Follow up with the RE

Follow up with RE

I had the big follow up with my doctor last week. Last month I had a CCCT and this month I had another HSG. We did an u/s which was good. My HSG showed that my right tube is now blocked which is not good but I have had the endo recur three times on the right but I've only had one endometrioma on the left. So the bad ovary connected to the crappy fallopian tube is good news right?? Well it could be worse so I am actually feeling ok about that. The bad news is that my CCCT showed an elevated FSH around 16. My doctors reccomendation was to have surgery yet again but this time only a laparoscopy to attempt the open the tube or remove it and the same thing with the right ovary, fix it or get it out. He thinks that my tube being blocked could negatively impact implantation for an IVF cycle. We would do the lap in order prep my body for IVF, to hopefully make it as receptive as possible for a pregnancy. He is reccomending DE because my FSH is high and my ovaries are basically crappy after two surgeries already. I want to wait until next summer to attempt this for financial reasons. The cost for DE at my clinic is ~17K which is daunting. Before embarking on IVF w/ DE would you seek a second opinion? There is only one other RE in my area. I have a friend who sees him. She did a fresh cycle and was really overstimulated. She had 38 follicles, 32 retrieved, 21 icsi'd and frozen. They did not do a transfer because of OHSS. Also his clinic is partially in Colorado Springs which is a six hour drive away from me. I would have to travel for ER and ET which is obviously not really very desirable. I guess my question is "do I need a second opinion?" We may do a few IUI with injectables cycles before next summer though.