WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 2009: Re: GYNECOLOGIC: Ovarian and Gartner's Cyst

Re: GYNECOLOGIC: Ovarian and Gartner's Cyst

From: Sarah Wood (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:21:34 -0600 (CST)

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At Sat, 21 Feb 2009, Sarah Wood wrote: >
>Hi I was at the hospital yesterday for a routine pap smear (I have had
>abnorminal ones in the past which resulted in a colposcopy).
>
>I am trying for a baby and explained that since coming off the pill in
>Nov I have had two normal periods on the 10/12 and 08/01, then I had
>very light bleeding on the 28/01 that lasted 4 days. I have not had my
>period for Feb yet.
>
>The Dr did an internal exam and found a cyst, she then did a vaginal
>ultrasound and found I have a 3cm cyst on my left ovary and a 3.6cm cyst
>on my vagina. I have to go back in six weeks to monitor these to see if
>they have grown any.
>
>She did not give me any more info. I am Scottish but now living in
>Singapore, I decided to phone my GP to find out my case history as I had
>a miscarriage six years ago and I remember them mentioning I had an
>ovarian cyst then too. I was told that I had a cyst on my left ovary
>then too but no follow up was done to see if it had dissappeared. They
>also discovered a gartner's cyst and that, coupled with an abnormal
>smear, was the reason I had a gartner's cyst. SORRY SHOULD READ WAS THE REASON I HAD A COLPOSCOPY. The gartner's cyst has
>grown in size since six years ago. It does hurt sometimes when I have
>sex in certain positions and I always have a bloated stomach and suffer
>from diarrhea a lot. Could these cysts be contributing to this?
>
>Also I've read that patients with Gartner's cysts have a high rate of
>spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), could this explain mine? If I had a
>cyst on my left ovary before and now again, is this something to worry
>about? Will this affect my fertility? Also having a gartner's cyst does
>that mean that I was maybe going to be a boy but nature changed it's
>mind and this is what's left over?
>
>Any answers to my questions would be much appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sarah

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