Re: WOMENS-HEALTH digest 3217
From: Teresa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:21:59 +0000
Hello :-)
I would definitely seek another opinion!!
Cysts can be painful. Also, your enlarged uterus could mean that you have
Adenomyosis and/or Endometriosis.
I would certainly think that cysts,fibroids, and an enlarged uterus would
call for a laparoscopy AND biopsy to figure out the problem(s).
I hope you get some help soon with someone more considerate and willing to
put your mind at ease by doing the proper investigations.
Teresa.
>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 00:34:40 -0600 (CST)
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Out)
>To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>Subject: female body parts, falling apart
>Message-ID: <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>
>I went to my family dr for painful periods. My periods come every 5-7
>weeks. The last 5 months they are so painful I have to eat Tylenol #3.
>Dr says that my uterus is enlarged and boggy. Ultrasound is done. Shows
>an enlarged uterus w/fibroid changes. She sends me to OB-GYN for
>Uterine biopsy. OB doesn't do biopsy for 2 reasons: 1) a woman my age,
>31, couldn't possibly have cancer, and 2) It hurts. Was given Alesse 28
>(Birth control pills), had tubal 8 years ago. Was told to come back in
>6 months, ultrasound MIGHT be repeated.
>
>Ended up at ER because of SEVERE RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT PAIN, CT showed
>2.8 right ovarian cyst. Can an ovarian cyst cause this much pain?
>Family dr says that is impossible.
>
>This is the thing, do I just take the BC pills for 6 months, or do I get
>a dr who will take this further. Is what he said good enough?
>Ultrasound didn't show ovarian cyst, but CT did. Should I be worried
>about having an ovarian cyst this size, also Nabothian cyst found at
>cervix. I know from past Ultrasounds that uterus has enlarged 1.4 cm in
>past 5 years.
>
>Should I be worried, and should I take this further to another dr?
>
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