Yes I just went and re-read the order form..lol Im very confused. Cus every website I read, says I should be sent for the HSG test that injects saline and this fluid to look at the flow of the liquid etc. But when I read my order form it says *abd. flat plate xray re: check for clips of a possible sterilization* and a *transvaginal ultrasound, please check uterine structure and ovaries*.
I confirmed with my DH this morning (hes been working all week graveyard shifts havent gotten a chance to see him at all) in regards to what he had said cus Ive been driving my self nuts tryn to make sure Im being sent for the right tests and he says that he remembers the Dr saying the HSG test is done by some doctors but he finds it is just the same if they take just a simple xray.
I will be calling the lab today to confirm my appointment and re-read the order form to the lady on the phone just to be sure, THEN I will be calling my doctors office to make sure what is written on it. My DH wants to take a drive down to Vancouver instead, just to make sure they read it the way we do...LOL But I may not allow him to waste the gas and time for that. That and he has his own test today and I have my kids in school, one being in kindergarten today.
Yes I to have heard hes head of faculty, to me if they are there in UBC they are just as good. I have heard Dr Cheung is one of the best doctors, and you had him. I was wanting to go see him in the beginning, but my Gynecologist sent me to another No biggie to me.
My DH says everything will be just fine and I allow myself to worry to a point of no return and tells me to relax..LOL
But for sure I WILL update you all after those two tests are done and let you all know how it goes. The next two weeks are going to be rough, I will pace back and forth wondering if I passed my tests good enough to get the reversal. LOL

Anyways, I better run, got bored hungry kids running around me.
Update you all later, or when I have another question..LOL

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Mom to four boys

Sean (March 1997)
Justin (October 2000)
Kevin (January 2002)
Jayson (April 2003)

May 19 2008
TUBAL REVERSAL MAY 28, 2008
PROVERA 10mg/day started July 16-25th to hopefully induce my period

Kevin, Jayson, Sean and Justin (May 2008)


Loving Wife to Stu 12/30/2008

Bored hungry kids!!! Ack! That is scary indeed!
dont worry... i agree that a flat plate ab xray is probably good enough
basically the are just trying to determine the area where the clips are.
And checking uterine health.
I personally think that if you can find the clips via/regular xray, then that is a better option.
HSG's arent very comfortable, and often, the dye doesnt go where it should anyhow because the tube spasms. we already KNOW the dye wont flow, theres CLIPS in there, lol...
All the doctors work together there, they all have the same ethics and all of them are highly trained reproductive endocrinologists. I had heard that Dr Cheung was no longer doing surgeries.
Just to let you know, here is an article about the surgeon you are seeing....

"Peter McComb graduated in medicine from the University of Western Australia in 1972. His interest in fertility promoting surgery was stimulated by training in London, England with Dr. Robert Winston and, later in Vancouver, with Dr. Victor Gomel. He also had the good fortune to perform research that is related to fertility surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is now a professor at UBC.

Over the last 23 years he has established a database to determine the success of the different types of fertility operations – especially laparoscopic and microsurgical procedures. This helps in the decision making for the best choice of treatment. It has also prompted the development of more successful surgical techniques."

he seems pretty qualified to me.
If he said flat plate or abdominal xray, then that is what they will do.
Dont worry. I know you want to make sure there are no mistakes, and i am sure there arent.
The tubes are going to come out regardless. And once they open you up, they will see where the tubes are exactly if it wasnt pinpointed in the xray anyhow.
Dr Cheung had said to me, that the HSG could end up being inconclusive due to tube spasms and that if that was the case, he may do a laparoscopy! ouch! so basically, they just want to look at your insides, look for cysts that might be in the way, or uterine abnormalties. The vaginal u/s will show them all that.
You are on the right track.

also, I was originally sent to Dr. C. Allaire , but what happens is, regardless of who your dr sends you to, the specialist at the time is the one that will see you. They decide amongst themselves who will handle the surgery. So even if you wanted Cheung, chances are you would not have got him, because he isnt doing surgeries anyhow.

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