During the surgery, Dr. Heckman was able to see
exactly how bad my endometriosis was.
There was so much scar tissue; my whole reproductive system had been
taken over. My bowels were attached to
my uterus. My tubes were both
damaged. Severe endometriosis. Everywhere.
Dr. Heckman operated for hours and was able to
detach my bowels, remove tons of scar tissue, but was not able to repair my
tubes. My tubes were too thin and frail
that they started bleeding too much, and he had to abort the procedure.
That night, as I lay in our bed in excruciating
pain, Justin had to tell me that although the surgery was a success in some
areas, this was not going to be the answer to our prayers for a baby. And he laid there and cried with me until I
finally fell asleep.
Because of the extent of this surgery, I was in
horrible pain for almost a month. And I
just thanked God every day for such an amazing, caring husband.
(Our Beaver’s Bend
vacation, two weeks before surgery)
Six weeks later, Dr. Heckman had me go in and have
an HSG performed.
Hysterosalpingogram. This is test
where a radiologist uses a catheter to pump dye into your cervix to check for
blockage in your tubes. As we suspected,
no dye was able to get through.
And my hopeful heart broke once again.
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