MFI Question

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Hi All - 

The day he who shall not be named went down in flames, DH and I got all the results back of his most recent SA and Blood work and I so desperately wanted to turn to all of you wonderfully insightful ladies!

So the background is, DH's sperm count is now below 1 million and the Urologist believes he has a blockage which he saw from his bloodwork (is that even possible to tell from BW?).  We are on the bench until we figure out what is going on.  

My question to all of you is, have any of you been through this? and if so, what do they do to remove the blockage, our Urologist won't even discuss it until he has further testing done which will be done on Tuesday.  

Thanks! 

[remylove1011]

I believe that it is usually with an ultrasound that they confirm something like this. I believe that it's called a varicocele and there are a few ladies here who's H's have had surgery for it. As far as I know it's a fairly easy surgery and once recovered it can take a few months for things to go back. It is supposed to help improve counts as more sperm are able to get through. I have not been through this, but I know that other ladies will be able to offer ideas. FX that you get some answers from the Urologist!

[BunnyBerry]

So sorry about that news. MH's uro thought he felt a varicocele during the manual examination and had him get an ultrasound to confirm (turns out it was a harmless hydrocele). I'm not sure how a potential blockage would show up on bloodwork. I hope there is something they can easily treat! Good luck on Thursday. Sorry you have to deal with the long wait.

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Thanks! The Urologist originally did an ultrasound in his office and didn't see anything but now wants a more extensive one done.

[kensie5226]

That wasn't our issue, but it seems like you'd need an ultrasound to diagnose that. FX crossed that clearing the blockage will up the numbers!