Large Mass On Left Ovary

I had my first appt with a gyn last week after about two months of severe lower back pain,fatigue,bloating,and irregular periods.My gyn ordered a pelvic ultrasound which found a large cyst on my left ovary and a small cyst on my right ovary.I see my gyn again on Wednesday but I don't know if he will remove the cysts or wait and see if they go away on their own.The wait and see approach is not an option with the pain I'm experiencing and I have a family history of cancer.Are large suspicious cysts usually removed and tested?

 

On 8/6/2007 kymom wrote:

I had my first appt with a gyn last week after about two months of severe lower back pain,fatigue,bloating,and irregular periods.My gyn ordered a pelvic ultrasound which found a large cyst on my left ovary and a small cyst on my right ovary.I see my gyn again on Wednesday but I don't know if he will remove the cysts or wait and see if they go away on their own.The wait and see approach is not an option with the pain I'm experiencing and I have a family history of cancer.Are large suspicious cysts usually removed and tested?

Hi -

Sorry to hear you are having problems. Did your GYN do a CA125 blood test??? He definately should. If I were in your position I would discuss having the cysts removed if they have grown that large and are causing you that much discomfort. Also because of your family history, you need to be very proactive. Docs are always afraid that if they are too "aggressive" they will be sued or something. Best of luck to you, and let me  know how you make out.

Diane T.

Thank you for your kind words Diane.I was unsure whether to post my problem because it hasn't yet been diagnosed as cancer.I even think the odds are in my favor statistically but I don't want to make any mistakes when it comes to something so serious.I will request the CA125 test and if my gyn won't remove the cyst I'll have to find someone else who will because the pain is almost unbearable when I sit or bend and it's hard to stay standing or laying all the time.The pain has progressively gotten worse over the last week.I will let you know what I find out on Wednesday and best wishes to you.

                                       Vicki R.

 

On 8/6/2007 kymom wrote:

Thank you for your kind words Diane.I was unsure whether to post my problem because it hasn't yet been diagnosed as cancer.I even think the odds are in my favor statistically but I don't want to make any mistakes when it comes to something so serious.I will request the CA125 test and if my gyn won't remove the cyst I'll have to find someone else who will because the pain is almost unbearable when I sit or bend and it's hard to stay standing or laying all the time.The pain has progressively gotten worse over the last week.I will let you know what I find out on Wednesday and best wishes to you.

                                       Vicki R.

Vicki-

Please let me know how you make  out. You will be in my prayers. I hope that these are just nasty cysts. Good luck to you.

Diane T.

Hi,  years ago I had the same situation.  They found a tumor the size of an orange and 17 cysts.  The OB/GYN was great.  He went in and removed them all and had them tested.  They were all benign.  One year later I was pregnant with my son.  My mom also died of cancer at the age of 34.  So I wouldn't worry until you have it confirmed.  They should be able to give you something for the pain while you wait for the surgery.  If they don't volunteer, insist on it.  You shouldn't have to live with the pain.  Good luck and I'll say a prayer for you.

I saw my doctor yesterday and he didn't think the cysts were big enough to be concerned with.He said my uterine lining was 8 mm and anything over 4 was abnormal.He's doing a d&c next Friday the 17th and he's also going in through my navel to look at my uterus and the surrounding area more closely.He's sending the lining,any fibroids,tumors,etc. he might find for a biopsy.I'll let you all know how it turns out and I thank you for your kind words and support.

I am having stabbing vaginal and anal pain, severe lower back pain so bad that I sleep in a lounge chair, and fatigue.  I was recently diagnosed with PCOS and had a hysteroscopy, laparoscopy, DNC, and a pap smear.  They found and biopsied a small lesion just above my bladder but it came back normal.  I have had several women in my family have complaints in the past and when the doctors found nothing they gave up only  to later find cancer.  My Mother who was diagnosed with stage II tongue and throat cancer (neck and throat) said we probably just feel things earlier.  Could this be true.  I am obese and am wondering if this is why I'm not being taken seriously.  I hurts to have relations with my husband.  It feels like I'm being stabbed or raped.  I have periods that can last 9-16 days and leave for 7-12 days.  I am tired and have been dealing with this for over a year now.  I don't know what to do or where to turn.  And the pain is intense.  I also had many fibroids, cysts, and polyps removed yet the bleeding continues as does the stabbing vaginal pain. I'm tired of being seen as a hypochondriac.  It hurts when everyone treats you like you are a mental case because of size:(

I know exactly how you feel a year ago i was diagnose with PCOS and life is so miserable i have no one to talk to no one seems to understand what your going through i have a lot of emotional break downs.  It gets so depressing at time because I want to have all of this disappear and have a child but when i also have sexual relations with my husband it hurts really bad but i dont want to tell him because i dont want his feelings hurt.  So i just take the pain and bottle it up i am trying to look for a support group here in town and im not having any luck because i cant bottle it up anymore i need to talk to someone that knows exactly what i am going through.  I even told my cousin what all im going through and she turns around and tells me she is pregnant i think thats a real slap in the face but what can i do.  Anyways if you need someone to talk to message me if not good luck on what your going through.

Hi,

Thank you for your message.  It does feel better knowing someone can relate to you.  I fee very alone and deeply depressed but, unfortunately, my doctor seems to think that is the only problem and wants me to treat my depression.  I understand she has a lot of patients and has only so much time to treat a person, having said that, I would at least think that rushing people out the door isn't helping.  I feel very lost.  I can't even get my husband to understand how it feels.  I have no appetite now, not the one I used to have.  On top of everything I have the stabbing vaginal pain, excessive fatigue, back pain, and incredible gas.  I feel constantly bloated, I can't sleep and I'm losing weight now.  I'm sick ot this because I have a lot of other problems I'm trying to deal with.  I've been missing a lot of work from being so tired and have had the flu for 10 weeks now.  I would rather die if that would make me feel better.  I am only 31 and I feel like 90.  Have you any thoughts on the matter?  I dub you my new pcos friend:)

I am 25 years old and the obgyn i had before the one i have now one i couldn't understand her and two she kept telling me that i just need to lose weight that there is nothing wrong your just overweight,  and that really hurt because deep down inside i knew there was something wrong i didn't know exactly what it was i just knew my instincts.  It wasn't until i had to go see a regular doctor and she immediately saw the facial hairs and my weight of course and abnormal bleeding so she ran some blood work and had me go for an ultra sound and thats when they saw in the ultra sound is that i was diagnosed with PCOS and i had to find an obgyn because she didn't specialize in that area.  I had no idea what pcos was.  So going through what i went through i would suggest going to another obgyn find someone who will actually listen and actually run some tests to prove that is what is going.  Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking?