What Does It Feel Like to Have an Ovarian Cyst?
I keep getting this mild pain in my lower left abdominal area. It is nothing excruciating and I don’t have it every day. But I don’t know how to describe it. My doctor thinks it might be an ovarian cyst but I’d like to hear what other say it feels like before I take her word for it.
It’s not very pleasant. =/
What happened to me was different from what you’re describing, but it’s different from what other people describe too. =p
I’ll just say what it was like and you can make a judgement from that.-
I didn’t really notice it before it started hurting really badly, although I suppose I did have some of the symptoms before. I just had this weird dull pain in my right side. Like there was someone twisting my insides in that spot. I just went to bed, and when I woke up the next day, I still had this unpleasant pain in my side. I thought nothing of it, but I didn’t feel like going anywhere so the rest of my family and my cousins that I was staying with at the time, went out for a walk or something without me. Then around midday it started hurting LOADS, I couldn’t concentrate on anything, and nothing would improve it. It was quite horrible actually, because I was all by myself in an unfamiliar house in the middle of nowhere with no phone signal or internet. When my parents came back, they drove me to the local doctors, who said it was ‘definitely’ my appendix. ¬¬
We drove an hour to get to the hospital while I was in agony, and then had to wait for over 7 hours in the hospital until they even tried to figure out what was wrong with me. After numerous blood samples and random patronizing doctors poking at my stomach, they sent me for an ultrasound. That took flippin’ ages, but eventually they said that there were ‘several small cysts’ and ‘fluid’ and similar disgusting descriptions, and gave me painkillers and sent me home. It stopped hurting while I was in the hospital waiting room though, and hasn’t hurt since, so I dunno.
Anyway, ask for an ultrasound. You can find out for definite. I’m guessing a cyst ruptured or something and that was the excruciating pain I ended up with, so I hope you don’t have to suffer the same thing. =(
You should be sent for an ultrasound scan if your doctor thinks this. I have had ovarian cysts and the pain doesn’t follow any pattern. They can resolve themselves.
I had benign cysts that had formed on my ovaries about three years ago. I can tell you that when I got my cyst, I did feel pain and discomfort in that area. Other symptoms I had were heartburn, and digestive troubles that were similar to Irritable Bowel Syndrome and my abdomen felt stiff in that area.
I would just badger your doctor about what else it could be if you’re worried, but it could be a cyst. If it’s small, your Dr. will probably just want to monitor it to see if it resolves itself or grows. There’s nothing wrong with getting a second opinion too.
mine was very painful the two weeks between ovulation and my period. I could not get out of bed I cried. however some can be dull pains depends on size and what side you are ovulating on that month ask to have a ultra sound internalor vaginal that shows the best. good luck and if its a cyst dont worry most women get them every month. they are very comand