Shall we dance?

Funny how the contrast-filled uterus and fallopian tubes look like a funny big-handed, long and skinny-armed dancer. Or maybe not. Definitely reminds me, though, of the scene in The Science of Sleep where Gael Garcia Bernal has the huge hands waking dream in the office... As the contrast fluid reaches the ends of the tubes, it just sorta leaks and pools out in big hand patterns.

Here's an image: http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/zm6047.asp?printing=true

Good news, my tubes are clear. Everything looked fine. And the HSG test didn't even hurt all that much. A little pressure here, a little cramping there... Now just a bit of leaking. Oh well. Small price.

Speaking of small price, I did just pay $150. After I'd told them last week that they'd previously quoted me $133 vs. the $230 she was trying to tell me... they put a sticky on my chart that said the price would be $150. They knew they'd told me $130-something, but it didn't include all the charges. I figured $150 was a lot better than $230, and a helluva lot better than the $750 quoted by a "reproductive specialists" clinic.

Tomorrow I get the follow-up blood test for the clomid challenge test. I'll try to corner the doc or her assistant and find out my hormone levels for the CD4 blood test last Friday.

I'm SO GLAD about my normal, unblocked tubes!!