WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2000: Re: pain in my left side

Re: pain in my left side

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:01:32 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Melissa wrote: >
>I posted not too long ago about long cycles after a miscarriage and now
>I am having another problem - all day yesterday (and still today) I have
>been having pain in my left pelvic region, maybe 2 inches from my hip
>bone... it comes and goes and is really annoying. Sometimes it is
>really painful. My mother seems to think that I may have an ovarian
>cyst. I was just wondering if this is a symptom of a cyst and if so
>could this be related to my long cycles? (I am now 42 days on this cycle
>and no sign of a period). I have a doctor appointment on friday but
>should i go ahead and call them to see if i can go in sooner or can it
>wait until friday? And if this is not a symptom of a cyst what else
>could it be? Thanks in advance!

This very well might be a cyst, or ovarian enlargement of some other type, but unless your pain becomes incapacitating, the is not really any need to go in to the doctor sooner than Friday. A transvaginal U/S should provide the answer.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
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