WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 1999: Re: bartholin's cyst

Re: bartholin's cyst

From: Sarah (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 6 May 1999 23:32:58 -0500 (CDT)

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Sharrise, I had a Bartholin's cyst that was surgically drained twice and wouldn't clear up. After 2 years I went and had it "removed". Little did I know the doctor (who isn't my doctor any more, needless to say!) actually only "marsupialized" it, making it smaller. Afterward, when it kept acting up, she told me what she had done and said it was very rare for it to recur like that and that it "couldn't" be removed entirely. I was furious. I went to another doctor and was so terrified during the physical exam that he would hurt it (it was extremely tender) that I began to cry. He said, "Well, then, let's take it out." I have had NO problems since and have noticed no lubrication problems, which they told me I might have.

The bottom line, I guess, is make SURE they really did remove it totally instead of just marsupializing it. And I can attest to my own personal experience with total removal being nothing but positive. Good luck.

At Tue, 13 Apr 1999, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>At Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Sharrise wrote:
>>
>>I also am suffering from a bartholin's cyst.
>>I have had two surgical procedures performed on this same cyst.
>>The first surgeon drained the cyst and implanted a shunt of some sort to
>>keep the incision open. The surgeon told me to squeeze the cyst if it
>>again became inflamed, saying this would cause it to drain properly.
>>Within a year the duct had sealed up again (unknown to me). Therefore
>>everytime I squeezed the cyst, it backed up fluid into my pelvic area. I
>>could hear it shifting, but didn't know that I was causing more damage.
>>
>>In the meanwhile, the cyst grew to the size of a golf ball.
>>
>>The second surgeon removed the bartholin cyst and told me that he
>>removed the gland, to prevent a recurrence. He also removed the
>>surrounding tissue that had been damaged due to my trying to reduce the
>>mass.
>>
>>Bottom line is It's Back.
>>Why is this, I would like to know how it could redevelop a third time if
>>there is no gland present?
>>
>>Could you email me any pertinent information as to why it may be back?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>--
>>Sharrise Brucki
>>
>--
>I had the gland and tissue removed too. I wish I had not had it done. 8 weeks later I am still in pain and I still have a lump. The doctor says it is scarring. I would rather have the cyst. It didn't hurt
>

--
Sarah Jane

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