Well I made it through the surgery. I probably worried more about it than I needed to. I had a D& C, laproscopy and hysteroscopy on Thursday. I am hoping that my long drawn out fourth miscarriage is having some type of closure. I'm a little sore but otherwise fine. I've been taking it easy for the past couple of days. DH has been great.What are my thoughts on this? I guess mixed feelings are the best description. I am still frustrated with my doctor. When I woke up from my surgery, the nurse said everything went ok and that my doctor left a note to go back and see her in two months. TWO MONTHS!!!!! I would have liked a follow up to the surgery. What does exactly does "Everything went ok " mean? I know that I need to wait at least two months before considering another pregnancy but I would like to know a few things. For example did they get all the "remaining tissue"? Did they see anything with the laproscopy? Am I wrong to expect just a few minutes of explanation on how things went?My doctor did not want to do any of these things to begin with. I had to beg and complain. Part of me wonders if what was requested was actually done. The surgery was actually delayed about an hour because they couldn't find my pre-op paperwork. Sometimes things just never go right for me. The week before the surgery I arrived at the hospital for my ECG and chest xray. As I was walking in I realized I didn't have the requistions for the test. They were back home on my kitchen counter. I had left without the envelope. Now you have to understand it is like an hour drive for me. So I called the doctor's office and spoke to her assistant explaining my predictament. I asked if she could possibly fax copies of the requistions so my trip wasn't wasted and I wouldn't have to reschedule the pre-op. She was really great and did fax stuff over. I thought everything had worked out however as I'm sitting and waiting to go into the operating room, my doctor tells me the items she had requested weren't in my file. I explained about forgetting the req's and how her assistant had helped me out. According to my doctor the assistant had faxed the wrong stuff over. So for a few moments I thought they were going to cancel the surgery. I had the gown and cap on and an IV already. My doctor just seemed so disgusted with me. Then I was introduced to the intern doing the operation.....my doctor was supervising. Great! The intern came to speak to me but I was so worried they would cancel the surgery I didn't really stress how important it was for me to have them take a good look at my reproductive organs and remove any endometriosis.I know I sound like a miserable complaining nag in these journals. I do use them to vent. I'm not really that kind of person. I really one of those quiet doormat types....I need to be assertive with these medical personnel not just privately in my journal.So I am going to call tomorrow and see if I can get an earlier visit or at least a phone call on the results of the operation. She already thinks I'm an annoying patient.I did ask for a referral back in May since this doctor says she can do nothing more for me. She told me she referred me back on June 6. So on Friday I called this other doctor's office and asked about the status of my referral. Apparently they did receive the referral as a fax. However it only had my name and no contact information. They couldn't make out the referring doctor's signature and when they called the clinic, nobody apparently knew who I was. It's all so infuriating frustrating. It's bad enough that miscarriage keeps happening to me and I don't know what is going on with my body. But I also have to fight just to get a doctor to look at me and listen to me. O.K enough venting. We had our anniversary this past Saturday. We went out for a lovely family dinner and really enjoyed just being a family. We are so grateful for our daughter. She is our little miracle.
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