Soooooo I have finally been discharged from hospital at 8pm this evening. Hurrah!
Findings; acute cholestistius (inflammation of the gallbladder) with gallstones and some form of liver damage. My liver function tests were apparently far too high to be caused by just a gallstone, so there is something else there that may have passed, possibly a gallstone.
MRI shows gallstones but luckily no stones in the bile ducts (anymore..) MRI was exciting, I pretended I was in an episode of House.
Despite everything that I told the surgeon they were still determined to tell me I had hyper stimulation of the ovaries - sent me for an abdominal and pelvic scan. Abdominal scan showed a very contracted and damaged gallbladder with plenty of stones - clearly the cause of the pain. Worst part? The ultrasound tech showed me the ultrasound of my ovaries - all my "juicy eggs" (her words, not mine) that are going to waste. There were A LOT, my left and right ovary were touching to make just one nice egg producing line. She tried to count but we made it to 20 and gave up. I'm not saying that all of those would have actual eggs on them, but at least we know the meds worked well and I responded exactly as I should. Just to note: the gynaecology specialist came to see me and confirmed that I didn't have OHSS or any symptoms and my ovaries were perfectly healthy, just larger. Fucking annoying that I now need to just leave them!
The clinic called while I was at the hospital to speak to me, and the nurse explained they had had a meeting just about us to decide what action to take. They did agree that the gallbladder needs to come out now before treatment, and they want me to continue Cetrotide for 5 days without stimming and use protection this cycle (tempting not to...but god knows the consequences) and keep them informed. If the surgery goes well and I recover I should be OK to get back into IVF as soon as its complete. I know it's a day surgery with a 7 days recovery period, but lets see.
I have been given a weeks worth of antibiotics to help with the pain and inflammation of the gallbladder, I need to return in a week to have more liver function tests carried out as they were still abnormal today, and call my surgeon tomorrow to arrange gallbladder removal. Hopefully, it will be within 2-3 weeks. So fingers crossed, we may be able to pick up where we left off on September, or due to the holiday, we may have to wait until November.
Fuck shit wank balls / typing it up like that is no fun.
We are devastated the IVF is a no go, but there's nothing like being carted off to hospital in an ambulance and being in so much agony you pass out to make you beg for surgery.
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