I am feeling much better about things here...
I went to the hospital this morning for more blood work- my iron level, platelets, etc all look really good.
My hCG has gone from 154 to 70 and now down to 54 as of today. The doctors asked me to go back Wed afternoon to do it again and hope that by then the number drops to negative. He really thinks that it was not tubal and I should not need the methotrexate injection.
HIP HIP HOORAY!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Scratch that last post
Life is so funny. Just when you think that you have everything figured out and answers to some scary questions and issues, life throws you a curveball.
I met with a different doctor today. Apparently my hCG levels started going down. So he did not give me the injection.
He spoke to my doctor and they now think that I did have a miscarriage and that my levels are just finally coming down. Now they do not think it was a tubal pregnancy.
I go back Sat for more lab work and will talk to the doctor that I saw today for the results. Those results will determine the next step.
If nothing else I am on their radar screen and if I get pregnant again they will see me right away and I won't get shoved over to some Nurse practitioner that has never seen me who will make me wait 5 weeks to get in for an appt!
Of course, there is more to this story than I am willing to type here. Just know that I am starting to feel like some questions are being answered and the confusion is starting to become clear.
But I am always waiting for that next curveball to be thrown my way.
I have my mitt on, I am ready for whatever comes my way.
I met with a different doctor today. Apparently my hCG levels started going down. So he did not give me the injection.
He spoke to my doctor and they now think that I did have a miscarriage and that my levels are just finally coming down. Now they do not think it was a tubal pregnancy.
I go back Sat for more lab work and will talk to the doctor that I saw today for the results. Those results will determine the next step.
If nothing else I am on their radar screen and if I get pregnant again they will see me right away and I won't get shoved over to some Nurse practitioner that has never seen me who will make me wait 5 weeks to get in for an appt!
Of course, there is more to this story than I am willing to type here. Just know that I am starting to feel like some questions are being answered and the confusion is starting to become clear.
But I am always waiting for that next curveball to be thrown my way.
I have my mitt on, I am ready for whatever comes my way.
Totally Tubular
Apparently I had a tubular pregnancy.
My sweet Dr found it yesterday. Actually the awesome ultasound tech found it.
After having complications for a month including ultrasounds and pelvic exams with another doctor/ultrasound tech, I am hoping that it will be downhill from here!
As long as the kidney/liver tests that they are running on my blood come back ok, I will have an injection of Methorexate. Hopefully one injection will do the trick. If the injections fail to work, I will have to have surgery. I do not want to go that route.
So say a quick little prayer that I will be able to get the injection, that it will work in one shot and I will have no sickness from it.
Here is a snippet from Wikipedia (how did we live without it?) about Methotrexate:
"Methotrexate was originally used, as part of combination chemotherapy regimens, to treat many kinds of cancers. It is still the mainstay for the treatment of many neoplastic disorders including acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Other uses
More recently it has come into use as a treatment for some autoimmune diseases, including ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis (see disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs). A parallel use with TNFα blockers as infliximab or etanercept has been shown to markedly improve symptoms.
Although not indicated for this use, methotrexate is also sometimes used (generally in combination with misoprostol) to terminate early pregnancies, particularly ectopic pregnancies. In the case of early missed miscarriage (particularly a blighted ovum), in which fetal demise has occurred but the body has not expelled the fetus, methotrexate may be used to help the body begin the miscarriage process. This is not a termination, because in this case, the fetus is no longer living.
It is also sometimes used to treat a rare condition called Behçet's disease where it is taken weekly, along with folic acid daily."
My sweet Dr found it yesterday. Actually the awesome ultasound tech found it.
After having complications for a month including ultrasounds and pelvic exams with another doctor/ultrasound tech, I am hoping that it will be downhill from here!
As long as the kidney/liver tests that they are running on my blood come back ok, I will have an injection of Methorexate. Hopefully one injection will do the trick. If the injections fail to work, I will have to have surgery. I do not want to go that route.
So say a quick little prayer that I will be able to get the injection, that it will work in one shot and I will have no sickness from it.
Here is a snippet from Wikipedia (how did we live without it?) about Methotrexate:
"Methotrexate was originally used, as part of combination chemotherapy regimens, to treat many kinds of cancers. It is still the mainstay for the treatment of many neoplastic disorders including acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Other uses
More recently it has come into use as a treatment for some autoimmune diseases, including ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis (see disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs). A parallel use with TNFα blockers as infliximab or etanercept has been shown to markedly improve symptoms.
Although not indicated for this use, methotrexate is also sometimes used (generally in combination with misoprostol) to terminate early pregnancies, particularly ectopic pregnancies. In the case of early missed miscarriage (particularly a blighted ovum), in which fetal demise has occurred but the body has not expelled the fetus, methotrexate may be used to help the body begin the miscarriage process. This is not a termination, because in this case, the fetus is no longer living.
It is also sometimes used to treat a rare condition called Behçet's disease where it is taken weekly, along with folic acid daily."
Sunday, January 06, 2008
favorite Christmas present
This is my favorite Christmas present.
And the thing around her waist is her favorite Christmas present.
It is a nature study kit.
She has been very disappointed that there are few bugs in the winter time... because she is ready to catch some bugs! She found lots of dead ladybugs in the house... I can not figure out how she found them... but she did!