I have at least one ovarian cyst. It’s on my right ovary and it used to be over 5 cms but I feel like it’s only gotten bigger.. But I just went in for another ultrasound a few days ago and I think I saw another cyst on my left ovary but they couldn’t tell me because I have to wait until my appt on friday. But this past week I’ve been have pain on each side. Like on my ovaries.. And I usually have pain on my right one that is like a cramping pain.. But now it’s like it’s being pushed on pain.. Like I have to go to the bathroom a lot because it hurts on my right lower abdomen if my bladder gets at all full.. Is this because my cyst is way bigger now?
Also. It doesn’t just hurt if my bladder is full. It hurts when I walk. Like I can feel something weird being pushed on..

Hello, I believe that I have ovarian cysts. I went to a doc a few years ago and he thought that is what it was and said if the pain doesn’t go away, come back. It went away. Usually the day before my cycle and the first day, I get a bad pain, about the size of a golf ball, right where my ovaries are. Usually it is on my left side, but sometimes on both.

My question is this..my period ended a few weeks ago. However, today, I started having pain on my left side, about the size of a golf ball, right where my ovary is. The pain is not as intense as it is the day before or the day of, but close.

could this be related to cysts and if so, why am I getting pain when it is not time for my period?

please help. serious answers only. thanks thank you for your help so far. but has anyone with cysts had pain other than right around your period. can you have pain a few weeks before you start?

My period was late by about 1-2 weeks last month, which was really odd, considering i have very regular periods. I dont take any medication, i dont do drugs or smoke, i havent been under any stress, and i havent los or gained any weight. I had my doctor run both urine/blood prengnacy test to rule that out as well.

My period finally came and it was heavier and more painful than normal….

This morning (about 1 week before my next period), i had some deep sharp pain on my right side, where my ovaries are. It hurts when i move or stretch only. I also have some spotting when i wipe….

Could it be possible that i have a cyst? Considering pregnancy has been ruled out, and i havent been sexually active since the last pregnancy test. Would i cyst cause my period to have been late? And would it cause pain and spotting now? Did it rupture?

For the last year, each month I have had problems with ovarian cysts getting too big and rupturing, and then getting me sick, I’ve had surgeries where cysts were removed from both sides, and birth control pills don’t seem to help. A week ago I went to ER with extreme pain and vomiting, and was told there are 9 little ones between the two ovaries. i know if they are small they shouldnt be bothering me, but none of the other tests done showed any problems! I now have a fever, vomiting, headache, nausea, my pelvic area hurts really bad, and now it feels like my stomach and chest are being ripped to shreds by glass!!! HELP!

I am had some problems over the past year. But within the past few weeks of so I have developed a distended/bloated stomach. Seems as though I had no or minimal weight gain but difficulty getting my pants on. It starts right at the bottom of my ribcage and doesn’t stop until it it reaches my private area. It almost looks as though I am pregnant, but I know I am not. Over the past year my problmes have been with urination and pain. I sometimes get urges to go when I bend backwards. If I stretch the muscle at the bottom of me ribcage (near the sternum) I really have to go! Also, I have been getting cramps during ovulation. It really hurts inside on the left side when I urinate, like near my ovaries. But that is only for a few days to a week or of the whole month. But I do have the urge to urinate throughout. When I push semi-hard on my lower left side I feel a lump. I have had ovarian cysts before and I didn’t have symptoms like this. I have read that my symptoms could be ovarian cancer.
Oh, I forgot to mention that it is not constipation. I have regular bowel movements.
And no gas either.
I don’t eat much food containing milk. My booyfriend is lactose intolerant so we use alot of soy mik products. But I might have to consider that. I know it’s not salt causing this either. I have tried to eliminat a lot of salt out of my diets which wasn’t much, with no results.
I forgot to mention that I full very fast when I eat. I can’t even get halfway thru a meal before I start feeling full. Sometimes I have to force myself to eat it because I know I need to eat and need the nutrition.
I don’t dcrink any alcohol. And I also don’t drink carborated beverages. I drink tea and water only.

i am a 16 yrold junior in highskool ok. i have mult cysts that u cant c 1 of my ovaries now i am swelling in that area n my outer area n2 my thigh and it makes it hard 4 me to walk. and ive bn havin constant back and hip pian throwin up and cramps to the 50th power. its scaring the crap out of me becasue my family on bothe sides mom and dad and all grandparenst have history of it. and i dont know what to do. ive bn also gaining weight and now b/c of that with my short hair im being confused 4 a boy ok. im suposed to be going to the clinic vry soon and i would like tp prepare my self if there could b a possibliity of me havin the cancer

My last period was on June 24. I have cysts on my ovaries, so I do usually experience some pain with ovulation, but last night’s pain was excruciating. My boyfriend and I had sex, and during the act I experienced pressure around both ovaries. Later on, at around 3 or 4 in the morning the pain in my right ovary woke me up; it felt like constant pressure and was extremely uncomfortable.

Is pain during sex and hours afterward (during ovulation?) normal for women with ovarian cysts?

PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) causes cysts to form on the ovaries as well as insulin resistance. I was diagnosed with it about 9 or 10 years ago and definitely have all the symptoms: weight gain, large mid-section, excessive hair growth and infertility. After many years of being stubborn, I have finally decided to take the doctor’s orders to change my diet and exercise on a daily basis.

I have been going to the gym for a little over two weeks and I can tell the difference in the way I feel already. I no longer feel like I am having hot flashes, nor do I feel sluggish and tired. The most I have weighed is 207 pounds (at 5 ft. 2 ½ in. that’s a lot of weight). When I joined the gym I weighed 199 pounds. I now weigh between 194 and 195 pounds – it fluctuates from day to day depending on how much water I drink.
I started out doing 30 minutes of circuit training and 30 minutes of cardio. I have upped it to 30 minutes of circuit and one hour of cardio (elliptical, treadmill and bike machines). I have been going five times per week. Also, I drink anywhere from 84 to 100 oz. of water per day. Otherwise, I drink water during the week and I have been avoiding white bread, sugars (other than those in fresh fruit), potatoes, rice, and I have been eating five meals per day (breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner).

I do not eat after 8 p.m. and try to wait atleast two to three hours before I go to bed. On the weekends I treat myself to ranch dressing on my salad instead of the healthy italian. I also may have a few alcoholic beverages on the weekends to treat myself. I do not drink soda anymore and try to avoid drinks that contain soda. I do not eat sweets anymore either. This is a huge lifestyle change for me because I used to eat tons of sugar everyday, and NEVER exercised.

Our daughter, almost 24, has had some bleeding on and off for over a month. She takes Seasonique (3 month birth control) to control the symptoms of her endometriosis (diagnosed by laproscopy 4 years ago). She has taken it for almost 3 years and has been very pleased with the reduction in the amount of pain from the endometriosis.

Suddenly in January, pain on her left side increased greatly and the on and off bleeding began. She had an appointment with her OB/GYN who said it may have been due to the endometriosis. She managed to deal with the pain up until last week when, during the night, she has some take-your-breath-away pain on her left side which went on for a couple hours. 2 days later, she felt a "pop" on her left side and had a gush of heavy bleeding for 2 hours. The pain increased throughout the day until she eventually went to the emergency room as it was after hours at her OB/GYN and they couldn’t do anything to immediately see her. They weren’t able to do to an ultrasound at the ER (small town hospital) but scheduled one for 2 days later. The dr. who did an internal exam said the left side felt "full".

On Tuesday she had the ultrasound and everything in her ovaries and uterus looked normal. She saw her OB/GYN again today and she says it could have been a cyst that ruptured, or it could be a flare-up of endometriosis. The pain is sometimes sharp, and the rest of the time she says it feels like there is a curling iron burning inside, on the left side. Her dr. would like to give her a Lupron shot, if it is endometriosis, to throw her into menopause. This seems like an unwise thing to do if it was a ruptured cyst since Lupron won’t help with that and it’s not even clear if it really helps reduced endometriosis pain.

If you have had an ovarian cyst rupture, what were the symptoms before, during and after? How bad was the pain and how long did the pain last afterwards? If you have endometriosis, have you tried Lupron? Did it help?

I had an ultrasound done about a month ago to determine the cause of my pelvic pain. They found a cyst that is 5×6cms, and I have another ultrasound in 2 weeks to see if it has reduced in size or gotten bigger. I am due to get my period tomorrow, and am having severe, sharp pains in my pelvis. I know ovarian cysts can cause pain, but is it normal to have sharp pain very low in the pelvic area? It feels like it is almost right inside my vagina, not near the ovaries. This isn’t the first time I’ve gotten this pain; every few months I get it at the start of my period, but last month, the pain continued for a long time, so that is why I went to the doctor about it. So really my question is whether this pain is because of the cyst, or is it likely to be being caused by something else? Thanks.

Okay, I’m 19 so this sounds ridiculous. I had my first period at 12, pretty heavy for a first period too, soaked through everything my first day and had bad cramps from the start. I never really charted everything until late 2007. Since then I noticed a pattern. My periods were getting farther and farther apart. I thought this was a little weird. Then I was hospitalized with an ovarian cyst and infection over there. My doctor was concerned about my lengthening cycles and wanted me to come see him two weeks after I was discharged (lots of antibiotics later…) Well, the day I was supposed to see him I had my last period so I cancelled the appointment. I tried to make another but I was spotting, and again, and again. Finally I got my appointment. I got another ultrasound on the ovaries and was given the all clear. He told me I had PCOS and took some blood to test my hormones. A week and a half later he called with the results and told me I had low progesterone, common in PCOS. He started me on metformin since I’d like to TTC in the next year and wanted to make sure I was ovulating. At this point my cycles were 48 days long, up from around 32 the year before. I started taking Metformin and I don’t like it. It makes me dizzy and gassy. Also I am currently in the range of cycle day 81.
I’ve been looking up stuff recently and have found I have symptoms of both PCOS and premature ovarian failure. Irregular (or no) periods, hot flashes/night sweats, cysts, insomnia (when not on metformin, metformin makes me incredibly tired all the time), occasionally sore breasts, moodiness, irritability, ect.
I DON’T have some of the big trademarks of facial hair, weight gain (or trouble losing weight, actually it falls off like nothing when I skip meals), and hair loss that are part of PCOS.

The thing I don’t really get is the hot flashes. I don’t see that listed anywhere in PCOS, only in POF. Someone help me…

Okay, I’m 19 so this sounds ridiculous. I had my first period at 12, pretty heavy for a first period too, soaked through everything my first day and had bad cramps from the start. I never really charted everything until late 2007. Since then I noticed a pattern. My periods were getting farther and farther apart. I thought this was a little weird. Then I was hospitalized with an ovarian cyst and infection over there. My doctor was concerned about my lengthening cycles and wanted me to come see him two weeks after I was discharged (lots of antibiotics later…) Well, the day I was supposed to see him I had my last period so I cancelled the appointment. I tried to make another but I was spotting, and again, and again. Finally I got my appointment. I got another ultrasound on the ovaries and was given the all clear. He told me I had PCOS and took some blood to test my hormones. A week and a half later he called with the results and told me I had low progesterone, common in PCOS. He started me on metformin since I’d like to TTC in the next year and wanted to make sure I was ovulating. At this point my cycles were 48 days long, up from around 32 the year before. I started taking Metformin and I don’t like it. It makes me dizzy and gassy. Also I am currently in the range of cycle day 81.
I’ve been looking up stuff recently and have found I have symptoms of both PCOS and premature ovarian failure. Irregular (or no) periods, hot flashes/night sweats, cysts, insomnia (when not on metformin, metformin makes me incredibly tired all the time), occasionally sore breasts, moodiness, irritability, ect.
I DON’T have some of the big trademarks of facial hair, weight gain (or trouble losing weight, actually it falls off like nothing when I skip meals), and hair loss that are part of PCOS.

The thing I don’t really get is the hot flashes. I don’t see that listed anywhere in PCOS, only in POF. Someone help me…

i found out last friday i had a cyst, i have had two weeks of pain and pg symptoms, turns out it was from the cyst. pain started sat night and went into early sunday morning. the pain was sharp side pains, and pinching pain in my ovaries. it got really bad and i was doubled over in pain crying and then it would settle down and get bad all over again. well then i got charley horse cramping in my abodmen and i was on the ground in tears and in fetal position i scared my roommate because i was crying and screaming kind of. so i went to the er,after a bunch of tests which showed nothing (they didnt do an ultra sound since i already had one which showed a cyst) she did a pelvic,i still had pain on the right side, when she pushed down it sent shooting charley horse pains up my side, it was determined that it had ruptured. im still getting sharp side pains,with some pinching pain. not nearly as bad, but still hurts, how long until it goes away? they said 2 days. never had this happen before.
when i went in the er there wasnt any bleeding, it said in my report (i work in the hosp and can get this) that i had calcifications in my pelvic area and had phleboliths which are like small blood clots, so i wonder if that is from the cyst. but the pain is still really bad. its all on the right side unless it is very heavy menstrual cramps. and its all that pinching pain and up the side of my right side and sometimes my back has the knife like stabbing pains up it too. er said they really couldnt do anything. the cyst ruptured here at my house, i didnt want to go sit in there for 8 hours espcially when i knew it was gonna rupture. this is day 4 after it happened early sunday morning. it was so intense yesterday at work i was in tears. i will make any apt with a gyne soon, but i cant handle another pelvic exam again right now. i guess maybe its because of the fluid or something in my body. i dont get the problems breathing at all. god i want my life to be normal again! thanks everyone

To make a long story short I was experiencing extreme stomache problems recently and my docotr refered me to a Gastronologist. In turn he sent me to have a CT done on top of blood work and fecal x3. They were looking for parrasites or colitus. I got a call about my CT and they informed me that I have ovarian cysts. Which may have actually explained a lot of prior ailments I have experienced over the past couple of years ( I’m 21 now ) They at one point thought I had appendicitis and could not turn up anything when they sent me to the hospital so they sent me home. I have the same pain on the same side STILL I have my period ( or just bleeding ) 75-80 % of the month and pain in the back of my legs and stomache area. ( this has been going on for about 3 years now )I haven’t really gained much weight nor can I eat much, but my stomache is still growing larger and I constanly feel nauseas and tired. I’m worried about the "c" word a little bit even though it is a bit more rare. On both side of my family both sides have had a very bad track record for the "c" word. My dads mom had polups, my dad’s sister has uterine cancer AND ovarian cancer. My mom has polycystic ovaries and her sister had ovarian cancer and had to remove everythng giving her a severe hormonal imbalance ( which eventually led to her suicide ). My mom’s brother was recently diagnosed with testicular cancer as well. I am of Irish and Armenian Decent if that helps. My question is what do you think the gyno will do or suggest when I go to see them? I’ve been on birth control to no avail. And I am currently not sexually active because of the pain I have from intercourse. Please help me answer this to the best of your ability. Thanks.
I am not worrying myself to death over it being the "c" word. like I said in the text I know it is rare for someone my age to suffer from ovarian cancer . I simply stated that many of my family members 1st and secondly have had cancer in such regions which would make me more subseptible to it. And I know that genetics plays a big role in such matters. Would you have prefered if I spared that information? Which wold lead to a less valid set of info to base your response off of. I already know that I have multiple cysts. The CT scan showed that. I just wonder how long I have had them if I have felt like this for 3 years now and why they didn’t find it sooner considering that they check for my appendix with a scan and was having the same pain at the time in the same spot. If I’m worried about anything it would be them cutting me open to take it out, the risk of not being able to bear children later on, or the cysts rupturing. Thats all.

I have a few small cysts on both ovaries (but not PCOS, I had all my hormones checked, and all were normal). usually I get pain, like pressure, from the time of ovulation till AF arrives. I am currently 4 DPO and the pain is there, but it is differnt than usual, still pressure, but different, hard to explain, and it’s not as bad as usual.
Anyone with cysts get pregnant and have a similar experience?
hoping it’s my month!