WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 1999: Re: ovarian cyst

Re: ovarian cyst

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 14 Nov 1999 20:25:16 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 14 Nov 1999, sara wrote: >
>I've visited the doctor numerous times for several problems. No one
>could find anything wrong with me. I knew something wasn't right. I am
>swollen I appear to be nine months preg. and the pain in my abdomen and
>rectum was excruciating. I finally couldn't take it anymore and went to
>the E.R. and was told I had a pelvic imflammation disease. I was given
>pain pills and sent home. The following week I had pain in my rectum
>and abdomen so bad I couldn't make to the E.R. I lay in the floor in
>pain until the pain subsided. I made appt. with my obygn the following
>day. He was out so I saw a nurse pract. she immed. showed concern for
>me and ordered a pelvic ultrasound which showed I had a big cyst on my
>ovaries. We are sure this is the culpit. I can't believe I have gone
>through this for two years being treated like it was all my head. But
>in any case I'm glad that the cyst was found. I am waiting for my
>doctor to return to see what he wants to do about it. I want this thing
>removed since I think it is what has caused me so much pain and misery.
>Has anyone suffered with the pain and swelling and what was done for it?
>Did your pain and swelling go away? What questions should I ask the
>doctor should I insist on removal? Please help me with this decision I'm
>not sure what all this problem may entail.

You need the doctor to answer some questions first. Does he think you had PID/ Is the cyst new, based upon his previous exams? Is the cyst the result of PID (sometimes the tube and ovary form a tubo-ovarian mass that can be painful and enlarged)? If it's a cyst, what kind is it (based upon the sonogram)?

Good luck.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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