WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2000: Re: pelvic pain, ovarian cysts, aygestin medication

Re: pelvic pain, ovarian cysts, aygestin medication

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:12:47 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Laurel wrote: >
>I have had pelvic pain since my tubal ligation was done in Sept. 98. In
>Dec. 99 I had a ovarian cyst that ruptured and another cyst removed
>surgically from my other ovary. Since that time, the doctor put me on
>Aygestin to try and make my ovaries stop producing cysts. Now, 8 months
>later, I have pelvic pain constantly and it gets worse during
>intercourse. This is severely effecting my married life. Last week the
>doctors did a laporoscopy to just look to see what they could find
>wrong. They said there was nothing irregular. Our next step if the
>pain continues is a hysterectomy. Is this my only option? Could there
>be other problems that are unrelated with the reproductive system?
>Please help!!

Both the bowel and the bladder can cause pelvic pain, in addition to the female system. You will need to ask your doctor why it is not something else. There are always alternatives, they just may not be very nice alternatives.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
Clarksville, TN

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