The scar tissue is still a mystery, but there are some possible explanations. The RE mentioned gonorrhea, chlamydia, etc. and I told him hubby was my only sex partner. Now, hubby could've be a carrier, I suppose, but he's been tested (around the time he got his divorce, and during our IVF process) and got a clean report. I don't have endometriosis, either.

Torsion of an ovary was another possibility he mentioned. He said that was unusual, but when I was 14 I had one bout of bad pain in the spring that wasn't related to my period. A few months later, I had probably the worst pain I've ever had and it was in my sides, as I recall (I don't recall it being just on one side). I remember very well because it was so bad. It started on a Sunday night, and I was up all that night (and my dad was up with me, because he was so worried). They took me to the doctor's office as soon as it opened the next morning, and the doctor couldn't really determine what was wrong. He decided to do a pelvic exam, and normally I'm sure I would have been very nervous about that, as I hadn't had one before, but I felt so bad I didn't care. He still didn't find anything wrong, and said it was probably mittlescmertz, i.e. ovulation pain. He gave me a prescription for pain medicine, and as I was leaving, I threw up (sorry) in the hallway of his offices. I missed school that Monday and Tuesday, went back Wednesday and wound up missing Thursday, too. I do have ovulation pain sometimes, but never anything like that, and I wonder if somthing was going on--a cyst or something like that. When I told my RE he thought that was a good possibility. He said my ovary on that side is probably much smaller than the other as its blood supply had been cut off. Whatever caused it left so much scar tissue that it affected both sides. The RE said it is more possible now that I could get pregnant naturally because of his moving my right fallopian tube, but that I also have a higher than normal chance of an ectopic pregnancy because of the damage to the tube.

The RE asked what our next steps would be. I told him that barring my getting a job with IVF coverage or getting a job paying a lot more money, our next step will be adoption. He gave me names and numbers for a couple of agencies. He's still encouraging us to try IVF again, especially in the next couple of years, as I'm 38. I know he wants to make money, but I don't think he'd recommend it if he didn't think we had a shot, as clinics like their success rates to be high, and I truly don't think he'd just want us to waste money. I was going to try to audition for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", but they're only having auditions in NYC this fall. Hubby said maybe we'll just plan our vacation there next year. I'm hoping they'll have regional auditions in the spring. Of course, my chances of getting on another game show are probably pretty slim, like lightning striking twice!
If I do get on, I'd probably embarrass myself by missing on the $500 question. Wouldn't it be nice if money weren't a factor. Then again, it's always a factor.