Re: Group B strep/ovarian cyst and over 35!

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it can take a while for a kidney infetion to resolve -- drink LOTS of water and continue your antibiotics. Obviously, if you are still in a lot of pain, you should follow up with yoru doctor

Also they >found a cyst on my ovary. I already lost one ovary to a cyst
>(oopherectomy) and I'm have some pain on the other side - what are the
>chances of a blood filled cyst now appearing on the other side?

it certainly is not rare -- you will have a cyst on your ovary in early pregnancy, called the corpus luteum. It produces progesterone to keep the early pregnancy going

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