The Hysterosalpingogram Test

I was scheduled to take this HSG test on 11/13/2007.

I was very nervous. The reason being is that I was already told that the test will be very uncomfortable. What happen is I have to go into the hospital for the test. I will be asked to lay on a x-ray table. A speculum will be insert inside of me, a speculum that's bigger than the papsmear test. Then, a catheter will be inserted and will shoot a type of liquid. At this time, through the monitor, I can tell whether the liquid will flow through the tubes to go inside of my body to tell whether my tubes are open.

Since I was so nervous about this test, Steven decided to take a day off and go to the hospital with me. I was very touched. It wasn't the test result that I was nervous about. It was the projected 'pain' that I was about to experienced!!

We first went into Dr. Schillings office to pick up my prescription and walked over to the hospital to register. Steven and I first thought that he couldn't go inside of the room with me because of radiology that he was going to watch Cassandra outside of the exam room. It turned out that the nurse was so nice and patient and told Steven that he could drop off Cassandra at the 2-hour limit daycare in the hospital so that he can stay in the exam room with me.

Right before the procedure was about to begin, I made sure both the nurse and the doctor know how nervous I am about the pain and Kathleen Post, she was the one who perform the procedure, had ensured me she will be very gental.

All I knew was during the test, when she insert the speculum, I was in so much pain that I was squeezing Steven's hand and screamed in Chinese, 好痛啊! The nurse was smiling and said, 'well, we wouldn't know what to do if we don't understand you.' I told them not to worry about me. Everytime when I go see a doctor for whatever test, because my daughter is always next to me, I always have to keep a straight face. That day, my daughter finally was not around and instead it was Steven, of course, I will yell out whatever I feel! ^_^

When Kathleen insert the catheter and inject the liquid, normally I should feel some kind of discomfort and it turned out I didn't feel anything at all. And, as the liquid was injected, I could see on the monitor that the liquid was flowing normally through my tubes. And, after the test, I was told that I may have spotting afterwards and it was all normal.

The test was done on Tuesday morning, it turned out I started bleeding in the evening of Wednesday and was continued for 5 days after that. The nurse from the doctor's office told me it was okay. As it turned out oddly, may be because of those 5-days bleeding/spotting, I had an odd feeling that I was ovulating the weekend after the spotting stop, which means I ovulated a whole week later than normal. And, I did get my menstruation exactly a week later than I suppose to. The doctor couldn't explain why. She said human bodies do different things at different times.