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Re: CHRONICPAIN: Severe Pelvic Pain with ovarian cyst - Any Info will be so appreciatedFrom: josie (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:37:04 -0500 (CDT)
At Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Pat wrote: > >Have you been evaluated by someone other than a GYN provider ? Perhaps >the cause of the pain is from some other organ of your body. I would >hope for a complete pelvic ultrasound, appropriate lab tests. Have you >been to an internist who will look at the whole picture. I am assuming >you are tracking your cycles and your symptoms so that you have that >information to share with them. If many of the obvious gyn conditions >have been eliminated, I would look somewhere else for the source of the >problem. Of course, I would also be certain that ovarian cancer has >been totally ruled out. It is elusive and sometimes difficult to >diagnose. > >At Wed, 28 Mar 2007, josie wrote: >> >>Hi, this is my first time to this forum. I am 40 years old and have had >>awful pelvic pain for several months now...the pain being very low in my >>pelvis (like that feeling of having a watermelon dropping out of your >>cervix) I have had my Mirena removed, been hospitalized for IV >>treatments (assumptive diagnosis of endometritus), and had a laparoscopy >>to determine if i have endo (i don't, and i don't have any damage from >>PID). What i do have is a small 3 cm ovarian cyst that has been here >>for 3 months....could this be causing my pain??? ....my doctor couldn't >>get fluid from it during the lap (said it was a hemmoraghic corpus >>luteum cyst) and has suggested removing my ovary since I am still in >>pain. i also have some varicosities in my pelvis, but my docs don't >>think they are worse than anyone else who has >>had 3 kids) i got a second opinion and the doctor immediately dismissed >>the idea that this cyst could be causing my pain...it is so bad >>sometimes i lay in bed and cry...throbbing and dull and nauseating...not >>sharp....i have lost over 10 pounds from the pain and my belly is >>distended after i eat like i am 5 months pregnant....i am off pain meds >>now and my days are very slow and painful...i want my life back!!! (no >>exercise, sex, walks...since this started after christmas)...the docs >>seem puzzled...any ideas???? i would be so grateful for your >>feedback....should i have this ovary removed? has anyone had this kind >>of pain associated with a cyst? thank you so much for you help.... > >-- >Pat Sonnenstuhl, CNM, RN thanks so much...i have seen urologist and she ruled out interstitial cystitus after talking to me...i have frequent urination, many times at night, but no pain relief after i go...i am following up with gastro (i have had IBS in past but never had pain and don't know how that could cause pain that feels like it is my cervix) i have had three pelvic u/s and one pelvic mri...all tests showed the same cyst and i have been assured it is functional cyst that is "hemorraghic" and it isn't cancer. only labs i had were urinalysis and cbc...all normal except low red blood cells, hemoglobin and hematocrit ....the pain is really bad at the line of my hip bones on my belly and it hurts to sit flat on my bottom...almost like i'm bruised inside...are there any tests you could recommend that i ask for? i feel the docs are at a loss. could a cyst do this?..does anyone know of a pelvic pain specialist in the seattle are?
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