posted September 09, 2004 12:21 PM         

Called the gynecologist's office and was told by the receptionist, well, could be ovarian cysts. Come in for an UltraSound. So I have an apt. on the 21st.

Bleh.

She also said sometimes cysts are treated by increasing the dosage of birth control, which I do not want to do. 'Course, I can't jump to conclusions when nothing's been diagnosed yet.

But hey, if anyone has any information to share, I'd like to hear it.

posted September 09, 2004 01:35 PM         

My boyfriend heard me and came in to see what was going on. I told him I thought my appendix was going to explode, "Take me to the hospital!!"

Eventually, I learned that I had a large ovarian cyst--mine was 4 centimeters, but they get up to 6--on my left ovary. This runs in my family, in fact my cousin has endemetriosis--very bad, but that it is very common. usually, when the egg is released, the cells around it can develop into cysts, but they are absorbed back into the body without any notice or pain. Mine, however, became enlarged and began bleeding into itself, thus the pain. They put me on birth control and a few days ago I had to get another ultrasound to see if it was decreasing. At the moment. I am waiting for my mom to get out of her meeting to tell me what the report is. I can relate--I have only been in that much pain one other time when I almost died from a scorpion sting when I lived in Arizona. (Most scorpions aren't deadly, just the one that I happened to step by . . .)

posted September 09, 2004 02:33 PM         

Ovulation always produces small cysts in the ovaries. These are the result of newly developing eggs, or eggs that are already formed, or in places where they were formed. As the eggs are formed they are normally covered by a fluid like substance to protect them, this fluid filled area is known as the cyst. It is normal, a fact many women don't even know.

When the egg is released and picked up by the fallopian tube the cyst normally bursts, but where the egg used to be a small cystic area known as corpus lutuem develops and begins to release progesterone. So the reason I'm giving you all a biology lesson, is to tell you all that ovarian cysts smallish ones are quite normal throughout a womans reproductive life,
in fact I would say we all have them.

In premenopausal women it is generally thought that cysts less than four centimetres were normal. A cyst that may be larger may be watched for a few months to see what happens. This is also normal, sometimes it goes away on it's own.

We give different sized cysts different names. With ovarian cysts most are completely unfelt while others can cause minor discomfort to sharp pain. This is normally caused by a release of blood from the pelvic cavity ( mid cycle pain ) the pain is caused because the bleeding can stretch the ovarian capsule. This is common and often goes away. If it does not, a small surgical laparoscope might be needed. You do NOT NEED to have the ovary removed.

If the cysts are large and solid like and don't go away after three or more cycles and are causing discomfort or other risks, then these types are not caused by ovulation. More testing is required and then a choice has to be made in regards to surgery.

I hope yours are just benign normal cysts, that because of extra fluid were more felt than normal. I hope you feel better soon.

Good Luck.

posted September 09, 2004 07:19 PM         

zoso, is your nick a reference to the Led Zep album? I hope you do well with your treatment, keep us posted.

Gia, as always, thank you for your wealth of information. My gut feeling is that I won't have anything to worry about. I'm not fond of waiting, though. Wish I had an earlier appt.

Thirteen, no, I wasn't aware of being able to ovulate while on BCP. But I have no other signs of ovulation, and by that I mean there is no ovulation mucous.

I'm not in any discomfort, the pinch-y pains are mild at most. I'm aware of them, and want to be smart about whatever they might be.

Yin, you're such a sweetie.

posted September 10, 2004 01:23 PM         

Philbird, you are a hoot.

Gia thanks for the info....

Zoso.. glad you're okay!

Thirteen~ yay for thickening of mucous! (sort of)

posted September 10, 2004 05:14 PM         

Right. No Ben-Gay. But a teensy eensy drop of peppermint oil perhaps... (And I mean teeny!)

posted September 10, 2004 05:24 PM         

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posted September 10, 2004 05:40 PM         

But, I hope everything is okay with you! I didn't know that you can ovulate on the pill. They put me on a NuvaRing, which is a ring inserted and left in for three weeks, allowing your body to absorb the hormones at a lower dose, since it doesn't have to go through the GI tract.

My doctor reported that the cyst is decreasing and will be gone soon, but she reiterated that cysts are VERY common, so that made me feel better and should make you feel better, too!