If you're still waiting, I apologize. I know you may be wanting to know how that ultrasound went. Here's the short version:
I got there early, you know the half hour. I go to the desk to "check in" and the receptionist informs me my appoint was at 12:30 not 2:30... nice I was told the wrong time by my clinic... I explained and told her I had driven 170 kms. I was asked to wait, and they'd try and get me in.
As I was waiting, I noticed that the same lady who did Mackenzie's last ultrasound was there... but what were the chances? I tried to shrug it off. I waited until 3:15 and I got in. Through God's grace somebody called in and said they'd be late. Well the person was already late cause they weren't there early :) So I got his/her spot.
Someone called my name, I look up... and yep, it's her. She doesn't remember me, she's has done 1,000's of exams since that fateful one of mine... she had me lay down on that same table, same room as I stared at the same picture on the wall... It was awful. I held back what I call, "The Oprah ugly cry", but tears streamed down my cheeks.
The tech did have me roll around and she did some scans on my sides, kinda on my back... I wasn't sure why. Again, like my last visit, things were nervy, not much small talk all business. She told me that she hoped to see me again under a different circumstance. Sigh...
I went in to my doctor's office a week later for my results. When he walked in the room he greeted me with a hello and asked how things were. Then he told me, "Well, we went in for one thing and we ended up finding something else". What??? He told me that my ovaries, tubes, uterus, everything was right spot on. Picture perfect. He even sounded surprised when he told me there were follicles. But, "She found a cyst on one of your kidneys..." I really didn't want to talk kidneys, I was more focused on my next steps with the infertility.
Since he is stumped, I will be referred to a gynaecologist at the Grey Nuns in Edmonton (where I had Mackenzie). Most likely it will take 3 months to even here back about the booking. But another doctor mine consulted with suggested this because fertility clinics give priority to patients referred to by a gyno over a G.P.
A few days later there was a message on our home phone, my doctor again. He had consulted yet another colleague, who suggest I also have an MRI?! Don't worry I'm confused to. Sounds like they just want to rule out that it could be my "wiring" lol.
As for the cyst, he explained that it's probably nothing and may go away on it's own. I didn't ask a lot of questions, I was really more concentrated on the first issue at hand. I was told that I'd have to do some more ultrasounds for a while just to watch the cyst and make sure it's not growing or changing. I just heard from the clinic today, the next appointment is January 11, 2013.
There you are, you may have given up on me, and quit checking in... I apologize. It took a while for all that to sink into my head.
In the mean time, I may try going to a natural path in Edmonton that specialized in fertility. I haven't decided yet. For now we will just enjoy the holidays (or try too).
