Post-Op Report and The Crazies

Doug and I met with Dr. G last week.  He's a funny, quirky little man.  He just cracks me up and I'm not sure why.  He can bolting into the room for our follow-up visit, screaming... "You're alive!  You're alive!"    Haha!  For some reason I was crazy nervous about the appointment, almost shaking, and this little quirky gesture calmed me down.  Yay Dr. G.

Anywho... Dr. G said the surgery went perfect, absolutely perfect!  That was music to my ears.  It was SO.GOOD.TO.HEAR.  He basically explained that I was full of endometriosis and had some adhesion's around both of my ovaries, tubes and bladder.  He did say that I did not have an ounce of scar tissue from my surgery last year!  He spent the majority of the surgery removing all that nasty endo.  When he removed all the endo from the left side, my left tube OPENED!  It had not only been blocked by fluid inside, but it was all twisted and kinked up due to the endo.  He was able to get the dye to go through the tube instantly!!  WHOOOO HOOOO!

On the right side, he 'unstuck' my ovary from my cervical wall.  Praise the Lord!  That dang ovary, a.k.a The Gremlin, was causing me SO MUCH PAIN!  Once he removed the endo, the right tube also became free and dye was able to glide right through it!

Dr. G said that Doug and I need to give baby making the good ole try for the next few months.  He wants me to have a few unmedicated cycles before seeing him again for ovulation help, drugs, etc.  He said to give him a call mid-January if I am either not cycling normally by then and/or I am not pregnant.  Who are we kidding??  I'm calling January 2nd to set up an appointment.

He also said my cycle would start soon.  And it did.  A whole TWO HOURS later I started spotting and that moved right into the heaviest bleeding I have seen in a long time.  Sorry if that's TMI! I did not know that's what he meant by 'soon'!  The first few days of my cycle were the worst.  I had so much cramping and pain that I had to break out the heavy duty pain meds.  I'm not sure what the rest of the cycle will bring me... but I'm thinking it might be a little wonky this month since it's right after surgery and all.

I left the appointment both excited and petrified.  This is really our first real chance of conceiving.  I know I still have the history of not ovulating regularly, but at least my tubes are open and I'm not full of endo.  It feels like a new TTC start, when we've already been trying two years.

I cried the whole way home from the appointment.  I'm scared that this cycle and everyone following will be wonky.  I won't ovulate, the ovulatory drugs won't work and we will just end up with a house full of dogs.  Granted, I love dogs, but it's not what we are going for right now.

I pretty much haven't stopped crying all weekend.  Every little thing gets me going!  Dr. G also said my emotions might be all over the place for a bit.  I already knew that!  Jelly Belly and Hebrews filled me in on that!!  Seriously... I have a major case of the crazies!  I go from happy to crying in a flipping heartbeat.  It is almost comical!!!  I cry, then I laugh about it!  Thank goodness that Jelly Belly is as crazy as me right now!  I don't know what I'd do without her right now!!  Hehe.

So now, I'm just going to start from scratch.  I'm curious how this month will go... and the next... and the next.  But I will try to take it all day by day, month by month.  I'm not sure how I will do that, but I will do the best I can.  Dr. G did tell Doug and I to go home and 'do our homework'... so maybe that will help! :)