So, After a huge 3.5 year update on whats been happening with my cycles, medications and weight loss… Dr Iona Macleod she said her main ‘mission’ is to get my cycles regulated on a drug that doesn’t half kill me in the process – clomid gave me terrible pain, and metformin made me extraordinarily ill. On top of that, she also said she wanted to build a clearer picture of what’s going on down there, aside from having PCOS…
So, she did an internal examination and took swabs to check for infection.
She is sending me for an ultrasound of my uterus and ovaries to check the PCOS and also look for fibroids.
I’m also going for a hysterosalpingogram / HSG to check my tubes, although she thinks they’ll be fine because I’m getting positive tests – they’re just not lasting.
Finally I’m having bloodwork done for Rubella, FSH, Testosterone, E2, LH, Prolactin and TSH.
Then, because I wasn’t keen to try clomid again, she’s given me Tamoxifen.. which apparently does the same thing and is taken days 2-5… I’ve read it can be a better choice for PCOS aswell… so fingers crossed!
So, aside from being terrified about the HSG – it can be very painful apparently and it’s advisable to take a good dose of painkillers before the procedure…. I am set to go for my blood tests next thursday (17th), get my period friday, and start Tamoxifen on saturday. I’ll get my ultrasound appointment through at some point… lord knows when. I am supposed to call the clinic to arrange the HSG for CD10/11/12/13… but that falls perfectly on the 27th december and the following few days… and to be blunt it’s a bad time to be out of action, we have a lot planned for Christmas. I think I’ll see what happens and how I feel in a few days.
Course, I could be pregnant and then I’d avoid allll of this. Please Lord… this would be the BEST time!
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