WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 2007: Re: GYNECOLOGIC: Ruptured ovarian cyst pain

Re: GYNECOLOGIC: Ruptured ovarian cyst pain

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 10 May 2007 16:41:08 -0500 (CDT)

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I had an ovarian cyst rupture a few weeks ago and the pain was blinding. The doctor confirmed that it was a cyst rupture and said the pain was expected.

At Thu, 10 May 2007, Misulli wrote: >
>A week ago Monday I had an US that showed a 2.7cm simple cyst on my
>right ovary. I had been sent for the US because I had been experiencing
>on and off pain in my lower right abdomen. I saw the OB/GYN on Thursday
>who told me that the cyst was normal but we would recheck it 6 weeks.
>She gave me Percocet for the pain. That night, I experienced HORRIBLE
>sharp pains in my right side and took 2 percocet which barely touched
>it. I figured it burst. Because the pain had not completely subsided
>the next day and the percocet made me feel ill, I called the OB/GYN
>offices to 1) ask if the continued pain was normal and 2) if I could get
>a replacement for the percocet. They told me the cyst should not have
>caused this much pain given it's size and that I should try motrin and
>go to the ER if it was that bad because they felt it probably wasn't GYN
>related. Since that time, I still have intermittent sharp pains on my
>right side, am bloated, and feel very tired. I will also add that I had
>a tubal ligation in OCT of 2003 (which later failed), my gallbladder
>removed in July 2006 and an appendectomy in Aug 2006. I had two large
>dermoid cysts removed from my ovary when I was 17 (I am now 38) and had
>a second laparoscopy two years later due to painful adhesions. My
>concern is that the pain, while not overly horrible (say a 3 on a scale
>of 1 - 10), it is persisting. After my last conversaion with the
>OB/GYN's office, I feel like they shut me down without listening to my
>concerns and that even if the cyst burst it should be of no concern. I
>do not know where to go from here and any advice you can give me would
>be tremendously appreciated. M

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