OMFG

oh no really??? my God that seems too expensive. Can you go and see a Doc and ask him/her to put you on the govt subs scan? I know my Aunt waited a couple of months and had it for free.

Oh I understand!! But does it seems way too expensive!! I wonder how much it is here?? I know I really good radiology place here that are reasonable in $$ and they did all Pregnancy scans for free. Have you phoned around to see if the prices vary?....Oh well hun hope all workes out for you. Here is hoping that there are no more cysts and you will go one to have many more (or one) beautiful babies ...like out little cutie pie Ella!!

I'd also try phoning around otherwise you might need to look at the public option.

I had to pay when I got my scan done to check everything was ok. I wasn't too worried to be honest, I'd rather that than wait to go through the public system.

Hi,
I just had to have one done too....... Started off as just an external abdo scan (thought i had apendicitis), then they had to invade me up the fufu :) to get a better look as it turns out I have more than 10 cysts om 1 ovary - this set me back $170.00, im in the Bay of Plenty where things are usually cheaper!!! Can you see if they will let you set up a payment plan? I got a $20 discount as I had only been told that it would be an abdo scan which is only $90.00 they were really noce about it. Your right though, it is so unfair that it costs so much to get fertility treatment.

Jeszika - If i remember you have PCOS? Can you tell me a little more regards the process you went through - I have day 23 bloods due to be taken on Fri, but have no idea what will be done from there, and I need some info to help ease my imagination, and hope to make the massive amounts of pain I am in seem that little bit more bearable.

Sorry for the thread-jack! and the ramble.

PS found somewhere that does them for $65 so am going at the end of the month to have it done. If not earlier!

Jess do you get it back frm insurance? Coz most won't cover 'fertility' as such, but Endo and PCOS are actual medical conditions separate to infertility so should be covered.

Thanks Jess,

It is nice to know that there is a light at the end of this very long and scary tunnell......... Good to hear that you found a place cheaper.

I wondered if they would remove the cysts or not, it seems that there is an awful number of them, so they obviously aren't dissapearing like they say they do - and it's causing me a lot of grief....

What's Buscopan? At the moment I can only take panadol, as I am allergic to brofen - the key ingredient in nurofen/panafen etc. Kinda sux really !!!
Thanks again for your story, It helps to get over the big scariness of it all !

Have to admit the scan "up in you" is so much better and you don't have to drink so much to have it done. They saw so much more that way than through the tummy.

Its not that bad, kinda uncomfortable, but not too painfull. I couldn't see "How far up there" they went, but it felt like a pretty long way :)

Jess, Thanks for that info, I'll keep it in mind for when I see the Dr on Friday!