the surgery had to happen - A:  To up my cervix a bit so she can get a catheter in and B: To check my tubes aren't blocked.

I was disappointed about the delay, partially because I was looking forward to some time off work :) but mostly because I just want to know once and for all if my insides appear capable of letting me conceive and carry a baby or not.   Fortunately the doctor was able to rescheduled my surgery for this coming Monday, so fingers crossed there won't be any further delays :)  So I am now officially on leave for the next week to have and recover from the surgery.  I hope it all goes ok and my tonsils don't create any further issues.  I'm not sick anymore and they've gone down quite a bit so I don't imagine there should be any issues.  Unfortunately even once I have the surgery, I still won't know what the results are until the following week when I go in for my post op review.  It will be a bit of a waiting game.  But if all goes well - I'm hoping we can have our first IUI in April :)  Can't wait!

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