miscarriage and molar pregnancy???

[frustratedlady]

i had a miscarriage nov 22nd my hcg level was 91,000 which put me at about 8 weeks along they did a d+c after a week i went to the hospital i was still clotting and my level was 31.000 another d+c a week later my level dropped to 692 good news until a week later it rose to 1700 another ultrasound on xmas eve and another test showed my level was rising to 2300 doc says i had a molar pregnancy and also says i have gestational trophoblastic disease last ultrasound also showed a septated cyst (6cm) on the left ovary that wasn't there 3 weeks ago.....any help with this????

[waiting21]

I am sorry you are going through this.  After my D&C my numbers never got to zero, but they also did not rise, they just dropped slowly.  There was a time i thought I had trophoblastic disease, but did not.  How does your doctor know for sure?  Is it based on the HCG levels?  Does the ultra sound show there is still tissue in the uterus?  Have you done X-rays to see if it is anywhere else in youe body?

[frustratedlady]

he says i have gestational trophoblastic disease ultrasounds shows molar preganancy and also had chest xray but it was normal...i go to a gynecology oncologist tomorrow doc wants to put me on methotrexate which is a chemo drug......still want another baby someday but don't know if i can go through this again!!!!

[suhenza]

I am so sorry for you. My baby’s heart beat stop when it was 7 weeks, and I had a d&c in February and doc said everything is fine with your D&C  , you can try for baby after your first period , but I found out my test result with a letter from doc in 27th  March that  I have a molar pregnancy .I am so upset, I have no I have no idea what to do, could you please inform me, what I need to do. Because I have to wait until my appointment, letter from the doc is not helpful at all. It’s so stressful. Thank you so much for help in advance. Please also let me know, what is happening with you.

[waiting21]

This post was from December, so you might want to try positng another one on the forum to get more feedback, or sending a note to frustratedlady.

I am sorry you are going through this.  It is bad enough to have the miscarriage, and then to have all these other things go wrong too.  I can say that it will get better.  It might not seem possible now, but it will get better.

I am guessing they will do an ultrasound to see if there is still tissue in the uterus and perhaps some x-rays to see if the tissue is anywhere else in your body.  They might put you on methotrexate, which is a drug that will get rid of the tissue.  From what I hear, you just take it one or two times and everything clears up, then you just have to wait a few months for your cycle to come back and unitl the doctor gives you the all the clear.  Is there a nurse's line you can call in the mean time?

[suhenza]

Thank you so much for your support.I am waiting for doc to check my blood and urine first, hopefully it will happen this week.Then I will see what happen.I did a new post actually about that, no one replied it yet,  seems nobody going thorugh with same problem or they do not anyone has go the same things.I know it is 1 in 1500 people, as I red.Thank you so much for your help again.