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Re: Ovary pain but no visible cysts

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu Jan 27 17:54:10 2005


At Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Rachelle wrote: >
>At Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Ellen wrote:
>>
>>Hi everyone. I'm a bit of a crossroads, trying to make a decision about
>>future treatment. I have a great young OBGYN who has given me lots of
>>options... but there seem to be so many variables and unknowns.
>>
>>The main thing troubling me right now is a nagging pain in my ovary.
>>Ultrasound results from different labs have varied wildly (fibroids,
>>cyts, hemorhagghing cyts, fluid, fibroids), but the latest seems to be
>>that, after 6 months on oral contraceptive, there is no visible
>>pathology.
>>
>>I don't know what else could be causing consistent pain in my ovary,
>>though I intend to ask my doctor this when I see him next week.
>>
>>>From the time I first started my period, I have gone through periods of
>>terrible pain, which seem to ease off for a while and then return a few
>>years later. I'm sure some readers could relate when I've said, at
>>times, that it felt like I had a rat in my belly trying to eat it's way
>>out. Now I'm 36, (deliberately) childless, and my OBGYN says I almost
>>certainly have endo. However, the pain right now is actually quite
>>mild. I am reluctant to sign onto long-term hormone treatment when I
>>don't know for sure if I have endo. He has suggested I have a lap; but
>>while laparoscopy may be less drastic than the laparotomy, it's still a
>>pretty serious thing to go through, and is not guaranteed to lead to a
>>diagnosis.
>>
>>So, on one hand, I may have a good 24 years of endo by-products growing
>>away inside me, and the pain may come back full force in the future.
>>
>>Or, it might not. And in the meantime, I have the pain in my ovary, and
>>regular nausea (unexplained - possibly from the OC), and bouts of really
>>bad fatigue.
>>
>>Any thoughts...?
>>
>>--
>>L.
>>
>Ellen,
>
>I am sorry to hear that you have having these problems.
>
>I too have bad fatigue and pain in my left ovary (sometimes it is a
>crippling pain). I was once told by a doctor that I have Endo and that
>I had cysts on my ovaries. Sept. 2001 I had a Lap and the Dr. found
>little traces of Endo and removed the cysts and Endo. Since then I have
>a two year old daughter and the problems came back.
>
>I went back to this Dr. when my daughter was 7 months old to tell him
>that all of my pains, fatigue, etc... was back. He told me I had two
>options. 1 Lupron or 2. another Lap.
>
>I went for a second opinion on October 6th and showed him my Lap
>pictures and asked him where was the Endo? He said that Endo was not the
>factor, but Polycystic Ovary (left side) was what was causing the
>problems.
>
>I had my blood taken for hormone test and I just had an ultra sound done
>on
>Friday. I talked with my new Dr. even though my ultra sound showed no
>signs of the Polycycstic Ovary (you don't have to have Cysts to have
>this) my blood work showed that I was lacking Progestrone (my levels
>showed I should have been post-menaposal) and it also showed that I do
>have P.C.O.S (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrom).
>
>I guess what I am suggesting is get your hormone levels tested. This
>will hopefully determine if it is Endo or Fibrods or whatever.
>
>I will be starting my first cycle of Prometrium pill on Friday. I hope
>this will help me out. I will know in about 3 months at least that is
>what my Dr. told me.
>
>I hope I helped you out.
>
>Best of luck.
>
>--
>RachelleZ
>

--
Hi, I need help. I have had pain in my right ovary for along time. It used to come on about every 3 to 6 months. It would cripple me, I would have to lay on the floor and cry and roll around until the pain stopped it iwll last from 15 to 45 minutes, and usually is so bad that I throw up.  The episodes have been coming almost monthly now. And I can always tell when one is coming because about 2 weeks before I start my period I ahve terible night sweats. The ones where I have to change my close 2 or 3 times in a night and feel drained all day the next day.   About 3 days or so before my period is over I usually have these attacks, they are herrific and causing my world to stop for those minutes, maybe it does not seem like a long time but when you are in that much pain on the floor crying it seems like an eternity. I have had 3 ultra sounds, they said a couple cysts, or maybe I have cysts rupturing. I have gone to the er the last time this happened and they said I had blood in my urine, I know this may be true but now they are rtrying to say kidney stones and to that I say, Once a month and only on my period, WHAT? It just does not make sense to me. I am affraid that I have ovarian cancer and they are just not looking at the right thing. To have this much pain I would just feel more confident if they could just figure it out. I am scared. Has any one out there  had these same symptoms? Please help me!!  Any thoughts or advice would be so helpful!! Thank You!!



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