Things are lining up??
>> Monday, May 14, 2012
At least at the moment they appear to be. So far so good.
I called Dr. P (my local endocrinologist - infertility doc) and left a message with his nurse just to find out what I need to do to request this surgery and what would be involved. The wait time for a callback is usually 24-48 hours, so I wasn't expecting to hear anything for a little bit. I was surprised, then, to get a return call less than 30 minutes later! Yay! The nurse wasn't surprised at all by my request, walked me through what probably will happen (initial appointment, possibly another HSG or saline sonogram, then surgery), and booked my first appointment for June 1st. I just need to make sure they have my films from my WAMC 2010 HSG. From our conversation, though, it doesn't seem like I will need to fight anyone in an effort to persuade them that I need to have this surgery.
I called radiology at WAMC and if what the records lady told me was correct, I just need to fill out and sign a request for records from Dr. P, fax it to the radiology department, and in a couple of days my HSG films will be mailed to Dr. P, in time for my June 1 appointment.
I have an appointment with my ENT tomorrow, to have my nasal cavity checked for any signs of tumor regrowth, and to have some scar tissue snipped. I'm not looking forward to it, but the good thing is that my ENT and Dr P are in the same building so I can take care of requesting my records tomorrow, which should be more than enough time for Dr P to get and review them by the time he sees me. I'm glad I can save myself an extra trip just to sign the records waiver, seeing as gas is so expensive these days and I have to take a toll road that costs $2.50 each way.
Another piece of good news was that Dr. P's nurse said that I should be able to get the surgery scheduled and completed within one month of seeing him for the initial appointment, but if there are hang ups, that still means I would probably be done by the end of July, which would give me plenty of time to recover before our initial appointment up in Knoxville with NEDC, and before a DeFET.
So far, it's all working out rather favorably, I would say.
I called Dr. P (my local endocrinologist - infertility doc) and left a message with his nurse just to find out what I need to do to request this surgery and what would be involved. The wait time for a callback is usually 24-48 hours, so I wasn't expecting to hear anything for a little bit. I was surprised, then, to get a return call less than 30 minutes later! Yay! The nurse wasn't surprised at all by my request, walked me through what probably will happen (initial appointment, possibly another HSG or saline sonogram, then surgery), and booked my first appointment for June 1st. I just need to make sure they have my films from my WAMC 2010 HSG. From our conversation, though, it doesn't seem like I will need to fight anyone in an effort to persuade them that I need to have this surgery.
I called radiology at WAMC and if what the records lady told me was correct, I just need to fill out and sign a request for records from Dr. P, fax it to the radiology department, and in a couple of days my HSG films will be mailed to Dr. P, in time for my June 1 appointment.
I have an appointment with my ENT tomorrow, to have my nasal cavity checked for any signs of tumor regrowth, and to have some scar tissue snipped. I'm not looking forward to it, but the good thing is that my ENT and Dr P are in the same building so I can take care of requesting my records tomorrow, which should be more than enough time for Dr P to get and review them by the time he sees me. I'm glad I can save myself an extra trip just to sign the records waiver, seeing as gas is so expensive these days and I have to take a toll road that costs $2.50 each way.
Another piece of good news was that Dr. P's nurse said that I should be able to get the surgery scheduled and completed within one month of seeing him for the initial appointment, but if there are hang ups, that still means I would probably be done by the end of July, which would give me plenty of time to recover before our initial appointment up in Knoxville with NEDC, and before a DeFET.
So far, it's all working out rather favorably, I would say.
