Dr. J was successful in diagnosing why I wasn't getting pregnant and what was causing the pain and irregularness. The day I found out was when I went for my ultrasound. You could tell the tech found something because she kept measuring these little spots that showed up on the screen. Anyone who has had an ultrasound knows that the techs can't tell you anything. She told me that I needed to schedule an appointment w/ Dr. J and they would tell me more then. I made my appointment and headed back to work.
I pulled in my parking spot and then it hit me, there's something wrong. Why didn't they tell me what was wrong? Is it something so bad that I can't have kids? The questions just starting floundering through my mind. I knew I wouldn't be able to work not knowing so I called the office and demanded they tell me what was going on. They informed me that I had Polycystic Ovarian Sydrome, or PCOS. Okay, I can handle that I know whats wrong. Just cysts on my ovaries, very common thing. My appointment was over a week later, so me being the worry wart that I am, headed to the internet for some answers.
After research I found that PCOS was to blame for a lot of things in my life. Acne, facial hair, weight gain-I gained weight after I went off my pills too. It explained so much of what was going on with my body. Basically, your hormones are out of whack, you don't process sugar right to ovulate, and this also contributes to weight gain.
The next week was filled with internet searching, trying to find everything I could. When I went to my appt. with Dr. J, I made Carmon go with me because I was afraid of what I might hear. I had a list of several questions that I was expecting to get answered-after all we WERE dealing with my baby making organs. Dr. J was horrible. He came into the room, with me on the exam table and Carmon in the chair.
He stood by the sink in the room and said, "Have you heard of PCOS?"
I replied with a "Yeah, they told me thats what I had so I got on the internet and did some research."
He responded, "Everything you see there is pretty much accurate."
He was going to offer NO explanation what-so-ever. I immediately got aggravated, but went to my list of questions. With each question I would ask he got closer and closer to the door. It was like he didn't have the time of day for me. Carmon also noticed this and to this day can't stand him. He said if Dr. J would have walked out of the room he was going to knock the you know what out of him. His suggestion was to put me back on the pill for like 3 months then go on Clomid-a fertility drug.
I know that I would be grateful for however many kids God would bless me with at once, but I didn't want to go straight to fertility drugs because I would prefer only one at a time. With my mom being a twin and Carmon having twins on his side of the family I felt we had a good enough chance of having multiples.
Needless to say as soon as I got back to work that day I was looking for a new doctor, to at least get a second opinion.
Sorry...that's all for tonight.
2 comments:
What a crappy attitude the doctor had! Jeremy would have been livid, just like Carmon!
Man I would have went off, I cannot stand doctors that do that kind of crap. ITs like that is why you get paid LOTS of money people! Jodi has this same thing and the exact same side effects that you listed and last July she had to have surgery to get some of this stuff taken care of. It also caused her some other issues,I would be more than happy to go more into detail but not here. She doesnt mind sharing her experience with this whole thing at all, she feels like the more she tells certain people the more it might help them. Actually she is going today for her check up to make sure everything is still okay so say a prayer for her.
Oh and I LOVE the pics of Camden, he is getting so big!!!!!
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