Re: severe pelvic pain...i would so appreciate your ideas!!
From: Lea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Mar 28 17:38:11 2007
Josie,
Please take your question to the Women's Health Forum - there are some
medical professionals answering there (so far just a couple but if
you're patient they will be showing up more frequently) and I think you
might get some good input there too.
http://forums.obgyn.net/womens-health/
regards,
Lea
At Wed, 28 Mar 2007, josie wrote:
>
>Hi, this is my first time to this forum. I am 40 years old and have had
>pelvic pain for several months now...the pain being very low in my
>pelvis (like that feeling of having a watermelon dropping out of your
>cervix) I have had my Mirena removed, been hospitalized for IV
>treatments, and had a laparoscopy to determine if i have endo (i don't,
>and i don't have any damage from PID). What i do have is a small 3 cm
>ovarian cyst that has been here for 3 months....could this be causing my
>pain??? ....my doctor couldn't get fluid from it during the lap and has
>suggested removing my ovary. i also have some varicosities in my
>pelvis, but my docs don't think they are worse than anyone else who has
>had 3 kids)i got a second opinion and the doctor immediately dismissed
>the idea that this cyst could be causing my pain...it is so bad
>sometimes i lay in bed and cry...throbbing and dull and nauseating...not
>sharp....i have lost over 10 pounds from the pain....i am off pain meds
>now and my days are very slow and painful...i want my life back!!! (no
>exercise, sex, walks...since this started after christmas)...the docs
>seem puzzled...any ideas???? i would be so grateful for your
>feedback....should i have this ovary removed? has anyone had this kind
>of pain associated with a cyst? thank you so much for you help....josie
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Lea Harth
OBGYN.net
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