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Today I was supposed to get my old Mirena removed and a new one put in. We got the first part done, but the second didn't work out so well. Again. My doctor tried using ultrasound to deal with my uterus (which is about 90 degrees anteflexed rather than a more typical 60 degrees) and get it in a better position, but my cervix just wasn't having any of that. Lucky me, I got to be the first patient she ever completely failed to insert an IUD in!
But she has a plan. I'm going back next week, and she's going to try it with ultrasound and a hysteroscope, and bring over a set of flexible dilators (because she couldn't get the rigid metal ones to go in at all, and the flexible one available at the clinic isn't big enough). I shouldn't have a copay on any of it (because they're refunding mine from today), but the online check-in thing wanted me to pay 2 co-pays (they had to schedule it as 2 appointments: 1 for the u/s, one for the gyn). So I told it to pay later. I have more problems with Duke and my insurance...
So anyway, hopefully after all this, there'll either be notes in my chart about how to deal with my anatomy or there'll be notes saying to schedule the extra rigamarole in the first place. Though I didn't schedule this appointment; the scheduling people did and sent me a letter.
At least this only happens every five years. I wish they'd come out with a 10-year Mirena... If they did in the next 5 years, I could get one and it'd last me until menopause! I don't relish the thought of trying to get one in Germany and explaining to the German doctor all my weird anatomical crap, even with notes from my doctor here...
But she has a plan. I'm going back next week, and she's going to try it with ultrasound and a hysteroscope, and bring over a set of flexible dilators (because she couldn't get the rigid metal ones to go in at all, and the flexible one available at the clinic isn't big enough). I shouldn't have a copay on any of it (because they're refunding mine from today), but the online check-in thing wanted me to pay 2 co-pays (they had to schedule it as 2 appointments: 1 for the u/s, one for the gyn). So I told it to pay later. I have more problems with Duke and my insurance...
So anyway, hopefully after all this, there'll either be notes in my chart about how to deal with my anatomy or there'll be notes saying to schedule the extra rigamarole in the first place. Though I didn't schedule this appointment; the scheduling people did and sent me a letter.
At least this only happens every five years. I wish they'd come out with a 10-year Mirena... If they did in the next 5 years, I could get one and it'd last me until menopause! I don't relish the thought of trying to get one in Germany and explaining to the German doctor all my weird anatomical crap, even with notes from my doctor here...
