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Do you think my ovarian cysts have come back after surgery to remove them?
I had larposcopy (or however you spell it) sugery done in Sept this year. I have been put on birthcontrol pills to keep my bleeding to a minimum and to keep from having painful cramps, and to keep my cysts from coming back. In the last few weeks I have been experienceing horrible pain on my lower right side, painful cramps, strong mood swings, alot of lower back pain, and fairly heavy bleeding. And this is happening in the middle of my b/c pill pack. I haven't missed a day of taking them. Is it possible that the cysts have grown back? What are other surgery options that I should discuss with my doctor other than just removing the cysts?
Yes, it is possible to have ovarian cyst even on the OC pills. It is first line of therapy but not always curative.
Syptoms you described are suggestive of cyst. You should see physician and get sonogram done.
If pain increases, you experience nausea, vomiting or fever visit ER. You want to avoid having torsion of ovary.
Other medications are available if OC pills consistantly fail to help you.
January 29th, 2009
Yes, it is possible to have ovarian cyst even on the OC pills. It is first line of therapy but not always curative.
Syptoms you described are suggestive of cyst. You should see physician and get sonogram done.
If pain increases, you experience nausea, vomiting or fever visit ER. You want to avoid having torsion of ovary.
Other medications are available if OC pills consistantly fail to help you.
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MD PhD
January 29th, 2009
cyst formation is a natural by product of ovulation, in fact the ovaries produce a cyst for each egg, and at the right time the cyst ruptures propelling the egg toward the fallopian tube where it will be fertilized and then transported to the uterus for implantation. The problem arrises when for some reason the cyst doesn't rupture and just continues to grow in size.. or multiple cysts are formed at once instead of just one. I am surprised the doctor put you on a hormonal based product to deal with this because it rarely works. Essentially the ovary is malfunctioning, and usually the only thing that really works is removing the ovary that has the problem. I went thru this nonsense myself for many years before I finally had an oopherectomy, or removal of the ovary that was causing the problem. I still was able to have both my beautiful sons with just one ovary.
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RN