WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 1999: Re: Ovary mucous filled cyst??Could a doctor please answer my questions?

Re: Ovary mucous filled cyst??Could a doctor please answer my questions?

From: Linda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 21 Aug 1999 10:03:51 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Linda wrote: >
>I recently underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy, hysteroscopy and curetage
>because I was experiencing invertility issue and pain on left side.
>The results of the lap. was that I had a lot of scarring from my last
>emergency laparoscopy in Jan. 1997. This doctor removed a portion of
>the scarring but I still have a lot left. He mentioned that my small
>intestine was stuck to my uterus because of the built up of scarring. I
>was also aware that I had some cysts in my ovaries from past
>ultrasounds. The doctor at the time notified me that they were
>functional cysts and a blood test CA125 came back normal. Just waited.
>Nothing was done for them. Fortunately only one cyst was found at this
>laparoscopy. This I thought. The doctor suctioned out the fluid to
>send to pathology. It came back stating that the cyst was full of
>mucous and that the pathology came back abnormal. The word CANCER was
>murmured as a possibility. So I requested another blood test CA125. It
>came back normal. All that was said to me by the doctor is that I had
>to be monitored by ultrasound and said to me, see you in about 4-6
>months. Don't get me wrong, I tried to get info. by him but he hurried
>up to go do a C-section. It's his secretary that told me to just get
>myself monitored closely by ultrasounds in case the cysts may acutally
>be cancerous.
>Is there any other way of guiding me better than this or is this the
>routine follow-up?
>Does it merrit a second opinion or a OBGYN cyst specialist?
>Sorry for the long information.
>Linda

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