XR HSG Test Experience

I had it done last Friday April 26 at 3pm. What I can say about my experience? Damn it was painful. The worst I had ever experience.

Before the test was done. The nurse gave me a hospital gown. It was a set of front and back cover. My nerve was getting me when I was like wearing it on a few times because I don't know which one is which. Until I heard the nurse checking on me if I am ready. So I just wore that I think was the right side. LOL.
I went inside to the Radiology room. The equipment was huge and the room was spacious. The nurse asked me to lay out on the table and she did a quick x-ray on the pelvic. I saw the result right away. It looked normal to me.

She told me after while waiting for the doctor to expect like a papsmear and stomach cramps during the test. She did ask me if I already know what to expect. And I said yes. But my expectation for the pain was not the amount of pain I was expecting. It was so unbearable. When the doctor appeared and got all the stuff together, I spread my legs on the examination table. There was no stirrups so it was just spreading my legs and let the doctor do it’s job.

First attempt, the speculum was inserted. It opened the walls and the cervix was looking straight to him perfectly. He then inserted the catheter with the dye. Remove the speculum and holding the catheter. The radiologist was called. He entered the room. He said his name to me while the Obgyn holding the cathether in my business. The unpredictable thing happen. I was asked to move a little bit and I did move but the doctor missed my body reaction so I think he released the cathether off guard. The radiologist did try to see if they can see the flow of the dye but it didn’t reach the fallopian tube. I heard him say there was some bubble. I don’t know what that means. What I can get from that was a failure attempt. The obgyn said the length of the catheter tube was too short. The dye didn’t reach the tube and it spilled out to the cervix. They have no choice but to redo the process.

It was not what I would want to hear. I already had felt the pain with the speculum and the cramps. And now, they said they had to do it all over again. The doctors were rushed because every minute of their time is precious. I was not expecting to be rushed like that. The obgyn inserted the speculum and when he got the best position of the cervix he inserted the catheter tube that was twice the size of the first one they attempted to do and released the speculum. He was then holding the end of the tube while the x-ray was done. Before using the new cathether, the doctor asked the nurse if she had the similar size of the tube he previously used and longer but the nurse said no. He knew that I will going to be in so much pain with using the double size tube.

I heard hubby asked me if I was okay. I pretended that I was. I guess he saw the tube. I was glad I didn’t. I can’t imagine the thing in me. I will passed out. When the dye reaches and filled the fallopian tube and uterus, damn the pain was like a magnitude of 3x the abdominal cramps I felt during my period. It was hard to move my body side to side when they asked me to. The pain almost cried me to tears but I was holding it. I then heard the Obgyn said. Done. You did good. The pain went away. I saw the monitor of my fallopian tube and uterus. The dye filled it up good and looking perfect. The Obgyn then said to me to celebrate and drink Margarita.

The doctors were gone fast and I was there laying on the bed just a few minutes to hold my composure and rub my belly. The pain I felt was too extraordinary for me. If this is all what it takes to have a baby, I will do it all over again. I heard the nurse told me to sit up just a few minutes to not get light headed and when I felt fine I went to the restroom and changed. I was bleeding which was normal. But I don’t feel the pain when I peed. That I was glad about. 

I struggle physically and emotionally. I hope one day with all these efforts I will be granted a blessing. Just one miracle, everything what I am going through will be all worth it.