Hi Praying- sounds like you're doing well! Haven't had the polypectomy yet so I don't know what it'll be like. My doctor said that he recommends taking birth control pills, so I assume that it would be 3-4 weeks after surgery.
Sounds like we have a similar course. I'm mid-30s with everything else on track. Hope that you will keep us updated on your journey.
Also, did you have general anaesthesia? I'm trying to figure out what to expect...
Hi xanzaba- I had general anaesthesia. The anaestheoligist the hospital used we did not like, cold and brief, he made my DH feel as if he wasn't even there, that infuriated both of us. As far as how it went for me I knew nothing till it was done. I woke up groggy, normal for this, discharge like a heavy cycle, more discomfort then pain, for me something like a heavy period. The only pain meds I took was while I was still in the recovery room. They gave me a script that DH had filled for me but never really needed it. I did take one extra strength regular over the counter tylenol the first night. Three days and all spotting stopped. This morning I got what feels like gas pains again, but nothing horrible. My Dr has me on BC pills at least till tomorrow when we see her for post op and consult? She told us that we would only be maybe two weeks behind what we initially wanted in timing. We are worried cause for a year and a half it has been a rollercoaster ride that has been really tough, worries, concerns, emotions, not knowing at times if what all this is doing to both of us, our lives, our health, our finances and the billing oh my God we have never seen a billing disaster that this has been, between the insurance co which for us covers very little and the providers it is so ambiguous that we don't know with out asking what anything is and what was or not paid, this is the last thing we need to go through with all this. Everytime we get over the current problem another one comes up. My DH trys to be strong for me us, he does everything he can, he works long hours and comes home and still wants to do everything and anything for me, but it has gotten to the point that both of us have times that we cannot control our emotions and we break down and cry uncontrolably at any time for unknown reasons making us sometimes think and question is all this really worth having children?
Well the answer is YES a hundred thousand million times YES. We soon will be married for three years we dated for a long time and knew each other for more then ten years b4 we got married and good or bad we did not live together. We discussed many things in those years and on our wedding day we knew each other better then we knew ourselves. The long courtship was not planned life just sometimes makes things happen. My point is we discussed children family and what we both wanted our lives together to bring us to. We both come from large families. We promised each other at least five children health and finances permitting. Now we wonder if all the times I missed or was late for my period was because of these polyps? Prior to TTC my periods were always on time 28 days like clock work but sometings heavy and more painfull then others. Back to what to expect beyond what I said above for me if I had to do it again I would have no second thoughts about it, for me it really was not bad, tired, mild to moderate discomfort, some crampiing, not much bleeding, mild blooting. We all are different and each case is different and depends on so many things, but now having been through it and both I and DH researching this to the point that it was all that we did, I feel that if you go to a specialist that does these things all the time it shouldn't be all that bad. Tomorrow We get I hope the word on when we can proceed, Oh Please Dear God let us all finially start having the families we all are wanting to have. Sorry about this long post but this whole thing has really taken over our entire lives. Just maybe after going through all this it will amke raising our children like a party LOL.
I decided to call the doc to schedule the pre-op and the surgery. When the assistant answered, I couldn't speak. She was very friendly and understanding about my choking up. When I put the phone down, I realized I was shaking so hard my glass of water was sloshing all over the place. Spilt water, of all things, sent me into a sobbing fit.
