r/EctopicSupportGroup • u/Fuzzy_Restaurant_968 • 12h ago

MTX Aftermath

Howdy to this group of women, again!

I continue to browse on here to read stories and feel validated!

My story is rather long, but to cut it short: Was never officially diagnosed ectopic until I had to get the emergency surgery, after some excrutiating pain one weekend, back in July. It was suspected an ectopic the week before the rupture, but the doc thought my spotting may be a blighted ovum, with no need for further actions. I had insisted on the left sided pain and she had hesitantly given me the MTX injection. My HCG's never went higher than 65. 3 days later, tube ruptured, went to ER, lost tube, ton of blood, and the babe. Though, I'm not sure I can call it that, with it being unviable, with HCG's being so low...

I'm finally working out again, HCG's reached 0, about to approach my second period next week, and feeling better. Moving forward from everything, with hopes of mid-October TTC. I'm 34 with my remaining tube being scarred- which makes me nervous, but I have an HSG scheduled in Oct. to determine if we TTC naturally, or if we should go IVF route, should that remaining tube be blocked.

Anyway- I'm having such a hard time with the MTX injection side-effects, still ☹️ My hair will not stop thinning & falling out. Every time I take a shower/wash my hair another glob is collected and thrown away. I don't mean that it's falling out in globs, just more like, I run my fingers through my hair and tons of strands are webbing around my fingers with every comb-through. I've started taking prenatals again, taking my typical collagen suppliment again, and even applying Mielle Rosemary mint hair oil...Please tell me the shedding and thinning is going to stop soon?!

How did this group of strong women get through it all?! Between losing so much blood, losing the babe, and losing the hair...It just feels like loss after loss, after loss...it's making me so insecure

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u/truthfulsnack 9h ago

I'm so sorry you're going through this! One thing to be aware of...there's a class action lawsuit against Mielle for their rosemary hair oil causing hair loss: https://www.classaction.org/news/mielle-lawsuit-alleges-organics-rosemary-mint-hair-oil-may-cause-hair-loss

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u/Fuzzy_Restaurant_968 9h ago

Oh, crap! I just started using it the other week to hopefully grow some hair back! I’ve had the bottle for several months! Good to know! Thank you so much!