Hi Gillian and Monster...
my gyn is also Dr loh at kkh...
I too was rather unhappy with the way they do things too..
My first appt was on a friday which happen to be my CD1.
So Dr Loh says to do a HSG scan on CD8 (that means to do it the following fri).
By the time I finish seeing Dr Loh, it was almost 8pm. So TPS nurse say they will fax my HSG xray form to the xray dept and they will give me a call the following mon as to what time my appt will be.
Come monday ...I waited and no calls frm the xray dept.
So I decided to call them..They say they didn't receive the xray form. So I say then just give me an appt for friday. But it was all fully booked. So I explained that I need this appt and Dr Loh has asked me to do it on this day ..otherwise, I have to wait till the next mense cycle. So they managed to squeezed me in for fri last patient.
Thought everything was settled until I received a call from
the xray dept on thurs (the day before the scan). Apparently...all the doctors will be away for conference ..so there will be no doctors to do the scan...
I was so frustrated...conferences are not organised the day beofre..they should have known before hand...What were the staff doing?? How can they inform me jus the day before...
The worse thing is that HSG scan has to be done just aft menses..so that means I have to wait another mense cycle.
Fortunately, this lady who called me was polite and nice...so I din want to be mean and scream at her...so i asked if she got a slot for the day...
Although it was fully booked..she manged to squeeze me in during lunch hr...
Also, Dr Loh asked hubby to do SA test on my CD8...so that aft that..we can continue "trying"..
But because to submit the specimen, you need to get an appt.
And the appt time is limited at mon-thurs. around 2.30-3.30pm and fri 8.30am -9.30am ONLY.
So if I wait till after my ovulation then ask hubby go do the SA test, then we'll have to wait 2 weeks later for the SA results.
by then it will be too late cos we have a follow-up appt with Dr Loh to review our test results...
Luckily my fren told me abt this parkway laboratories at MT .E hospital...so convenient. No appts need to send in specimen...jus walk in any time...and get the results the next day. And it cos only abt $37.45.
So end up.. hubby did test at MT E there.
But I guess public hospitals are like that ....
Now my new cycle just started. Not sure can make it to do SO-IUI ...have to call the ivf centre tmr to check my antenatal and rubella test results..if no ok...then have to wait again..sigh