My meeting with 3 specialists in Delhi

I am back to broadcast the description of our Doctor-Hopping sessions in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. Here it goes...

In Feb'14, we completed two years of Trying To Conceive (TTC). In these two years, my DH and I discussed our infertility with 12 doctors (Allopathic and Ayurvedic) in Bangalore. Guess that wasn't enough to find a solution to our problem. So we shifted our concentration from Within Bangalore to Within India.

We travelled alone to Delhi in Feb'14 and first met with Dr. Sanjay Mittal (Uro Andrologist, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi). His Consultation Fee was Rs. 700 then. It took him just 5 minutes to glance through my DH's reports, give his verdict and support it with logic and science. He appeared to me as a very knowledgeable and experienced Uro Andrologist. Unfortunately, his conclusion was just the opposite of what I wanted to hear from him. He advised only 2 things; Artificial Donor Insemination (ADI) or Adoption :( His confidence made me lose hope, whatever little was left.

Hearing this for the first time was too much to handle alone. These 2 years had taught us that Patience and Perseverance are of great importance in pursuit of a happy life. With this zeal, I took a week to roam around in Delhi and then meet Dr. Kapil Kumar Juneja (Urosurgeon and Andrologist, Moolchand Medcity, Lajpat Nagar III, New Delhi). Since my DH wasn't there to meet him personally and Dr. Juneja was going out of country for few days, he advised to get an Epididymal/Testicular Biopsy at Moolchand after a week or any good hospital in Bangalore. 

Exactly 1 year prior to that date, my DH had got TESE/ incision-suture process done on him; neither of us wanted him to go through the same state of affairs, again. I informed Dr. Juneja about TESE and that no sperms were found in the extraction, so should there be any chance of finding them now. Dr. Juneja politely suggested me to pay a visit to Ayurveda Dept. at Moolchand.

Were we back to square one? 

Well, I met Dr. S V Tripathi (Chief Physician - Ayurveda, Moolchand Medcity, Lajpat Nagar III, New Delhi) the next day, as I reached Ayurveda Dept. after its closing time. I was pretty clear about not repeating the steps, but fortunately, he didn't say so. He saw all the reports and prescriptions (Allopathic and Ayurvedic medicines) and told me very frankly, not to waste more time, money and efforts on trying to treat something which isn't possible anymore. He had good knowledge about science and his field, but we couldn't make use of it in our case.

My Doctor-Hopping session in Delhi wasn't fruitful. Guess that was enough for me to call my DH to Delhi and plan a weekend getaway trip. After all, vacations make you feel good and help in relaxing your nerves, and that was exactly what the need of the hour was.

Bon Voyage!

Beginning of a new treatment... Ayurveda!

After being on Ayurvedic medicines for almost 2 months, DH got his SA test done and there were still no sperms to be seen. That called for another visit to Dr. Sowmya. For your information, in Patanjali Chikitsalaya, there is a concept of No Consultation Fee. There is a box kept on the doctor's table, if you wish, you could put any amount of money in that box; nobody will question you if you don't. As a goodwill gesture, we always did.

In Sep' 13, she asked my DH to conduct the Panchkarma process at home, with all detailed instructions provided by Dr. Sowmya, printed on a piece of paper. Once that got over, DH resumed all his medicines and an extra medicine added, called Ajamodadi Churna for 7 days. Upon completion of Panchkarma and 7-day course of new medicine, DH was asked to repeat SA test. Unfortunately, repeat test had the same result.

In Oct' 13, she made little more advancement in her line of treatment. She added a mix of few medicines to be consumed once daily, along with the previous medicines. This was a complicated one. We had to mix Heerak Bhasma, Vang Bhasma, Abraka Bhasma, Praval Pishti, Moti Pishti and Pushpadhanva Ras (quantities were decided as per her calculations) and then divided it into 60 parts, each to be consumed twice daily. This process was followed for two months.

In Dec'13, SA test result didn't show any improvement. This time, Dr. Sowmya had no new medicine to prescribe but suggested us to visit another doctor, one of her Gurus, Dr.Sucharitha.

Details will be in my next post.

"Ayurvedic" medication for DH was our next step

By the end of Mar'13, we both were physically and mentally tired so we decided to take Dr. Vasan's prescribed medicines and expect a miracle to happen; and also buy time to find a good, knowledgeable and experienced ayurvedic doctor.

For that, we then visited Patanjali Chikitsalaya. Patanjali Chikitsalaya (Clinic) is of Baba Ramdev fame. We had heard a lot about the success of Ayurvedic Treatments done in his Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar Campus (Bhagirathi Nagar, Bhupatwala, Haridwar, Uttarakhand).  

We met Dr. Sowmya (Brigade MM Complex, K R Road, Yediyur, Jayanagar 7th Block, Bangalore) in July' 13. She read all reports and understood the harm done.  She explained the scope of treatment and asked us to be patient as Ayurvedic Treatment is a time consuming thing.
Here’s a copy of her prescription :-

Part I of medicines were tablets and Part II were powdered medicines to be mixed together and consumed with hot milk. All the medicines were available in their own Divya Pharmacy, just next door. She asked my DH to consume the medicines for at least one month, then repeat the SA Test and come back for review along with the report.