WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 1998: Re: What to do now??

Re: What to do now??

From: Ann (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 15 Aug 1998 10:41:11 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sat, 15 Aug 1998, kaci wrote:

>This is an update to a post I made earlier this month:

>In June I had a cyst on my right ovary of 5 cm. When I had another

>sonogram a month later it had grown to about 12 cm. and my gyn.

>referred me to an oncologist gyn who did only a pelvic exam and surgery

>was scheduled. He felt no need to do another ultrasound, he was fairly

>confident the cyst was not going to shrink.

>Well, before I underwent surgery I insisted upon another ultrasound at

>my gyn's office. I had both a pelvic and vaginal ultrasound, and the

>cyst had shrunk to 3.8 x 2.1 x 1.4cm.

>All this has taken place in 2 months time. I have gone from being out

>of my mind with worry to anger at my gyn. When I wanted to talk about

>the results, he offered no advice on how to proceed and said I should

>talk to the oncologist again, who had done no ultrasound on me. He also

>said, "large ovarian cysts are not my area of expertise." My level of

>confidence in both these physicians is now questionable and I don't know

>what I should do. Any advice would be helpful at this point. Thanks.

>--

>kaci

Congratulations on avoiding surgery! I would request your records (including copies of your ultrasounds) and find another doctor. You need and deserve a total explaination for what you have been through. It sounds like you had a functional cyst that resolved on its own. I get these and my doctor's criteria for surgery is mostly pain level. He only operated on my cyst because I was in horrible pain. Other reasons to operate can depend on large size and location, i.e. large cyst growing inside the ovary. If you did have a functional cyst, you should talk to your doctor about taking birth control pills to try and prevent this from happening again.

I'm so glad your doing better, without surgery. I hope you can get all this resolved.

Ann

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