Ovarian Cysts

[WhiteDaisy128]

Thanks gents! Yeah, they thought it might have been a kidney stone at first...and then they thought it was my appendix...and they settled on a massive ovarian cyst.

[FSUZeta]

whitedaisy, i am sorry to learn that you are having ovarian cyst trouble. i have not had the trouble you just went thru, but have had friends who have-and as you say, they went thru hell! i am glad that you are feeling better now, and the er was able to figure out what was going on. i'm sure you and your husband were very anxious and worried. (((hugs to you)))

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by WhiteDaisy128

Thanks gents! Yeah, they thought it might have been a kidney stone at first...and then they thought it was my appendix...and they settled on a massive ovarian cyst.

I luckily haven't had to go through it, but one of my good friends from college did. (She was just out of school.) And she got some inadequate medical care with the ER. Apparently, they assumed any young women presenting with abdominal pain must have Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and gave her some antibiotics and sent her on her way.

My friend knew she didn't have PID; her funny comment to me was that she couldn't have it unless she could give it to herself (since she wasn't sexually active). But because, I guess once the cyst ruptured she didn't really have any more symptoms, she didn't follow up as much as she should have, which of course isn't the ER's fault.

Several years later, she experienced another cyst on the same ovary and in the course of treatment they discovered pretty pronounced necrosis related to the first cyst in her ovary and she had to have the whole ovary removed.

So basically, make sure you get some good follow up care. And yes, she said the pain from the cyst was excruciating.

[AGDee]

I had one, or they think I did. I had the excruciating pain. Of course, that pain tends to be caused by it rupturing and once it ruptures, they can't find anything. It was explained to me that the fluid from it irritates everything it touches which causes the pain and that's also why they often think it's something else. I also get them on my ova, on a monthly basis, and they burst when I'm ovulating so I always know when that's happening, which side, etc. Motrin takes care of that pain and they are obviously pretty small, so the pain is less widespread but that big one, the pain made me dizzy it was so bad. That was 9 years ago and I haven't had another ovarian one, so it won't necessarily be a recurring problem.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I had one, or they think I did. I had the excruciating pain. Of course, that pain tends to be caused by it rupturing and once it ruptures, they can't find anything. It was explained to me that the fluid from it irritates everything it touches which causes the pain and that's also why they often think it's something else. I also get them on my ova, on a monthly basis, and they burst when I'm ovulating so I always know when that's happening, which side, etc. Motrin takes care of that pain and they are obviously pretty small, so the pain is less widespread but that big one, the pain made me dizzy it was so bad. That was 9 years ago and I haven't had another ovarian one, so it won't necessarily be a recurring problem.

I guess the need for follow up must depend on the kind of cyst.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I guess the need for follow up must depend on the kind of cyst.

They watched me carefully for a while afterward, but after a few years of nothing new, they let it go.