I'm in the Blocked tube club, too...
I'm glad to find this forum!
I have found some herbal remedies for tube blockage online, but I haven't tried any of them. They kind of creep me out. One was for herbal tampons that draw the toxins out of your tubes. None of them are FDA approved, so I am nervous about trying something like that.
My HSG test was yesterday and I found out that my left fallopian tube is blocked. The right one is perfectly fine. I have been TTC for a year and I miscarried at 8 weeks in January. My OB-GYN thinks that the blocked tube may be excreting fluid that can hinder implantation and can cause miscarriage. He is suggesting removal of the blocked tube.
On top of that, I have a luteal phase defect (not enough days between ovulation and implantaion) that we are going to have to try to correct through Clomid. I have one good tube and two good ovaries, so I am still hopeful, but it is a lot to take in. I can't think of any benefit of keeping the bad tube. Can you guys? I just wonder what the benefit of NOT having the surgery would be?
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! :)
Attention: Fellow friends w/ blocked tubes!
Hi, Everyone!
I joined this site to let others know that miracles can happen and to NEVER give up hope! There are things out there to help!
In May 2007, I had an ectoptic. After my husband and I tryed to conceive for a year I had a hysterosalpingram done only to be told that BOTH tubes were COMPLETELY blocked. In July 2008, one week after the hysterosalpingram, my left tube had to be removed due to infection...leaving me with only my blocked right tube.
We were devastated when we were told in vitro was our only option. Even a lap would not do. Where would get the money?! We put $5000 in our cafeteria and started to save for the rest.
Always willing to try new things... we ordered a Chinese herb online called Cinnamon and Poria. The Chinese have been using it for hundreds of years to unblock tubes among other things. I mean... It can't hurt, right? After 3 months of using it, we decided not to order more and dealt with the fact that we were stuck w/ in vitro.
WELL... In February 2009, out of the blue... We CONCEIVED! NATURALLY!!!!! I am now 12 weeks along and been taken out of high-risk category! Everything looks great!!!!
I'm not sure if the Cinnamon and Poria did it or if God worked a miracle.. or maybe a little bit of both. I just wanted to let all of you know about it. I urge all of you to try it! It's a natural herb so it won't harm you either way!
I know how hard infertility is to cope with. It by far has been one of the most difficult things in my life I have ever had to deal with. DON'T GIVE UP!!!!!
trying to concieve with one tube
Hi Everyone,
I'm new to this thread ,just came across it while browsing as usuall for any info on this topic.I am very lucky to have 2 boys my eldest is nine and my small man is 2.I concieved with no problems with my first,infact it was very fast but i had an ectopic in 2002 and lost one tube as it ruptured ,i had a hsg the year after and it showed the dye came through,this gave me some hope but 6 years went by with no luck so my doc put me on clomid,first 3 mths of 50g no luck but first mth of 100g ,success we concieved our baby boy born june 25th 2007.
We started trying again fairly soon after as we wanted him to have a brother or sister close to his age for company,as there was such an age cap between him and his older bother and his older bother was very lonely growing up.So 18 mths on no luck went back to my doc and she put me on clomid again ,done 3 mths of 50g and am now on my second mth of 100g and i am 4 or 5 days after ovulating.:pray:
To: Sue1979 Re:Blocked tube
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
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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
Cinnamon & Poria Teapills
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I ordered the Cinnamon & Poria Teapills at. They say to take 8 pills 3x a day (luckily they are very small!). However, I spread them out a little more than that. I would take 6-8 pills 2-3 times a day (depending on how well I remembered to take them!).
I will also note that my first 4-5 cycles after starting the pills were extremely clotty and heavy which was very abnormal for me. At the time I thought maybe it was becasue my body was adjusting hormonally to the surgery to remove my tube, but now I'm starting to think the only tube I had left was clearing a little. Maybe it's a coincidence, but whatever the case... I'M PREGNANT!!!! Something worked!
Good luck! Keep in touch! I would love to know how your progress is going!
Stay strong!!!!!
Hi there can you tell me where I can order this? I know Australia is very strict with herbs/pills coming in.
Thank you
