onmymind17
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Hi ladies! Just got back from my office visit, though we went for a ride because I was stir crazy.
I sometimes feel like I'm dealing with a bunch of medical idiots around here. Last night the Dr. on call said it wasn't likely it was the stitch as it was colored. Called this morning and they kept telling me it was mucus (which I KNEW it wasn't) When I finally got into the office, they were STILL skeptical about the white tape like substance. They did the speculum test which I have to say wasn't so rough today. Knowing my stance on speculums and concern about messing with the pelvic floor or anything else for that matter they were gentle and tried not to catch the walls and open too wide. I was grateful for that.
Turns out I wasn't leaking fluid thank God! \o/ No infection with the stitch..AND she said "OOoooooh, I see what your talking about. There's a white thread and a blue one in there". She took samples for BV as well.
She left the room for a half hour to talk with the other nurses about this "white thread and blue thread issue" They were stunned. Went to the Dr. (not mine that did the actual stitch because she wasn't there today) and found out JUST AS the IC Board HAD TOLD ME (dissolving stitch). \o/ They start off with it and then the rest is the blue fishing thread. The white comes out. NOW, why the heck aren't patients told about this little surprise?! Not only that, but how is it the whole medical office doesn't know about the white dissolving stitch with exception to the actual Dr.'s that perform the darn cerclage surgery? Don't they communicate at all?!
End result though is that no amniotic fluid was leaking, the stitch doesn't have infection, I did lose the one dissolving stitch that's okay to lose and I have a stinking BV infection AGAIN!
I swear I have only bacteria in my body! I'm on flagyl again and they're putting me on it for a bit longer to try and get rid of it for the rest of the trimester. I'm at least glad we got that. Better to be safe than sorry. That darn BV wreaked havoc when I lost my mucus plug with Jackson and I ended up with a sac bulging and delivering because of everything combined. Won't let it happen this time.
Just goes to show we need to trust our instincts and advocate for ourselves! Pretty odd though that many of the gals in the IC Thread know more about IC and issues pertaining to it than Dr.'s with PHD's who are supposed to be practicing medicine. Very frustrating in my opinion to have to fight to be listened to all the time. It honestly gets tiring!
Thank you all for your support.
I am glad to hear that all is well, i dont know why it is that you cannot fully trust doctors, i know we went through a lot with my dad, he had renal cancer, and was on dialysis, a year after his first surgery he ended up with an intestinal blockage, they put him on an iv drip of pain meds, they could not understand why he was suddenly not responding and would not wake up and my mom said to them "He is a dialysis patient, he has no way of getting rid of the drugs your putting in" they ended up taking him to ICU because he was starting to stop breathing by the time they figured this out, how stupid can you be!! I am so glad that you stuck to your guns and made them check it, its really scary sometimes how they dont bother to talk to each other, and nobody knows what is going on, we know our bodies best, i dont know why they dont listen to us. Sorry about the infection again, ugh sometimes our bodies can be such a pain.