Comments for Hemorrhagic Ovarian Cyst Useful Articles and Information http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com Helpful articles related to hemorrhagic ovarian cyst. Read about hemorrhagic ovarian cyst treatment, hemorrhagic ovarian cyst and and more. Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Q&A: how do you relieve cramps? by KC http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-how-do-you-relieve-cramps.html/comment-page-1#comment-738 KC Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:08:41 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-how-do-you-relieve-cramps.html#comment-738 Endometriosis can only be diagnosed with a laproscopic surgery. It cannot be seen on a sonogram or ultrasound like cysts can. So you need to see a reproductive specialist for your possible endometriosis. Having the surgery can relieve your pain. It doesn't work for all women but some women sing its praises. As for pain relievers, I have never found anything to relieve the pain that is over-the-counter. Endometriosis can only be diagnosed with a laproscopic surgery. It cannot be seen on a sonogram or ultrasound like cysts can. So you need to see a reproductive specialist for your possible endometriosis. Having the surgery can relieve your pain. It doesn’t work for all women but some women sing its praises. As for pain relievers, I have never found anything to relieve the pain that is over-the-counter.

]]> Comment on Q&A: why did i start having symptoms from my cyst when i “found out” i had a cyst and not before? by abe http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-why-did-i-start-having-symptoms-from-my-cyst-when-i-found-out-i-had-a-cyst-and-not-before-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-739 abe Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:40:12 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-why-did-i-start-having-symptoms-from-my-cyst-when-i-found-out-i-had-a-cyst-and-not-before-2.html#comment-739 well u should take baths daily it helps and also put sudacream on it. trust me ive had it and it worked well u should take baths daily it helps and also put sudacream on it. trust me ive had it and it worked

]]> Comment on Q&A: how do you relieve cramps? by imsety http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-how-do-you-relieve-cramps.html/comment-page-1#comment-737 imsety Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:25:12 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-how-do-you-relieve-cramps.html#comment-737 See your health care provider as soon as possible for a second opinion (gynecologist). For menstrual cramps, use ibuprofen (Advil, Nuprin, Midol, etc.), naproxen (Naprosyn, Aleve, etc.), or aspirin. Products claimed to be designed for menstrual cramp (such as Midol) now have ibuprofen as the main ingredient. Many patients swear by such compounds, and they are fine if you want to pay the premium. We don't understand why, on a scientific basis, they should be any better than plain ibuprofen or naproxen is usually most effective, but sometimes aspirin or acetaminophen may be preferred. Also contact your pharmacist for other products for cramps. I hope this helps you. And good luck. See your health care provider as soon as possible for a second opinion (gynecologist). For menstrual cramps, use ibuprofen (Advil, Nuprin, Midol, etc.), naproxen (Naprosyn, Aleve, etc.), or aspirin. Products claimed to be designed for menstrual cramp (such as Midol) now have ibuprofen as the main ingredient. Many patients swear by such compounds, and they are fine if you want to pay the premium. We don’t understand why, on a scientific basis, they should be any better than plain ibuprofen or naproxen is usually most effective, but sometimes aspirin or acetaminophen may be preferred. Also contact your pharmacist for other products for cramps.
I hope this helps you. And good luck.

]]> Comment on Q&A: how do you relieve cramps? by Rajinder http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-how-do-you-relieve-cramps.html/comment-page-1#comment-736 Rajinder Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:50:13 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-how-do-you-relieve-cramps.html#comment-736 To get relief follow the undermentioned routine. Do not sleep for at least 3 hours after a meal. This is most important. If you are a sports person / or work out regularly - do not drink water within 2 hours after a workout. Also you should not drink water within 30 minutes before starting workout, 1. First 2 days Drink 2 glasses of water before each meal. So total should be 6 glasses a day. Stop all other liquids. For example if you take lunch at 2.00 pm, take 1 glass each at 1.00 and 1.30 pm. Some deviations from suggested times are ok. Do not drink water after 7 PM. 2. Next 2 days Reduce water intake to 3 glasses day. 1 Glass before each meal. 3. Next 4 days Reduce water intake to 1 glass day. 4. Next Repeat 2 and 3 again and again. After 1 month repeat 1,2and 3. To get relief follow the undermentioned routine.

Do not sleep for at least 3 hours after a meal. This is most important.

If you are a sports person / or work out regularly – do not drink water within 2 hours after a workout. Also you should not drink water within 30 minutes before starting workout,

1. First 2 days

Drink 2 glasses of water before each meal. So total should be 6 glasses a day. Stop all other liquids.

For example if you take lunch at 2.00 pm, take 1 glass each at 1.00 and 1.30 pm. Some deviations from suggested times are ok.

Do not drink water after 7 PM.

2. Next 2 days

Reduce water intake to 3 glasses day. 1 Glass before each meal.

3. Next 4 days

Reduce water intake to 1 glass day.

4. Next

Repeat 2 and 3 again and again.

After 1 month repeat 1,2and 3.

]]> Comment on Q&A: Should I believe my doc or the on call doc? by katsura3568 http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-should-i-believe-my-doc-or-the-on-call-doc.html/comment-page-1#comment-735 katsura3568 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:13:31 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-should-i-believe-my-doc-or-the-on-call-doc.html#comment-735 Cycle day 3 is WAY too early to be ovulating. Something is wrong there. It takes about two weeks for a follicle to mature properly and contain a viable egg. Futhermore, most women ovulate approx. 12-16 days before their expected period. Are you having your period about cycle day 17-18? To confirm ovulation on cycle day 3, they should do a progesterone test on about cycle day 10. Or, they should test your LH on cycle day 1-2 to see if there's a surge. (These are probably included in the blood tests the on-call doc is waiting on). I highly doubt you are ovulating on cycle day 3. I'm not a doctor, but I know enough about the process (been through it many times) to know that what is seen on a baseline ultrasound (cycle day 2-3) is lots of teeny, tiny follicles. Anything larger than teeny tiny is probably a cyst left over from the previous cycle or the lingering kind of cyst associated with PCOS (but doesn't necessarily mean you have PCOS). If it is true that you are ovulating on cd3, you definitely need treatment to delay it. From my experience (remember, I'm not a doctor), I would say your on-call doc's assumption that your cd3 ultrasound is showing cysts instead of ovulation sounds more correct. Your blood tests will shed more light on it. Good luck! Cycle day 3 is WAY too early to be ovulating. Something is wrong there. It takes about two weeks for a follicle to mature properly and contain a viable egg.

Futhermore, most women ovulate approx. 12-16 days before their expected period. Are you having your period about cycle day 17-18?

To confirm ovulation on cycle day 3, they should do a progesterone test on about cycle day 10. Or, they should test your LH on cycle day 1-2 to see if there’s a surge. (These are probably included in the blood tests the on-call doc is waiting on).

I highly doubt you are ovulating on cycle day 3.

I’m not a doctor, but I know enough about the process (been through it many times) to know that what is seen on a baseline ultrasound (cycle day 2-3) is lots of teeny, tiny follicles. Anything larger than teeny tiny is probably a cyst left over from the previous cycle or the lingering kind of cyst associated with PCOS (but doesn’t necessarily mean you have PCOS).

If it is true that you are ovulating on cd3, you definitely need treatment to delay it.

From my experience (remember, I’m not a doctor), I would say your on-call doc’s assumption that your cd3 ultrasound is showing cysts instead of ovulation sounds more correct. Your blood tests will shed more light on it.

Good luck!

]]> Comment on Q&A: Is it colon cancer any advice? by Josh http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-is-it-colon-cancer-any-advice.html/comment-page-1#comment-734 Josh Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:52:00 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-is-it-colon-cancer-any-advice.html#comment-734 I would demand your appt be moved up. I'd get a 2nd read on the CT report too.. I would demand your appt be moved up.

I’d get a 2nd read on the CT report too..

]]> Comment on Q&A: Is it colon cancer any advice? by Denisedds http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-is-it-colon-cancer-any-advice.html/comment-page-1#comment-733 Denisedds Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:19:36 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-is-it-colon-cancer-any-advice.html#comment-733 I would be worried about any doctor who said “that it might just be a problem with the CT”. What you are saying doesn’t make sense. It can’t be in the folds and on the outside of the colon. What exactly does the report state? I would be worried about any doctor who said “that it might just be a problem with the CT”. What you are saying doesn’t make sense. It can’t be in the folds and on the outside of the colon. What exactly does the report state?

]]> Comment on Q&A: ovarian cysts? or something else? by Fraulein http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-ovarian-cysts-or-something-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-732 Fraulein Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:04:43 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-ovarian-cysts-or-something-else.html#comment-732 It sounds like the BC pills normalize your menstrual cycle. It takes while for the hormone to built up in your bloodstream, that is why it takes a while for you to feel better. I'm not sure why they didn't remove the cyst surgically? Unless, it only has to do with ovulation. It would be good to get further medical attention beyond your current doctor. It sounds like the BC pills normalize your menstrual cycle.
It takes while for the hormone to built up in your bloodstream, that is why it takes a while for you to feel better.
I’m not sure why they didn’t remove the cyst surgically?
Unless, it only has to do with ovulation. It would be good to get further medical attention beyond your current doctor.

]]> Comment on Q&A: ovarian cysts? or something else? by smallfry_spinner http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-ovarian-cysts-or-something-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-731 smallfry_spinner Sun, 12 Dec 2010 13:27:51 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-ovarian-cysts-or-something-else.html#comment-731 It's my understanding that we get cysts every month regardless and it's normal. Everytime you ovulate a cyst forms, however they usually will rupture shortly thereafter. I've been going through something very similiar to you for over a year now. Seen a fertility doctor who said it's "unexplained pelvic pain" (Duh) that sometimes you can have perfectly normal everything and still have it. He tried to say it's either something else entirely (meaning not reproductive, my case bladder) or it's psychological. Something about majority of females that have been sexually mollested or raped will have unexplained pelvice pain. Don't personally buy that myself, but who knows. But to answer your question, yes the cysts are normal and can come on suddenly. You won't have problems while your on the pill because the pills keeps you from ovulating, which is what causes the cysts in the first place. Hope this helps. It’s my understanding that we get cysts every month regardless and it’s normal. Everytime you ovulate a cyst forms, however they usually will rupture shortly thereafter.
I’ve been going through something very similiar to you for over a year now. Seen a fertility doctor who said it’s “unexplained pelvic pain” (Duh) that sometimes you can have perfectly normal everything and still have it. He tried to say it’s either something else entirely (meaning not reproductive, my case bladder) or it’s psychological. Something about majority of females that have been sexually mollested or raped will have unexplained pelvice pain. Don’t personally buy that myself, but who knows.
But to answer your question, yes the cysts are normal and can come on suddenly. You won’t have problems while your on the pill because the pills keeps you from ovulating, which is what causes the cysts in the first place.
Hope this helps.

]]> Comment on Q&A: ovarian cysts? or something else? by Sister Sleep http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-ovarian-cysts-or-something-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-730 Sister Sleep Sun, 12 Dec 2010 13:10:19 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-ovarian-cysts-or-something-else.html#comment-730 maybe you just have ploy cystic overlain syndrome thats usually treated with birth control. maybe you just have ploy cystic overlain syndrome

thats usually treated with birth control.

]]> Comment on Q&A: ovarian cysts? or something else? by noel j http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-ovarian-cysts-or-something-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-729 noel j Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:30:22 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-ovarian-cysts-or-something-else.html#comment-729 you may have just thought because you did whatever you did on the bunk bed made this happen but whens the last time you had an std test? you may have just thought because you did whatever you did on the bunk bed made this happen but whens the last time you had an std test?

]]> Comment on Q&A: What exactly is endometriosis? by Kris M http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-what-exactly-is-endometriosis.html/comment-page-1#comment-728 Kris M Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:20:30 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-what-exactly-is-endometriosis.html#comment-728 So i have it and basically it is a build up of endometri cells on the lining of yur uterus or ovaries, it can cause scaring. The onlu way to diagnose it is for the dr to do a laproscopic surgery... its not a painful surgery butyou will be sore for a few days after... some people have more build up than others and some have much more pain than others too... So i have it and basically it is a build up of endometri cells on the lining of yur uterus or ovaries, it can cause scaring. The onlu way to diagnose it is for the dr to do a laproscopic surgery… its not a painful surgery butyou will be sore for a few days after… some people have more build up than others and some have much more pain than others too…

]]> Comment on Q&A: Multiple Ovarian/Ovary Follicular Cysts – Pain for 4 months, is this normal? Please help!? by alm_lpn http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-multiple-ovarianovary-follicular-cysts-pain-for-4-months-is-this-normal-please-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-727 alm_lpn Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:21:23 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-multiple-ovarianovary-follicular-cysts-pain-for-4-months-is-this-normal-please-help.html#comment-727 Have you been having your periods normally? Is the pain constant, or does it get a little better/a little worse some days? The type of cysts your doctor described usually dissolve, unless you have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) which in itself is not painful. These are the types of questions your doctor will probably ask you. He will also ask you about your bowel habits. You can look up endometriosis and PCOS for some more information. Any chance it could be an ectopic pregnancy? Have you been having your periods normally? Is the pain constant, or does it get a little better/a little worse some days? The type of cysts your doctor described usually dissolve, unless you have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) which in itself is not painful. These are the types of questions your doctor will probably ask you. He will also ask you about your bowel habits. You can look up endometriosis and PCOS for some more information. Any chance it could be an ectopic pregnancy?

]]> Comment on Q&A: Multiple Ovarian/Ovary Follicular Cysts – Pain for 4 months, is this normal? Please help!? by BefTweety http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-multiple-ovarianovary-follicular-cysts-pain-for-4-months-is-this-normal-please-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-726 BefTweety Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:03:09 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-multiple-ovarianovary-follicular-cysts-pain-for-4-months-is-this-normal-please-help.html#comment-726 I have what is called Polly(many) Cystic Ovary Syndrom (PCOS). I get many cysts on my ovaries all the time. Yes it is painful. They have prescribed me pain pills many of times for the pain related with this condition. All girls get cysts on their ovaries at one time or another. It's another part of being a woman that SUCKS!!!! lol They are not harmful unless they get TOO large then burst!!!! all of them will eventually either burst or disolve. If one gets TOO large trust me you will know. It will hurt real bad and the only thing you can think of is going to the hospital. When they get TOO big that it is dangerous if they burst. They will go in through a hole in your belly button called a laproscopic procedure and remove it using a little camera and I think a laser. I've had this procedure done 3 times. Good Luck!!!!!!! and try not to worry. But make sure to bring up the posibility of PCOS with your doctor. According to a study I read on it alot of doctors dont even consider it. I have what is called Polly(many) Cystic Ovary Syndrom (PCOS). I get many cysts on my ovaries all the time. Yes it is painful. They have prescribed me pain pills many of times for the pain related with this condition. All girls get cysts on their ovaries at one time or another. It’s another part of being a woman that SUCKS!!!! lol They are not harmful unless they get TOO large then burst!!!! all of them will eventually either burst or disolve. If one gets TOO large trust me you will know. It will hurt real bad and the only thing you can think of is going to the hospital. When they get TOO big that it is dangerous if they burst. They will go in through a hole in your belly button called a laproscopic procedure and remove it using a little camera and I think a laser. I’ve had this procedure done 3 times. Good Luck!!!!!!! and try not to worry. But make sure to bring up the posibility of PCOS with your doctor. According to a study I read on it alot of doctors dont even consider it.

]]> Comment on Q&A: Multiple Ovarian/Ovary Follicular Cysts – Pain for 4 months, is this normal? Please help!? by Medina B http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-multiple-ovarianovary-follicular-cysts-pain-for-4-months-is-this-normal-please-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-725 Medina B Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:00:54 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-multiple-ovarianovary-follicular-cysts-pain-for-4-months-is-this-normal-please-help.html#comment-725 I guess it is possible. But to my understanding, follicular cysts go away after 3 months, no? It could be something else that's causing the pain. But maybe the doctor is mistaken. Could it be some other sort of cyst? I'm sorry, I really don't know that much on this topic, so I'm not really a big help to you. I hope you are able to figure it out eventually. I guess it is possible. But to my understanding, follicular cysts go away after 3 months, no?
It could be something else that’s causing the pain. But maybe the doctor is mistaken. Could it be some other sort of cyst?
I’m sorry, I really don’t know that much on this topic, so I’m not really a big help to you. I hope you are able to figure it out eventually.

]]> Comment on Q&A: what is this abdominal pain? is it ovarian cysts? by victorianfreya http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-what-is-this-abdominal-pain-is-it-ovarian-cysts.html/comment-page-1#comment-724 victorianfreya Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:43:28 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-what-is-this-abdominal-pain-is-it-ovarian-cysts.html#comment-724 I had similar symptoms but I can't say it was started by something pulling.. however, it was constant pain for me for months before I did anything about it. My doctor diagnosed me with endometriosis.... I am on the pill and this took care of the symptoms. You can suggest a laparoscopy from your doctor and see what they can find. I had similar symptoms but I can’t say it was started by something pulling.. however, it was constant pain for me for months before I did anything about it. My doctor diagnosed me with endometriosis…. I am on the pill and this took care of the symptoms. You can suggest a laparoscopy from your doctor and see what they can find.

]]> Comment on Q&A: what is this abdominal pain? is it ovarian cysts? by Ari http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-what-is-this-abdominal-pain-is-it-ovarian-cysts.html/comment-page-1#comment-723 Ari Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:07:10 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-what-is-this-abdominal-pain-is-it-ovarian-cysts.html#comment-723 In response to sokokl comments, I have been diagnosed with the very same, both Polycystic ovaries, irritable bowel syndrome and endometeris. With every period I get cramps and other symptoms and when my PCOS acts up I too get extremely exhausted to the point where I am working and constantly feel like sleeping at my desk. The doctors gave me hormones to take care of this for a while and put me on the pill. I am currently off the pill though because as with everything else I take for my cramps, after a while my body becomes immune and it no longer works for the pain, the only thing the pill actually did for me was to regularize my period and slightly help with the excessive bleeding. Now, I have found that the best thing to do is to exercise and eat well. It might sound like rubbish but trust me, exercise helps alot. Forgot to mention that I too did test to find out what my problem was and they never found anything. It was only when my hormones were completely messed up and i went through that tired period that they did another ultrasound and found multiple follicles in my ovaries and realise i had PCOS. Te same would probably happen for you, that they would not find it till it acts up. In response to sokokl comments, I have been diagnosed with the very same, both Polycystic ovaries, irritable bowel syndrome and endometeris. With every period I get cramps and other symptoms and when my PCOS acts up I too get extremely exhausted to the point where I am working and constantly feel like sleeping at my desk. The doctors gave me hormones to take care of this for a while and put me on the pill. I am currently off the pill though because as with everything else I take for my cramps, after a while my body becomes immune and it no longer works for the pain, the only thing the pill actually did for me was to regularize my period and slightly help with the excessive bleeding. Now, I have found that the best thing to do is to exercise and eat well. It might sound like rubbish but trust me, exercise helps alot.

Forgot to mention that I too did test to find out what my problem was and they never found anything. It was only when my hormones were completely messed up and i went through that tired period that they did another ultrasound and found multiple follicles in my ovaries and realise i had PCOS. Te same would probably happen for you, that they would not find it till it acts up.

]]> Comment on Q&A: what is this abdominal pain? is it ovarian cysts? by sokokl http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-what-is-this-abdominal-pain-is-it-ovarian-cysts.html/comment-page-1#comment-722 sokokl Sun, 12 Dec 2010 05:54:24 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-what-is-this-abdominal-pain-is-it-ovarian-cysts.html#comment-722 I had the symptoms you did, in particular the pulled muscle feeling that occurred when I tried to change positions for sitting when I sat on a bed in 1996. If that wasn't bad enough I felt like my organs were going to jump right out of my skin and my uterus moved forward. I had several ultrasounds and a CT Scan that showed nothing. During most of this time I was also pretty much bedridden for a timeframe of 9 months. And even though I did go out as often as I could to other places besides my doctors I had an episode that scared me half to death. This one morning I got up to go out and it was only about 9:30 in the a.m. Well, I got dressed, and fixed my hair. When done I then got in the car. But that wasn't what scared me. What scared me is that when I was in the car I was absolutely exhausted. My body felt like I had done a whole day's activity in a matter of less than an hour. I was completely exhausted. I had gone to several doctors, one of them who had earlier told me I should see a gynecologist because of the possibility of cysts just like what you are asking. His concern was that of bigger cysts than the ones I had because of a hormone condition called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Well, when all this other stuff occurred I noticed some other things like that if I sat on my bed to scratch my toes I couldn't do that. (Yep, took being able to scratch my toes for granted). I also noticed that I couldn't sleep on my side at all (had noticed this years before but didn't give it much thought til all of this started). Every time I tried it would hurt so bad. At the same time I was also noticing that when I sat for long periods of time and then got up I felt a pain that was a pulling type pain along with the feeling of stickiness. It felt like someone had taken and put plastic to my skin and rubbed it in real good and pulled it away real fast. Well, I had several doctors tell me it was my IBS (because I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Aug/Sept of 1996). By later in 1996 around Oct/Nov I had so much pain I had to get to the doctor sooner. The one doctor I saw (the one that later told me to see a gynecologist but didn't because I felt at 25 that was still too young for a woman who had never had sex or been married to go) had diagnosed me with the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. When I went back to him again several months later for my follow-up I told him how much I was hurting and what I then noticed (the organs moving and feeling they were going to fall out of me). He just laughed (couldn't help it that this was what I noticed). Well, by Jan 1997 when I went in for my annual physical with a Physician's Assistant (yep, at this time I was still going to primary care doctor). When she did the pelvic exam I just about jumped off the table. In the Spring I had a CT Scan done which showed my tipped uterus and the cysts but nothing else. With the help of a friend I found a gynecologist who believed me and took me in to the OR in Aug of 1997 on the 11th day of that month. With another doctor assisting her I found out I had endometriosis. It's been 10 years since I got that diagnosis and it still acts up every now and then and because of it I have to have its status checked out surgically every so many years. I'm sorry my story is so long but if you have other questions please feel free to e-mail or IM me off site any time. I had the symptoms you did, in particular the pulled muscle feeling that occurred when I tried to change positions for sitting when I sat on a bed in 1996. If that wasn’t bad enough I felt like my organs were going to jump right out of my skin and my uterus moved forward.

I had several ultrasounds and a CT Scan that showed nothing. During most of this time I was also pretty much bedridden for a timeframe of 9 months. And even though I did go out as often as I could to other places besides my doctors I had an episode that scared me half to death. This one morning I got up to go out and it was only about 9:30 in the a.m. Well, I got dressed, and fixed my hair. When done I then got in the car. But that wasn’t what scared me. What scared me is that when I was in the car I was absolutely exhausted. My body felt like I had done a whole day’s activity in a matter of less than an hour. I was completely exhausted.

I had gone to several doctors, one of them who had earlier told me I should see a gynecologist because of the possibility of cysts just like what you are asking. His concern was that of bigger cysts than the ones I had because of a hormone condition called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

Well, when all this other stuff occurred I noticed some other things like that if I sat on my bed to scratch my toes I couldn’t do that. (Yep, took being able to scratch my toes for granted). I also noticed that I couldn’t sleep on my side at all (had noticed this years before but didn’t give it much thought til all of this started). Every time I tried it would hurt so bad.

At the same time I was also noticing that when I sat for long periods of time and then got up I felt a pain that was a pulling type pain along with the feeling of stickiness. It felt like someone had taken and put plastic to my skin and rubbed it in real good and pulled it away real fast.

Well, I had several doctors tell me it was my IBS (because I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Aug/Sept of 1996). By later in 1996 around Oct/Nov I had so much pain I had to get to the doctor sooner. The one doctor I saw (the one that later told me to see a gynecologist but didn’t because I felt at 25 that was still too young for a woman who had never had sex or been married to go) had diagnosed me with the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

When I went back to him again several months later for my follow-up I told him how much I was hurting and what I then noticed (the organs moving and feeling they were going to fall out of me). He just laughed (couldn’t help it that this was what I noticed).

Well, by Jan 1997 when I went in for my annual physical with a Physician’s Assistant (yep, at this time I was still going to primary care doctor). When she did the pelvic exam I just about jumped off the table. In the Spring I had a CT Scan done which showed my tipped uterus and the cysts but nothing else.

With the help of a friend I found a gynecologist who believed me and took me in to the OR in Aug of 1997 on the 11th day of that month. With another doctor assisting her I found out I had endometriosis.

It’s been 10 years since I got that diagnosis and it still acts up every now and then and because of it I have to have its status checked out surgically every so many years.

I’m sorry my story is so long but if you have other questions please feel free to e-mail or IM me off site any time.

]]> Comment on Q&A: What is this pill my girlfriend is taking? by Danielle T http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-what-is-this-pill-my-girlfriend-is-taking.html/comment-page-1#comment-721 Danielle T Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:37:27 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-what-is-this-pill-my-girlfriend-is-taking.html#comment-721 like alana i also thought it was birth control, it sounds abit like yazmin, im on yazmin and its suposed to ease cramps, control spots and stop from gettin pregnant so it may be that. like alana i also thought it was birth control, it sounds abit like yazmin, im on yazmin and its suposed to ease cramps, control spots and stop from gettin pregnant so it may be that.

]]> Comment on Q&A: does polycystic ovarian syndrome cause diabetes? by eiz http://hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-does-polycystic-ovarian-syndrome-cause-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-720 eiz Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:49:22 +0000 http://www.hemorrhagicovariancyst.com/qa-does-polycystic-ovarian-syndrome-cause-diabetes.html#comment-720 The cause of PCOS is unknown. Women with PCOS tend to have diabetes, but this doesn't mean diabetes causes PCOS. Lack of breast development is characteristic of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Clomid (the medication that releases the egg) will not change your breasts. The cause of PCOS is unknown. Women with PCOS tend to have diabetes, but this doesn’t mean diabetes causes PCOS. Lack of breast development is characteristic of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Clomid (the medication that releases the egg) will not change your breasts.

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