My Knight in Shining Armor, My Hero, The RE, Or,our second trip to Pittsburgh.

I heart my new doctor. I am filled with the lurve for him.



We had our appointment with the RE, on August 4th. The office was very, very nice, and his staff could not have been friendlier. My first specialist, Dr. Ok-but-not-great, told me he was referring me to the 'best guy in the game'. My thoughts were "well ok, it's about time you actually helped me, rather than just violating my most private of private spots with your fingers".



So Dr. Genius (as he will be known), is the HEAD GUY at the infertility clinic where I was. I signed in, 40 minutes early, and a mere 30 minutes later, Dr. Genius comes out to get us HIMSELF. This is unheard of to me!

A DOCTOR who comes out to take HIS OWN patient to the exam room???? Surely, you jest. But, no, he really did.

He spent seriously an hour taking our histories, and going through forms. Since he technically is an infertility specialist, they wanted to know all about Phil too. (which kind of geeked him out)



He asked us if we were currently trying to get pregnant (we are not), and then asked if we ever wanted to. Yes, we do, thanks.

Then he says "well you're not here for infertility, let's talk about this duplicate uterus." He asked me what the pain is like, where it is located, how often it comes...then he says..

"Generally there's not much we can do with this, other than prescribe medication to help you manage the pain"



My face must have turned 5 shades of red, because he said "I take it that was not the news you wanted to hear"

He went through some more of the reports from the other doctors, and then he said "you know what? I want to do an exam, let's take a look at this thing"



10 minutes later, I'm nude from the waist down, and we're doing another transvaginal sonogram. Again, Dr. Genius did the sono HIMSELF. He didn't send me off to some sono tech who might half ass it, HE did it. I was impressed.

He's taking pictures in there, when suddenly he said "oh. well, that changes things"



I FROZE. I said "I can hear you, you know that right??" He said "relax", and finished the sono..

Then he said "the duplication is sitting on top of your working uterus. It's blocked off. It's filling with fluid, and the fluid has no where to go, so that's why you have pain. This is probably going to have to come out after all."



He told me that one of my ovaries seems to be attached to the duplication, and is useless. I cried when he said that. I just thought "I'll never have a baby". He said "This does NOT mean you can't have babies" Dr. Genius and I must have some kind of Vulcan Mind Meld thing going on.



He said I have to have a test called a "hysterosalpingogram", and then I'll have to have a laparoscopy, and when he's actually doing the lap, he'll decide if he wants to just make the incision and take out the duplication. He said basically: The sonogram showed him the problem. The HSG will "light it up" and he'll be 90% sure it has to come out. The lap will make him 100% sure. He said there's a 10% chance that he's wrong, and that's why they do the lap--the camera will absolutely tell him what's in there. My question? "Dr. Genius, why do we have to do the HSG, when you're going to do the lap anyway?"

His answer "we have to do all the tests to rule out all possiblities"



Yay me.



Test is scheduled for Sept. 3. I will freely admit, that I am scared shitless of this test. I have heard horror stories about the pain associated with it.

Dr Genius told me that in all the years he's been at his job, he has never caused a patient pain with the HSG. I am trying to trust him...but years of "oh this won't hurt a bit" followed by my deafening screams, is not dying down easily.

I have to say though, that I am confident in his ablities, and I'm just so damn happy to have finally found a doctor that isn't afraid to touch me.