The road trip of pain!

I'm back!

My husband and I left for Sydney at about 7.30am on Tuesday 23rd November. I had to get a blood test done first to test for pregnancy. If I was pregnant, they would have cancelled my biopsy. My husband and I thought "stuff it" and rather than waiting for results, we thought we'd go to Sydney straight after the test so we could get there at a reasonable hour. I knew I wouldn't be pregnant anyway.

We arrived in Sydney at about 1pm and checked in to our 5 star hotel! Nothing like living it up to take your mind off an upcoming procedure.

That night, my brother came over and stayed as we were upgraded to a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom deluxe suite. Nice! We went out to dinner to an amazing place called Sailors Thai. It is located at The Rocks/Circular Quay. To use to word 'delicious' is still an insult to the food. It was incredible. It was not your normal run of the mill Thai. It was very different to any Thai food I have had (and I have had my fair share!). We also walked along the King St Wharf and a certain band caught my eye. The band were doing amazing covers of James Blunt songs. Hang on. It took me about a minute to realise. It was James Blunt! He was over for the TV show 'X Factor' and he was playing at a pub that wasn't overly busy so it was very surreal.

The next day, I went for my appointment. I was right. Not pregnant. Okay, now for the scary stuff. A few people had told me that an endometrial biopsy was not that bad so I was not as scared as I first was. I had been through many procedures before and was okay with them (well, as okay as you can be). The nurses were gorgeous. My doctor who did the procedure was lovely also.

First, my doctor inserted a speculum. Then she inserted a catheter. The catheter got stuck in my cervix and had to be pushed through so I was in agonising pain. Once that was through, I thought that would be the worst (I was teary by that stage). When she performed the biopsy part, it really really hurt. I did not think it would be that awful! It took her about 1 minute to get the sample. Oh how that minute when so slow! Then, my vision started going blurry as I couldn't handle the pain. The next thing... black! I passed out! Not for very long. My blood pressure dropped significantly, then I had to be monitored until they thought I was okay to leave! Trust me to have a different experience to others! I find 'straight forward' things always go crazy with me. You only need to refer to my blog to know that!

I was cramping quite a lot after the procedure and had to take some pain killers. They didn't do much! After the cramping settled down, my husband took me on the ferry to a German pub where we had an awesome lunch. We went out for another fancy dinner that night. I was being super spoilt! My husband also felt bad for me and came back from the shops with a Hugo Boss carry on bag, perfume and moisturiser! Lucky me!

The results won't be ready for 2 weeks, yet I won't find out until next year as they will not discuss results over the phone! So another 11 hour round trip for me soon. Argh. I might beg and ask if they'd consider giving me a phone consult. They are not taking any appointments now and I can't make the appointment until next year anyway! One of the downsides with saying goodbye to the private clinic and moving over to the public. They have been great in many ways but the wait is painful.

Anyway, so now I am seeing a local fertility specialist in 2 weeks. I don't have any real faith in him as he let me down last time. I am going in to see if I can try a few things now while I wait for my next appointment. This might be unethical to some but as some lovely ladies from my online fertility buddy group pointed out, do I really want to look back in 5 years and regret not trying everything?