Need help for relieving pain and have questions (ovarian cyst/cancer/treatment)?
For the last week or two I've had on and off type pain and it bothers me every day and is sometimes very sharp. I heard that most cysts go away by themselves (mine got smaller) but I'm concerned about ovarian cancer and there's a huge cancer history in my family but so far no ovarian cancer and my hysterectomy was not for cancer. I read that some benign cysts will require treatment in that they do not go away by themselves, and in quite rare cases, others may be cancerous. I was diagnosed with ovarian cysts about five or six years after my (TVH/kept both ovaries) total vaginal hysterectomy. I didn't have symptoms of ovarian cysts when they were first diagnosed and the doctor ordered the ultrasound and kept an eye on the cysts with updated ultrasounds.The last ultrasound about three years ago showed the cysts got small enough and I didn't need further ultrasounds. 1. Anyone have advice on dealing with the pain and would heat help if surgery isn't indicated? 2. If it's not gas or appendicitis I'm experiencing does anyone know what can be done for them besides taking out the ovary? One doctor I didn't like or agree with recommended I get my ovaries removed because of the history of cysts and I didn't see him for that problem and he refused to help me with why I went in there and think he was just trying to get more money (the wait was over 3 hours in his office).Three other doctors agreed to not take out my ovaries including my surgeon if it wasn't cancerous as it could prevent me from going into surgical menopause. 3. I've never had symptoms of menopause but does anyone know if estrogen if needed again would help prevent the cysts from getting bigger if present again or would it just feed ovarian cysts? I was put on the estrogen patch 5 years later because my blood work showed I was low on estrogen and I didn't have any symptoms of menopause. I was taken off the estrogen patch after it was thought that the narcotic pain meds I was taking for disc injury and muscle spasms could have caused the abnormality of the amount of estrogen in my system. Thanks in advance.
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I recommend seeing your OB/GYN as soon as possible. It is unlikely that you have ovarian cancer, but it is certainly a possibility.
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