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Re: Chocolate cyst
From: Tracy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Dec 22 11:12:53 2005
As I've replied to the other wonderful people who'd commented to my
posting, the cyst burst yesterday. I called my Gyn, whom I haven't
acutally seen yet, and they told me I had an appointment in mid January,
and it could wait until then!
I'm so frustrated.
At Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Rhonda wrote:
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>I totally agree with the others that you need to go to a GYN someone
>that will listen to you. Make sure that your family doctor sends all of
>the records over to your GYN. LIke many of us I had chocolate cysts
>mine covered my ovaries but what I didn't understand at the time is that
>a chocolate cyst is Endo (or could be endo). Correct me anyone if I am
>wrong. I wasn't having periods or only spotting because I couldn't
>ovulate the right way with endo covering my ovaries. I had a lap done
>Oct 13th and I had found the cysts thru a CT Scan and then ultrasound to
>back up the CT scan-my doc said ct scans are not good for diagnosing or
>finding reproductive problems. That was about 3 weeks before the lap so
>I think I got in and got everythign done fast. I was having massive
>pain on my left side the night before surgery and I had had pain off and
>on their. During the lap my doc found that my fallopian tube had
>adhered around my ovary and he fixed that. SO you could have other
>reasons for your pain that all those other tests just didn't show.
>Bottom line listen to all of us and get a different doc so that you can
>get better. Hope you are having a better day. Rhonda
>
>At Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Tracy wrote:
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>>I'm brand new here. /waves!
>>
>>I've been under going severe pain in my lower right side since mid
>>August. I've lost a lot weight, and I've been in the hospital several
>>times because of the severity of the pain. I was beginning to think I
>>was going crazy, because there seemed to be no cause for the pain.
>>
>>My family Doctor ordered yet more Ultrasounds for me on Tuesday, and
>>they finally found something, a large chocolate cyst on my right ovary.
>>I go to a teaching hospital(my doctor's office is located there), so I
>>had an instructor and a resident doing the ultrasounds. They were
>>discussing things while doing the ultrasound, and then explained to me
>>that I had the chocolate cyst, and that my family Doctor would talk to
>>me about it later. The ultrasounds were internal, and extremely
>>painful.
>>
>>Since the ultrasound my pain has gotten worse, and I have had a very low
>>grade fever for the past several days. I called my Dr's office to ask
>>her about it, but they told me to come back after the next ultrasound
>>they were scheduling for me, which is in 6-8 weeks. They haven't even
>>had me in to discuss this ultrasound yet.
>>
>>Now I'm not sure what to do. After reading literature on the internet
>>I'm nervous, I don't know what activities are safe for me, I don't know
>>if I should be concerned about the fever, or if maybe I should be
>>looking for a Doctor that will tell me what’s going on NOW. Of course
>>the city I live in is in short supply of Doctors, and it's hard to get a
>>new one.
>>
>>Sorry for the length of the post, but does anyone have some advice for
>>me?
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