Dealing with azoospermia?

[tulip11]

Hi
Urologist has prescribed clomiphene to my hubby for 3 months after that again there ill be SA. he said that my hubby testosterone level is on border line means its low and has referred him for genetic test, again testosterone n other blood tests again and also referred him to fertility specialist.is there any success rate of clomiphene ? And yes his ultra sound is normal.

 

[MoBaby]

My dh did clomid and it did nothing. He also did Hcg with is for his low testosterone. I hope it works for your dh!

 

[tulip11]

hi MoBaby first of all congratulation on your success have H&H 9 months..
well tbh I am really worried Idk what ill be the result . I have few questions did your hubby take HCG after clomid ? did your hubby had genetic test ?

 

[MoBaby]

Dh took them together. He had generic testing, kayotype, and every blood test under the sun and he is a perfect male other than his lack of sperm.

 

[tulip11]

hi
My husband ultra sound shows normal size testicles and no blockage. but what I have read on internet mostly in NOA cases testicles size is small so idk what does it shows? and another question does all the blockages can be found out through first ultra sound only so some where later blockage can be detected?

 

[rdleela]

Tulip, my husbands testicular ultrasound did not show a blockage. Neither did a transrectal ultrasound. (and he had a blockage) But because the biopsy proved he was producing mature sperm, they were able to confirm by doing the transrectal ultrasound that the blockage was before the prostate. Even when the surgeon was in there doing the reversal surgery to bypass the blockage, he couldn't see where the blockage was. So long, confusing story short, if ultrasounds show nothing, but biopsy confirms he's producing mature sperm, it's matter of trying to figure out if the blockage is before or after the prostate, becaus that will determine what surgery he'll need.

We are moving on to IVF/ICSI, even after a surgery that worked and had sperm return. BUT we have no regrets with DH having the surgery, because the surgeon was able to take out a lot of scar tissue and reduce some of husbands pain. Plus DH's surgery was free. So we had to try it first. And now we can produce fresh sperm for ICSI instead of them extracting from him.

 

[tulip11]

Tulip, my husbands testicular ultrasound did not show a blockage. Neither did a transrectal ultrasound. (and he had a blockage) But because the biopsy proved he was producing mature sperm, they were able to confirm by doing the transrectal ultrasound that the blockage was before the prostate. Even when the surgeon was in there doing the reversal surgery to bypass the blockage, he couldn't see where the blockage was. So long, confusing story short, if ultrasounds show nothing, but biopsy confirms he's producing mature sperm, it's matter of trying to figure out if the blockage is before or after the prostate, becaus that will determine what surgery he'll need.

We are moving on to IVF/ICSI, even after a surgery that worked and had sperm return. BUT we have no regrets with DH having the surgery, because the surgeon was able to take out a lot of scar tissue and reduce some of husbands pain. Plus DH's surgery was free. So we had to try it first. And now we can produce fresh sperm for ICSI instead of them extracting from him.

Wow thats great that surgeons have found sperms . All the best for future. Thanks hun. Is there any side effects of such surgeries in long run ?

 

[rdleela]

No side effects or major risks associated with the surgery my hubby had, which is a type of vasectomy reversal. Thanks, hope I was helpful

 

[arzoo]

My husband is currently taking tamoxifin for the last 6 weeks and he went in for his SA last week. We have our follow up appointment on 11th September, nervous wait to know if tamoxifin has any impact on not.

 

[bubumaci]

Arzoo - fingers and toes tightly crossed for you Sweetie! My DH was on Tamoxifen for 6 weeks last year and had a miraculous improvement!! Before taking it, he was producing 0-250.000 sperm with 0% motility (maybe 1%). At the SA he supplied last year after taking the medication, he produced 13 Mio with 8% motility. They were able to freeze 6 straws!
For our February ICSI, we tried to get such great results again, hoping to do IMSI - but this time the tamoxifen didn't have the desired effect, sadly.

I am really rooting for you that your DH has the same (or better) results as we had last year. How come you have to wait nearly three weeks to hear whether or not the medication has been effective? I find that pretty tough! We heard the results the same day of the SA!

 

[Tammerzann]

Just wanted to report a quick update. DH had MESA procedure on Friday and they found The doctor gave us a picture to keep. We go back in two weeks to see how it did with the freezing and thawing. Next step is getting his procedure paid off and then moving on to IVF.

Hopefully everything works out with my side of things.

 

[bubumaci]

That's wonderful news Tammerzann!! All fingers crossed that your side of things goes smoothly

 

[Stinas]

Tammerzann - amazing news!!!

 

[MoBaby]

That is so amazing they found sperm!! Congrats!! A big hurdle overcome!!

 

[arzoo]

Thank you Babumaci. Unfortunately we have to wait for the appointment with the consultant to know the results and 11th is the earliest appointment we got (despite booking it in June). I am really hoping for some postive news but given that there were no sperms found in the first test, i fear the results to be negative.

Waw...that is great news Tammerzann. Hope everything goes smoothly for now on.

 

[deafgal01]

For my known donor, I paid $1700. But that is not including iui which is yet to come but I expect that will easily run up to $1000 maybe depending on what's involved. I left my list at home which explains the costs of stuff.

Counseling was $220 for us plus the donor (first counseling session was just hubby and me so just $110).

I finally looked at the prices on paper, it is $330 for IUI with frozen and $380 for ultrasound & office visit. So overall, the costs should be cheaper from this point on unless I need to be on meds or monitored.


Tam- once again so happy you have sperms to use! good luck!

 

[MrsG30]

ah ladies good to see some good news on here. Fingers x'd your all going in the direction you wanting too.

AFM- we've been to our donor counselling session today. We had some legal papers to sign and the nurse talked about what's next.
Basically If the Clinic hadn't have made a cock up with the letter going to the wrong address we would be in slight limbo now playing a waiting game, because they breached data protection they basically said they will play our tune so they will waver the wait. it should be 6 month but they will disregard it.
Thy will also look to oversee the BMI limit, i'm waiting on a phone call about this. If they agree to do this, we should be cycling very soon. If they wont waver the BMI (which is unachievable for me with PCOS) i'm not sure where it leave us.

They asked me if I would like to make a formal complaint about their error? what are everyone's views?

I did leave feeling positive, so fingers x'd I receive the news we want tomorrow

How are we all? xxx

 

[Rainbow123]

We are moving on to IVF/ICSI, even after a surgery that worked and had sperm return. BUT we have no regrets with DH having the surgery, because the surgeon was able to take out a lot of scar tissue and reduce some of husbands pain. Plus DH's surgery was free. So we had to try it first. And now we can produce fresh sperm for ICSI instead of them extracting from him.

Hi rdeela,
Did your DH have the pain before you found out about azoo? My DH has had testicular pain for just about the same amount of time we've been trying, and was what prompted me to get him to the doctor for a SA in the first place. I was just wondering whether there could be some kind of link! My DH's FSH levels are slightly high, but not too bad (14), so we're keeping our fingers crossed they'll find something! Like you say, it's a bonus if the pain can be reduced too!

MrsG30 - I think you should definitely make a formal complaint. It's not like accidentally putting the wrong birth date on one of your forms, it's actually caused you a whole lot of grief which you really did not need on top of everything else.

Hope everyone's doing ok! We're still waiting for an appointment to discuss mTESE, but could be as early as the 23rd from what they said on the phone they other day. The sooner the better really as then we'll be put on a waiting list and goodness knows how long that wait will be!

XXXXX

 

[deafgal01]

Make a formal complaint in case this is not the first time it happened. It is such sensitive mail and they should have had the address right. But if you are satisfied with an Apology and they are going thru now with your plan, maybe it is not important to file a complaint.

Btw, this cycle I finally get my first go at IUI with donor sperms. Wish me luck! No meds, tracking my natural ovulation cycle with bloods to confirm ovulation after and hopefully a bfp to boot after that!

 

[MoBaby]

Yea deafgal! So exciting when you finally get to start! Fx for you! What day are you on?