Blocked fallopian tube

[Melissa6]

Sue,
Where did you have your HCG done? Which doctor referred you? I had my HCG done with no anaesthetic, but nobody mentioned anything about sticking a bendy thing up the tube to unblock it. Is this a common practice? Because I don't think they do this in Sydney.

Melissa6

I had an HSG done in September 2008.

They inject some dye through your tubes and then x-ray to see where the dye goes.
The doctor told me that it would be like a pap smear but it was nothing like that at all. They used much the same instruments to hold my cervix open but that was where the similarities ended.

I found the procedure to be painful and uncomfortable - mine was done without any anaesthetic. So make sure you find out what pain relief they are going to give you. It is the strangest sensation when they inject the dye as it fills up your uterus before it goes through the tubes.

One of my tubes was blocked and while they were there, they fed a little bendy wire through and unblocked it for me there and then. I got pethidine when they did that. I couldn't have had that without pain relief.

Good luck and I hope that was helpful. It might be useful to get information from other forums too as everyone has different experiences with them and this is just mine.

Hugs
S X

[jodie_82]

Sue,
Where did you have your HCG done? Which doctor referred you? I had my HCG done with no anaesthetic, but nobody mentioned anything about sticking a bendy thing up the tube to unblock it. Is this a common practice? Because I don't think they do this in Sydney.

Melissa6

Melissa, i also had a HSG done about 5 yrs ago in sydney (penrith) i wasnt given any pain relife and they didnt try to unblock it, i am going for another HSG tomorrow at the same place i am now hoping they try to unblock it again

[MummaSue]

Sorry guys, I've just seen the question I was asked now!

I got it done at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane. Not sure if it's common practice to unblock tubes then and there, it must be or they wouldn't have done it.

I have to say, I'd never get another HSG done without a general anaesthetic. I think the pain was bad for me because of the blockage though.

Sue x

[Aurian]

I agree with you on the pain of getting the HSG done (mine was Oct '09), definitely wasn't expecting the contracting feeling of my body once the dye entered my uterus!

Hmmm, they didn't attempt to unblock my right tube (Box Hill; Melbourne) at the time, I was told I'd need a surgical procedure for that.. ?