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9 weeks after D&C - no period
I was diagnosed with a missed abortion earlier this year. At first the clinic thought it was an ectopic pregnancy, so they told me I had to go to the hospital.
The hospital set me up for a D&C on August 21, 2010. It has been nine weeks since the procedure. I have not got my period at all no spotting.. nothing. I have also been suffering from some other odd symptoms.
They scheduled my follow up for Oct 6, 2010. However, I ended up going back to the emergency room at the end of September (around the 28th). I had suffered though about three days of terrible cramping. I couldn't stand, sit, move. Everything hurt from coughing to simply trying to use the bathroom. The ER doctor gave me a pregnancy test - which came out negative. After that he basically said there wasn't anything he could do for me.
I went to my follow up the next week. By this time the cramping I was feeling the week before had stopped. The doctor that day simply felt around my pelvic area to see if anything was sore. She said she didn't see anything out of the ordinary and sent me on my way.
I shrugged off the cramping and figured I would wait to see if my period would come.
This pass week Oct 24-27 I started suffering from the same sharp painful cramps. Yet again there was no sign of bleeding. This time I went to my usual clinic. They gave me a pregnancy test that came out negative, an annual exam, and a sonogram. They said they didn't see any retained material from the D&C or any back up of blood from menstruation. The doctor on site there gave me a prescription for the birth control pill. I am suppose to start it this Sunday in hopes that it helps jump start my period.
The cramping has died down a lot and by tomorrow or Sat it will probably be gone.
Can anyone give me some insight on what might be going on with me?
The hospital set me up for a D&C on August 21, 2010. It has been nine weeks since the procedure. I have not got my period at all no spotting.. nothing. I have also been suffering from some other odd symptoms.
They scheduled my follow up for Oct 6, 2010. However, I ended up going back to the emergency room at the end of September (around the 28th). I had suffered though about three days of terrible cramping. I couldn't stand, sit, move. Everything hurt from coughing to simply trying to use the bathroom. The ER doctor gave me a pregnancy test - which came out negative. After that he basically said there wasn't anything he could do for me.
I went to my follow up the next week. By this time the cramping I was feeling the week before had stopped. The doctor that day simply felt around my pelvic area to see if anything was sore. She said she didn't see anything out of the ordinary and sent me on my way.
I shrugged off the cramping and figured I would wait to see if my period would come.
This pass week Oct 24-27 I started suffering from the same sharp painful cramps. Yet again there was no sign of bleeding. This time I went to my usual clinic. They gave me a pregnancy test that came out negative, an annual exam, and a sonogram. They said they didn't see any retained material from the D&C or any back up of blood from menstruation. The doctor on site there gave me a prescription for the birth control pill. I am suppose to start it this Sunday in hopes that it helps jump start my period.
The cramping has died down a lot and by tomorrow or Sat it will probably be gone.
Can anyone give me some insight on what might be going on with me?
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Glad to hear you got in touch with dr march. Good luck and keep us posted.
OMGosh! I am so glad you contacted him! please join asherman.org too. You will get so much support from those ladies. It sounds like your scarring, like Kris's is in the cervix area. Hopefully, it will be confined to that area. My scarring is in the area where the embryo implants. I mailed my records to Dr. March today, and am anxious to hear what he has to say. What doctor did he refer you too? I'm curious, as I live on the East Coast also.... in Ohio.
Please feel free to lean on me! I know exactly where you are and what your going through. Please keep in touch with me. I am here for you every step of the way!!!!
Please feel free to lean on me! I know exactly where you are and what your going through. Please keep in touch with me. I am here for you every step of the way!!!!
Dr. March said he thinks it is pretty clear that is Asherman's. He called me and recommended someone a bit closer.
Zehira,
Try Dr. March again - he almost always responds in a couple of hours. He will probably tell you that you should get either an HSG or a sono ultrasound (not sure if you got these already - a regular u/s will show nothing although it might show that you have a very thin lining which will be indicative of a problem as well) and then go from there. if scarring is visible or if the dr can't get into your uterus - then you know there is scarring. At that time, you will want to get an expert in uterine adhesions to take care of this - Dr. March is the top surgeon for this but there are others as well. Ashermans.org has an A list, B list and C list i believe. where do you live? Are you in the USA? Dr Isaacson is also an A list and i believe he's in Boston if you are on the east coast.I completely understand how frustrated you are and how your money is being thrown out the window. I felt the same way with my previous dr before i went to Dr. March. he kept telling me everything was fine before handing me a bill. I KNEW it was not fine. i was very lucky in that i live in Los Angeles and that is where Dr. March is. Please, let me know what else I can help you with and email me with any question or if you need advice. I will do my best to help you as much as I can! Just ask your OB (if you can't find an RE) to do an HSG on you or have the hospital do it. That will give you answers you need. Then dr. March can advise you on what you should be doing regarding the scarring (although hopefully there is none and all is back to normal soon).
Try Dr. March again - he almost always responds in a couple of hours. He will probably tell you that you should get either an HSG or a sono ultrasound (not sure if you got these already - a regular u/s will show nothing although it might show that you have a very thin lining which will be indicative of a problem as well) and then go from there. if scarring is visible or if the dr can't get into your uterus - then you know there is scarring. At that time, you will want to get an expert in uterine adhesions to take care of this - Dr. March is the top surgeon for this but there are others as well. Ashermans.org has an A list, B list and C list i believe. where do you live? Are you in the USA? Dr Isaacson is also an A list and i believe he's in Boston if you are on the east coast.I completely understand how frustrated you are and how your money is being thrown out the window. I felt the same way with my previous dr before i went to Dr. March. he kept telling me everything was fine before handing me a bill. I KNEW it was not fine. i was very lucky in that i live in Los Angeles and that is where Dr. March is. Please, let me know what else I can help you with and email me with any question or if you need advice. I will do my best to help you as much as I can! Just ask your OB (if you can't find an RE) to do an HSG on you or have the hospital do it. That will give you answers you need. Then dr. March can advise you on what you should be doing regarding the scarring (although hopefully there is none and all is back to normal soon).
That is to bad about the other obgyn. They just don't want to get tangled up in someone else's mistake probably. It's unfortunate if you ask me!
Well, since they made you an appointment, i would ask to have either a saline sono hysterogram, or an HSG (that is where they run dye through your tubes and into the uterus.) Those are the 2 ways to see scarring. Tell them your not asking them to treat you, your just trying to see what's going on .
As for your email to Dr. March, you may want to consider sending it a 2nd time. Every once in a while, emails will get overlooked, or maybe not go through. But it would definately be benificial for you to send it again if you don't hear from him soon.
Did you think about joining the Ashermans.org site? The ladies on there are very helpful... it's not as user friendly as Medhelp, but you could get alot of good advice and suggestions on what to do.
I hope all of your testing turns out normal, and that it's just a delay in your af returning. I am thinking of you often, and hoping that you keep in touch and let us know what's going on.
xo
Well, since they made you an appointment, i would ask to have either a saline sono hysterogram, or an HSG (that is where they run dye through your tubes and into the uterus.) Those are the 2 ways to see scarring. Tell them your not asking them to treat you, your just trying to see what's going on .
As for your email to Dr. March, you may want to consider sending it a 2nd time. Every once in a while, emails will get overlooked, or maybe not go through. But it would definately be benificial for you to send it again if you don't hear from him soon.
Did you think about joining the Ashermans.org site? The ladies on there are very helpful... it's not as user friendly as Medhelp, but you could get alot of good advice and suggestions on what to do.
I hope all of your testing turns out normal, and that it's just a delay in your af returning. I am thinking of you often, and hoping that you keep in touch and let us know what's going on.
xo
I am still waiting for to hear back from the doctor that was recommended. However now I am just bummed out.
To try to get another opinion on my situation I tried calling a gynecologist in my area for help and that didn't go very well. They kept telling me I am suppose to go back to the hospital I got it done at for my follow up.. and I kept telling them that I went back twice and complained twice and was sent away twice with no help... So she tells me I can come in but they don't know if they can really help my or if the doctor will even consider touching me before speaking with the original people and getting the original files of what started this in the first place.
It sounded like they didn't really want any part of it.
To try to get another opinion on my situation I tried calling a gynecologist in my area for help and that didn't go very well. They kept telling me I am suppose to go back to the hospital I got it done at for my follow up.. and I kept telling them that I went back twice and complained twice and was sent away twice with no help... So she tells me I can come in but they don't know if they can really help my or if the doctor will even consider touching me before speaking with the original people and getting the original files of what started this in the first place.
It sounded like they didn't really want any part of it.
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