The nightmare should be over now.
I wanted to give you all an update. I have really appreciated your support over the past couple of weeks.
I have had increasing pain since my shots of Methotrexate on Wednesday. My beta's kept going up too. Yesterday I started miscarrying but the pain was pretty unbearable, especially on the right side near the ectopic. and I called my doctor who wanted to me to to the ER. I ended up needed emergency surgery and they had to remove my right falopian tube. The tube was full and bulging from my fetus. I was given a picture of the tube which was crazy to look at. I spent the night in the hospital as it was 1:30am by the time I was out of recovery.
Luckily the surgery went well and they caught it before the tube ruptured, but it was very close. The doctor said my other tube and both ovaries look great. He did a bit of ovarian drilling for me as a freebie since it is very successful for PCOS gals. Its basically where they use a needle and pop some of the surface cysts. It helps re balance the female/male hormones. So that was very nice of him.
The pain is quite tolerable and I plan to go back to work part time tomorrow. I'm still pretty doped up today, but can walk around etc. with no problem.
I am so thankful this is over. I also had a DNC, so the bleeding is very minimal at this point. I am pretty devastated to lose a tube, but am thankful for my remaining tube and am trying to remain optimistic that I will have successful pregnancies in the future. So was the doctor. He was saying this should have very minimal impact on my fertility. Per google I've read that it reduces fertility by about 30%. Makes me nervous because the PCOS already makes it hard to get pregnant. But I did it once un-medicated so hopefully I can do it again in the future even if it requires a little assistance.
Thanks again for all of your support.
Nikki
I have had increasing pain since my shots of Methotrexate on Wednesday. My beta's kept going up too. Yesterday I started miscarrying but the pain was pretty unbearable, especially on the right side near the ectopic. and I called my doctor who wanted to me to to the ER. I ended up needed emergency surgery and they had to remove my right falopian tube. The tube was full and bulging from my fetus. I was given a picture of the tube which was crazy to look at. I spent the night in the hospital as it was 1:30am by the time I was out of recovery.
Luckily the surgery went well and they caught it before the tube ruptured, but it was very close. The doctor said my other tube and both ovaries look great. He did a bit of ovarian drilling for me as a freebie since it is very successful for PCOS gals. Its basically where they use a needle and pop some of the surface cysts. It helps re balance the female/male hormones. So that was very nice of him.
The pain is quite tolerable and I plan to go back to work part time tomorrow. I'm still pretty doped up today, but can walk around etc. with no problem.
I am so thankful this is over. I also had a DNC, so the bleeding is very minimal at this point. I am pretty devastated to lose a tube, but am thankful for my remaining tube and am trying to remain optimistic that I will have successful pregnancies in the future. So was the doctor. He was saying this should have very minimal impact on my fertility. Per google I've read that it reduces fertility by about 30%. Makes me nervous because the PCOS already makes it hard to get pregnant. But I did it once un-medicated so hopefully I can do it again in the future even if it requires a little assistance.
Thanks again for all of your support.
Nikki
Lapband 8/2007. Revised to VSG 10/2010.... 170 pounds lost!
I'm sorry to hear how hard this has all been! I'm really surprised that they didn't check the size of the fetus in the tube before they started the methotrexate though! I'm glad you're made it through ok. 
Banded 03/22/06 276/261/184 (highest/surgery/lowest)
Sleeved 07/11/2013 228/165 (surgery/current) (111lbs lost)
Mom to two of the cutest boys on earth.
They did check the size of the fetus before giving me methotrexate last week. I had an ultrasound that showed a 7 mm mass on the right side. My beta was only around 330 which is really low and methotrexate works best for beta's under 5,000. And I was just over 6 weeks along, so I was a good candidate according to my doctor. On Sat. I had a beta done again so 72 hours later and it rose to 490. Yesterday in the ER, only 48 hours it almost doubled! It was 790. That coupled wiht the pain is the reason why surgery was the next step. I wonder if my betas would have dropped if maybe they wouldn't have been so quick to do surgery.
Either way it is good my tube was removed because even if the methotrexate worked and my body was able to absorb the big amount of fetal tissue, my tube was really stretched out and I likely would have had another ectopic on that side. Said my surgeon.
Unfortunately I have a 15% chance of having an ectopic on the left side now. Just per statistics. So for all future pregnancies I will have to be closely monitored from the ghetgo.
Either way it is good my tube was removed because even if the methotrexate worked and my body was able to absorb the big amount of fetal tissue, my tube was really stretched out and I likely would have had another ectopic on that side. Said my surgeon.
Unfortunately I have a 15% chance of having an ectopic on the left side now. Just per statistics. So for all future pregnancies I will have to be closely monitored from the ghetgo.
Lapband 8/2007. Revised to VSG 10/2010.... 170 pounds lost!
Cheri
I'm sorry you've had to go through all this! Glad surgery went well and you are ok. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers!
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I too suffer from PCOS and was not very hopeful of ever having children. I had my son when I was 19 and although I was in college, and many people told me that I shouldn't keep him because it would jeopardize my education, I didn't listen. My son is the most precious gift I've ever received and I wouldn't change my decision for the world. After that I abandoned all hope of conceiving again and instead thanked my lucky stars for the amazing little boy that I had. Even though he has Asperger's Syndrome, and ADHD, and we've been through the gamut with him. He is still my greatest achievement, and absolutely the most beautiful person I've ever known. My husband and I stopped using birth control and I had RNY, and still nothing, which was probably a good thing since my marriage was very unhealthy, to put it mildly. I am now divorced and in a new relationship with an extremely wonderful man, whom I've known since childhood and we are expecting our first child together; a girl. I say this to you hoping that it offers you some comfort of hope. I'll be praying for you and praying that God blesses you as he has me. It'll get better. Sometimes we have to endure the sting to appreciate the splendor, my grandma says. Now, nearly 30 years old, I'm finally starting to understand what that means. God bless and take care.
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