Stuck ovum procedure doesn't make my day.

I recently woke up to severe abdominal cramps so I got up and tried some sprite then used the restroom. When I wiped there was blood so i knew i had started my menstrual cycle. I decided to have some toast and give it a hour and then call the doctor. In about 30 minutes it got so intense I figured a doctors opinion would be safest at least to ease my mind. I called my gyn directly and he fit me in immediately. When I came in he handed me a gown and said take everything off from waist down off and you may leave your bra on for today.He left the room and I hurriedly took off my pants and panties and got the gown on. He came back in shortly and told me to get in the chair and relax as best I could. He said he wanted to do an internal exam and with me being in my cycle it would be a bit uncomfortable. Boy was that an understatement. I think that was the longest 2 minutes of my life. It is usually of a turn on but this actually hurt. Being in the leg rests at least I couldn't kick him like I wanted to lol. Everything was so tender and on fire. After the exam he took off gloves and told me that he was going to do a trans-vaginal ultrasound to out rule some serious things. I didn't really want to endure this but I wanted to make sure i was ok so i agreed to it. Normally a technician would come in and perform this but he knew how tender I was he said if I didn't care he would do the ultrasound himself. I didn't complain. As he inserted the transformer into my vagina I literally had tears in my eyes. I was so tender it was extremely painful. I laid there and hoped it was nothing serious. I was scared to death because I had never hurt like this is in my life. It seemed like and hour but about 10 minutes later he said alright we are all done. I don't see anything out of ordinary, no cysts or tumors or fibroids but you have severe inflammation and your right side is super tender which concerns me. "Well what's next step then Doc" I asked. He replied I would like to ask a colleague to consult if you agree . I nodded but was terrified as he is the only doc I have trusted enough to examine me and see all my private places. I know he is retirement age but I don't know if I'm ready for this. He said I will call My son he specializes in problems with monthly cycles. He reassured me i would be fine. His son couldn't see me until later so I got dressed and waited for a hour in the lobby.

Doc came out in the waiting room and said he was ready and if I wanted to he could be in exam with me I agree and went back in and gowned up again. When his son came in I was positioned in the chair but by now I was in so much pain I actually was in tears. I have never hurt like this before I told him. Young Doc said he had a idea what was going on and he asked me my age. I just turned 45 I replied. He nodded and said peri-menopause age. I bet its a trapped ovum and that is a very painful issue but one that is solved easily if you can endure this. I thought I really don't have a choice I have to get this taken care of. He started with a bimanual exam which was very tender because of the severe inflammation. He then started to press rather firmly on the outside while pressing just as firmly from inside I found out later he was actually milking the fallopian tube to unstick the ovum. It hurt so bad I actually screamed. I have bruises today on my stomach to prove it and I am so glad it's over. Afterward young doc said I hate to tell you this but we are going to have to use a large speculum now because I need to calm the inflammation for you. It took a lot of breath work and tears to get the speculum in and then when he did get it deep in place he informed me that to calm the inflammation he was actually going to do an internal injection. I was very scared but he told me to remain as still as i could. I laid there as my doc held my hand and told me to count to 3.When I got to 3 he did the injection and it was the most intense thing I have ever had or ever want again. It burned a lot as I could feel the solution running out of me and onto the pad. I was sent home with some pain medication for the next 3 days and told after the menstual cycle is done they want to do a colposcopy to make sure everything else looks good too. The only good thing is that there was no rectal exam but I was penetrated and prodded everywhere else. The inflammation has calmed down and I am much relieved. What a day!

That sounds really painful. I'm glad it all worked out in the end. There is not a day that goes by where I don't thank my lucky stars that I am a guy and don't have to deal with problems like that!

Yikes! That sounded pretty miserable. Hope you feel better soon.

Well congrats at being such a trooper, hopefully this is the only experience you have with this.

What did you think of his son? If he retires that could be the door prize?

Be interesting to see what they actually bill insurer for? Not a single article on pubmed regarding a stuck ovum.

Keep us posted when bill comes through.