Tube job

After being pretty darn nervous about it all, things went OK. The waiting rooms and paperwork is the the worst part.

Once I got in the hospital/x-ray room and all set up things went quickly. Its a rather uncomfortable process which is glorified by wearing a hospital robe. The doctor starts the whole thing with the speculum & catheter insertion, which is supposed to be like a normal pap exam... NOPE....but its bearable. Until the bitch inflates the balloon at the tip of the catheter so the dye doesn't come back out. OOWWWEE! Breathing is good.

After that things flowed pretty well. It was so cool to watch! Both tubes are very narrow where they connect to the uterus and the doctor says that they *may* have been blocked but they have been cleared now and running smoothly. His advice was to definately make a good effort this month with conceiving... well DUH. So, there ya go.... cleared tubes now but dunno how long they'll stay clear but we shall see. Gotta fill the doctors orders! :-)

Adding my official report, courtesy of a hospital employee with un-neccesary access to patient records.

Hysterosalpingogram,
Using sterile technique and fluoroscopic guidance, the balloon catheter was inserted without difficulty in the cervix. Contrast was slowly injected revealing a normal appearance to the endometrial cavity. There is some narrowing in the isthmus portion of each fallopian tube. There
is preferential filling for the left fallopian tube with spillage into the pelvis. Contrast does extend into the right fallopian tube and spills into the pelvis more distally. When the endometrial cavity is distended, no significant abnormality noted.