You know when you take two rounds of cytotec and after all of THAT you still haven't passed the gestational sac? And your doctor observes that there is a pool of blood around it, it is collapsing on itself, and this raises the strong possibility that it's not stuck but just slowly releasing, and she prescribes you TWO more rounds of cytotec to take? And she says that she believes there is a 90% chance that it will work, but you sense that she's going this route because she doesn't want to be the doctor that performs a D&C that causes your cervix to scar over again any more than you want her to be the doctor to cause your cervix to scar over again?
Pills are in hand and ready to be taken Saturday afternoon. Funny how the pharmacist said I would be charged for a refill because my insurance won't cover refills of this drug. Which I find darkly HILARIOUS, given that they WILL be covering thousands of dollars in surgical costs if this drug doesn't work. Ah, the assholes of our healthcare system.
I'm so sorry for what you are going through. I have been there (as you know since you follow my blog). The dark irony always seems to be there in these horrible situations. As you mentioned on my blog, I think RI would be a really smart next step. I wish I had turned to it years ago. If you think of a way that I can help you navigate the RI channels privately, I would be happy to help. I hope that you have success with the cytotec so that you don't have to deal with the invasive next step. Big hugs to you.
ReplyDeleteoh no! I am so sorry you have to do another round of cytotec :( You are right. The healthcare system sucks big time. They should be encouraging patients to miscarry naturally by covering the cytotec instead of just covering d & c's. Have you tried castor oil packs? Healing hugs xx
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for what you are going through; I truly hope the cytotec works. So ridiculous the cytotec is not covered, but an invasive, surgical procedure is...madness. Thinking of you, hugs.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you again today. Hoping you finally get some closure. You deserve a break, that's for sure.
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