Archive for August, 2009


Birth Control can help reduce size of ovarian cyst?

I was diagnosed with a cyst on my left ovary and my doctor informed me that if i was interested in taking birth control to help reduce the size? Has anyone ever did this? Does it really work?

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Are you trying to get pregnant and suffer from PCOS?

I am very excited that after being after being diagnosed with PCOS, I didn’t think I would be able to have a baby, but then I got pregnant! I learned how to reverse the symptoms with the help of changing my diet and learning about insulin resistance. I started taking the Insulite PCOS system and [...]

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Has anyone ever been prescribed pain med for pain from an ovarian cyst?

I have been diagnosed with a functional ovarian cyst and my doc put me back on the birth control to see if that would make it go away. She said to give it 2-3 months. When I go back for my next doc visit in may, if it is still hurting me she will refer [...]

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Too many ailments to be unrelated… any suggestions?

Anyone: I am getting really frustrated with diagnosis after diagnosis without an answer to my real question: why? I have been diagnosed with the following (and take the following medications accordingly): -celiac disease -complex ovarian cysts (Yasmin) -asthma (Advair) -episodes of sinus tachycardia (Metoprolol) I am an otherwise healthy 23 year old female who follows [...]

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Advice on possible ovarian cysts?

Is it possible to have ovarian cysts if you have had a blood test for your hormones and it came back normal? I ask, as i suffer from very irregular periods (3 motnhs late at the moment), have gained weight around my mid section (i am not pregnant) and have a dull ache around my [...]

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Should I be worried that I have a painful ovarian cyst and already taking birth control?

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why are my boobs growing? serious question.?

i know i asked this the other night, but didn’t get any good responses. if you have any idea, please help. I am 27 years old and am NOT pregnant.(yes i have done pregnancy tests which came out negative and still getting periods) just in the last almost months my chest has gone from a [...]

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how long should a ruptured ovarian cyst cause pain?

I have seen a doctor, even had an ultrasound 3 weeks ago that diagnosed it, went back today because i am in serious pain i have been bedridden all day and she gave me some tylenol that didnt work I was at the doctor today. she examined me and i nearly kicked her in the [...]

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He thinks it’s him… but I know it’s me :(?

We’ve been ttc for 6 months… I haven’t had a period for 3. He thinks its his little men with "problems" as well as my messed up hormones (which the doctor won’t treat… he put me on the pill a couple of months ago before I start fertility treatment to regulate my hormones a bit, [...]

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Ovarian cysts, or women with PCOS? Anyone with advice?

Hi ladies I’m wondering if I possibly have ovarian cysts/PCOS. My periods are typically pretty regular, they just vary by a couple days each month. Normally it’s either every 24, 26, or 28 days. I would say every now and then I have an off cycle, maybe 3-4 times a year, where I have a [...]

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My period is almost a week late?

No, I am not pregnant. Usually I get my period around the 20th of every month. I have had my period since I was 11, six years now, and it has always been regular and consistent (give or take a couple of days). For the past few months, I have been having really bad cramps [...]

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How long until you see results with birth control for ovarian cysts?

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Please help ovarian cyst pain i feel like crying?

Please help me out..i seem to have a problem with these things bursting..its painful it happened again the other night and on and off today i have this bad pain on the right side kind of low..well i took tons of advil and i tried a heating pad it hurts so bad i feel like [...]

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i just found out i have polycystic ovarian syndrome and i was wondering instead of taking drugs and birth?

control what kind of things could i do to get the cysts completly gone naturally? also when you change your diet how do you know officially that they are dissolving? please help this is very important!

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My mother is having stabbing pains in the left side of her chest?

My mom has been waking up around 3 in the morning with stabbing pains in the left side of her chest- this morning the pain was so great that she called her sister to take her to the ER. She was there for around 5 hours, they did some blood work, a CAT scan, an [...]

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