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Re: For anyone who has had a cyst burst, does it feel like this?

From: Adrienne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Dec 15 05:27:00 2006

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At Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Makeba wrote: >
>At Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Adrienne wrote:
>>
>>I was diagnosed with endo a year ago and had my first lap in January.
>>
>>This past Sunday night I woke up in the middle night with what started
>>out as cramping and soon spread to my entire abdomen. I had fried fish
>>for dinner so I thought I either had food poisoning or gas from the
>>grease. My husband put his head to my stomach and thought he heard
>>gurgling so he said it is probably gas and he gave me some Gas-x. But
>>the pain kept getting worse and worse, with the center of the pain (and
>>the most severe) being right over my left ovary, where my last cyst had
>>been. It went straight through to my back and back started aching in
>>that area too. It was constant and unbearable for about 2 hours. My
>>husband wanted to take me to the ER but I was so afraid it was just gas
>>I wouldn't let him take me. The following 2 days my abdominal area was
>>sore in the area of my left ovary.
>>
>>The funny thing is this exact thing happened about 2 years ago. I had
>>very similar pain for about 2 hours. At that time I did not know about
>>the endo yet so I had no clue what had caused it but after I was
>>diagnosed and did a little research about symptoms (I was pretty much
>>asymptomatic and my first cyst was discovered accidentally during a
>>sonogram to check my IUD) I began to suspect that maybe that painful
>>episode 2 years ago might have been a cyst bursting.
>>
>>Does it sound like maybe I had a cyst burst? If so, should I hurry to
>>get to the doctor? I was wondering if there is even anything they can do
>>about it at that point. Plus I just started a new job so my new
>>insurance just kicked in and I couldn't get an appointment until
>>1/10/07. And I'll be seeing a nurse practitioner because the doctors
>>are booked until February.
>
>--
>Hi Adrienne,
>Funny you should ask this question. On October 28th I woke up out of my sleep at around 2:30 in the morning for what I thought was very unusual pain. It felt like a pulsating pulling and a throbbing all in one. I had been in pain for that entire week and had been bleeding but didn't know what from. I tried to get out of bed to use the bathroom because i thought maybe it was gas or something but it hurt even more. Once I got back in bed my husband asked was I okay and I told him that I would try to go back to sleep, but 10 minutes later I was asking him to take me to the emergency room because the pain was unbearable. Long story short I ended up being admitted to the hospital and having emergency surgery the following day, a cyst had ruptured causing a tremendous amount of blood under my uterus which by itself is dangerous. The doctor started to do a laparoscopy and ended up having to a laperotomy (full abdominal surgery) because there was too much damage that needed to be addressed. I do have stage IV endo and because of all of the damage it caused over the years, my bowels were literally stuck to the uterus, my right ovary was displaced behind the uterus, my left fallopian tube was 3X the normal size and I have fibroids all over my uterus. My fallopian tubes are permanently blocked and I never would have known this if I hadn't have gone to the emergency room. I am not saying that your case is this tragic, but the importance of taking care of this could be imperative. Don't put it to the side and think it will go away. Take care of yourself the best you can as to avoid any worsening issues. I hope this helps.
>

Okay now I am a little nervous! I don't know what I should do about seeing a doctor. I got the earliest appointment I could at my new doctor's office so my only other option would be to either call their office with an emergency or go to the ER. Based on this reply to my post I wish I had done that at the time I was having the pain just to be on the safe side. I don't know what I was thinking. But now I am not experiencing any pain so I feel kind of silly going to the ER. I was sore for a few days after the pain episode in the area of my ovaries but other than that I have not experienced any pain since that night (or immediately before for that matter). I can only hope my situation is not as severe as the poster who replied to my original message. I don't remember my doctor telling me what stage endo I have when I had my first lap so I don't know how bad it is. Although, if both painful episodes I had in the last two years were cysts bursting, then those plus the one I had removed mean I am on par to have about one cyst a year. I don't know if that is a lot or a little.

Well thanks for your the response and I hope you are doing better!

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