[lilly95670]

I am miserable! I have had these symptoms going on for a year or so and it's taken me this long to get a diagnosis. I have a 3cm cyst on my left ovary that has caused the ovary to swell to twice its size. It can be very painful at time or have little or no pain at other times. I swear it makes me constipated though for a week at a time and then when I get too "full" I start going until I end up with diarrhea. These episodes always coincide with the pain in the ovary, always during my menstrual cycle and when I ovulate and sometimes other times of the month.

This morning I am in a lot of pain - like someone is stabbing a knife into my left ovary - and I have had to go diarrhea at least four times this morning, althoug hardly anything comes out each time. It is painful and I'm wondering if I'm normal? I have never had a cyst before and its a little unnerving.

I am seeing a gynocologist right now and she ordered blood tests and I'm currently waiting on those results and my next apppointment.

In the meantime I'm wondering if I'm right that the cyst on my left ovary can be playing hanky panky with my digestive stuff since its on the left side? And what can I do at home to help? I have a heating pad on almost all the time and I've taken so much advil that I get horrible heartburn from it

[missbutterfly]

Its normal for your body so yes, with my cyst that I get every month I get constipation and lots of gas as well severe heart burn ( I take some pepcid ac and zantac for when it acts up), I also have urge to urinate. TO each there own there isn't a true to bone text book case for every person. Cyst are painful I get them on my right they stab and stab before they rupture, I'm on the birth control pill (Trinessa) to try to prevent them I still have a cyst problem but over time the pill can control it. But mine rupture so I never have needed surgery to remove them. They found that I had a estrogen dominance in my body causing all the cyst, you can get your thyroid tested sometimes thats the root of cyst but usual its a hormone imbalance. I dont have PCOS but the disease PCOS is the cause of the cyst for some people. Best thing for them is birth control. At home take the pepcid ac or zantac for the heartburn, advil for the pain, and heating pads. I get one every single period cycle!!!! It does stink I got my first cyst at 28 just woke up and stabbing chronic pain in my right, ever since then..been having cyst.. cyst have no easy cure they give you Birth control basically so get started on birth control unless its so large they need to be removed. Wishing you luck!

[missbutterfly]

By the way It also took a year and a half or so to figure out I had a cyst problem. They finally did a transvaginal and found pelvic fluid which lead them to that I had a cyst rupture ( which is better for them to rupture than not to rupture you dont want surgery). But yeah it meant I was having cyst for over a year! They then did the blood work and found the hormone imbalance but no thyroid or PCOS issues or anything else. Geez... so dont' feel bad women issues are just really hard to diagnosis and figure out. They told me I had IBS and everything before finally realizing it. hah.


* If you don't mind keeping me updated on what your results say it would be helpful...I'm curious to know if you also just have a hormone imbalance like me or PCOS or what could be your cyst cause.

[CVSTINKS]

Endometriosis can also be a cause of cyst formation. The only way to diagnosis Endometriosis is by laproscopy. But digestive issues are common with Endometriosis, so its possible to have cyst and endo going on at same time. PCOS is another possibility, hormonal imbalance, thyroid or endocrine issues. It's true they do give birth control for it that's really about it unless it needs surgery. I've had cyst and they blow it off not a lot they can do unless its really large. It's tough the ruptures remind me of some sort of awful labor. Hope you get relief!

[lilly95670]

Thank you both for the info!

I got in with a gyno and all my bloodwork is picture perfect... No hormonal imbalances. However, she said she agrees with my previous doctor's diagnosis of endometriosis (this was ten years ago) and that the cyst I have is the type caused by endometriosis that doesn't go away on its own. I think she is going to try birth control to see if we can control it. It's interesting to me that endometriosis mimics IBS symptoms... I was told over and over that I had IBS but I never really bought that. I even was put on bipolar meds for two years even after failing the bipolar tests... My hormones were causing such mood fluctuations and misreable feelings. I asked my old doctor over and over to check me for hormonal or female problems and he just wouldn't. So I never really knew anything about endometriosis or female problems. Thankfully, I have a better doctor now and with the vaginal ultrasound they found this cyst and then the rest of the diagnosis has come about. I sure hope we can get it under control! Taking all the advil gives me heartburn :/ But it does seem to be the only thing that helps the pain a bit. That and heating pads.

[missbutterfly]

I guess a laproscopy would be good for you to see how advanced your endo is. I didn't have a endo type of cyst, but have considered I could have it and would think about doing a lapro one day.. sorry that you have the disease my cousin has it it's pretty rough. Best of Wishes!

[lilly95670]

Well I'm ready to try just about anything! I can't believe what this has put me through. When I was 19 years old and my first gyno said I had endometriosis, I was young and didn't really look into it or find out anything about it. He put me on birth control for a year and I hated it. Then I ended up having a D&C and after all that I was fine. I didn't really make the connection that those things helped me. For years I felt better, no pain, no upset stomachs, hormone fluctuations, etc. Then the symptoms gradually came back years later and we blamed it on everything BUT endo because I wasn't educated. It all makes sense now!