OMFG
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Topic: OMFG
Posted By: Guests
Subject: OMFG
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 8:53am
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Ok for those that were following i was wanting to have my ovaries scanned for more cysts coz of pain i have been having. I have my form so i called the radiology people and its gonna cost me $180 - $200 to have it done. I cant afford that!!! Its insane its a matter of future children for me and they have the nerve to charge that much to scan my ovaries to make sure its nothing to bad?
Im so PISSED right now! 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 9:11am
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 9:15am
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Cory said we will have to look at getting it done in a few months anyways. I hate public things like that i have had very bad experiences with them not diagnosing properly etc i sound fussy but its my fertility they are messing with and diagnosing and i dont wanna be fecked around ya know?
Thanks tho chicka! 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 9:44am
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!!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 9:57am
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Thanks chicka i am gonna call around and see what they say I suspect its gonna be similar all round!
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 9:57am
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 10:00am
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Posted By: Travelgirl
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 10:30am
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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. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 10:36am
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Yer i have PCOS and Endo
I had a lap to remove the endo dr said i was gonna be under for 1/2 hour but i was in for 3 hours and during that time she said i had PCOS and i hadnt ovulated for a year. She was vague and left me hanging and said if i wasnt pregnant in 6 months to come back and she would put me on clomid to help boost my chances of getting pregnant and give me better quality eggs. I know what you mean by the pain i recommend talking to your GP and getting some buscopan it helps with the cramping otherwise panadol and nurofen will become ur closest companion! or even codiene. I never had bloods but basically they are to see if u are ovulating and if you are producing enough progesterone to support a pregnancy. etc its how they determine if there are probs and if they are then they can put u on progesterone etc to help. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 10:38am
| PS found somewhere that does them for $65 so am going at the end of the month to have it done. If not earlier! |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 10:41am
Yay...I knew there was some one with a more reasonable $$. Well done!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 11:25am
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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. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 12:14pm
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I was going to ask if you had insurance as well. I can not believe the cost of scans, they are about the same price here in Palmy. I couldn't believe the price either when I had mine done last year. Thank god for insurance it only ended up costing me $45. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Travelgirl
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 5:11pm
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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 ! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 6:11pm
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Nah i dont unfortunately and if i signed up i would have to declare my past surgeries and health conditions, PND, PCOS and Endo. I had my endo surgery on it tho went private and it cost around $4 - $5k
It freaken sucks is right! Travelgirl - Nah they cant remove them i dont think but they do increase and decrease in size. Maybe there are some meds you can take to help? Could be painful at the moment def because of ovulation and the corpius lutum (sp?) is bigger than norm? Never know! Buscopan is an anti spasm drug stops the cramps and muscles spasm associated with periods etc etc. I used to take codiene for my periods helped alot but made me sleepy! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 6:58pm
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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. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 7:11pm
How far up there do they go? Thats the only thing im scared of haha 
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Posted By: Travelgirl
Date Posted: 16 November 2006 at 8:32am
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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! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 16 November 2006 at 8:36am
Hehe i guess ill have to see. Seems silly since i gave birth not long ago u would think i wouldnt have any dignity back yet 
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