Surgery for ovarian cysts

[TamiTaylor]

Has anyone had one? I had a vaginal ultrasound Wednesday as a follow up to my annual and m/c. I apparently have giant collapsed cysts in my right ovary. My ObGyn will not put me on BC (Due to my high BP) to shrink the cysts. So I have a follow up ultrasound on the 18th. If nothing has shrunk or my pain increases (my side/stomach/pelvic area hurts a ton) then wants he to have surgery to drain.

How often do these things resolve themselves on their own? If you have had the surgery what does that entail? How is recovery?

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[joshlyman]

I did about 5 years ago. Had large cysts in both ovaries and they definitely weren't going anywhere. Doc was concerned about rupture or twisting, so surgery it was!

It was really no big deal in the scheme of things (although I was scared shitless because it was my first surgery). I had a few small incisions on my stomach (6 I think?) and was feeling about 90% after 4 days.

[Elsa]

I've had this surgery by itself twice, and then when I had my csection with DD1, my OB drained some while he was in there.

The surgery itself isn't bad....but they obviously go through your abdomen, so its hard to sit up by yourself, etc for a few days. Recovery isn't terrible, I was back at work Monday after surgery on Thursday I think.

I've never had luck shrinking mine- even on bcp. Mine just don't respond to that. Surgery is definitely better than them bursting though, for sure!

[joshlyman]

Oh and it was outpatient, so I was home sleeping in bed that afternoon.

[Alex]

This is actually super interesting to me. Do you have PCOS? Are they corpus luteums that didn't shrink after ovulation or just regular cysts that got out of control? The pain scares me because of the risk of ovarian torsion. Any change in pain you MUST treat as urgent, ok? Absolute worst case scenario is that one flips over and you lose blood supply to your ovary and it has to be removed.
That said, could they have been a cause of your m/c?

Mine never get large because I don't even come close to ever ovulating. On my last MRI of my hip they stopped counting at 26 cysts on each ovary.

[heywhat]

I've had large cysts in the past that went away on its own - no BC. I was uncomfortable for about 2 months. It felt like I had a constant side ache.
My doctor recommended waiting it out "watchful waiting" (or some stupid name) for 3-4 months.

[lucky513]

I had a large cyst in my right ovary it wasn't shrinking and they couldn't tell what was in it so they removed my ovary
I was in the hospital for a few days and took a few weeks to recover fully

[TamiTaylor]

Apr 29, 2016 14:35:00 GMT -5 Alex said:

This is actually super interesting to me. Do you have PCOS? Are they corpus luteums that didn't shrink after ovulation or just regular cysts that got out of control? The pain scares me because of the risk of ovarian torsion. Any change in pain you MUST treat as urgent, ok? Absolute worst case scenario is that one flips over and you lose blood supply to your ovary and it has to be removed.
That said, could they have been a cause of your m/c?

Mine never get large because I don't even come close to ever ovulating. On my last MRI of my hip they stopped counting at 26 cysts on each ovary.

I have never been diagnosed with PCOS and don't have any symptoms (other than being overweight) that goes along with that. I conceived my son on our first cycle trying so I am leaning toward no I do not have PCOS.

[Alex]

Apr 29, 2016 14:45:55 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Apr 29, 2016 14:35:00 GMT -5 Alex said:

This is actually super interesting to me. Do you have PCOS? Are they corpus luteums that didn't shrink after ovulation or just regular cysts that got out of control? The pain scares me because of the risk of ovarian torsion. Any change in pain you MUST treat as urgent, ok? Absolute worst case scenario is that one flips over and you lose blood supply to your ovary and it has to be removed.
That said, could they have been a cause of your m/c?

Mine never get large because I don't even come close to ever ovulating. On my last MRI of my hip they stopped counting at 26 cysts on each ovary.

I have never been diagnosed with PCOS and don't have any symptoms (other than being overweight) that goes along with that. I conceived my son on our first cycle trying so I am leaning toward no I do not have PCOS.

Interesting. Those cysts aren't normal though. I would ask for cycle day 3 LH and FSH testing just to rule it out.

I think you should get them drained. Waiting for them to go away/shrink could take a while and if you are TTC, I wouldn't want to wait.

Was you m/c just a standard early m/c (sorry, I know how insensitive that sounds) or has it been attributed to anything?

[TamiTaylor]

Apr 29, 2016 14:50:21 GMT -5 Alex said:

Apr 29, 2016 14:45:55 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

I have never been diagnosed with PCOS and don't have any symptoms (other than being overweight) that goes along with that. I conceived my son on our first cycle trying so I am leaning toward no I do not have PCOS.

Interesting. Those cysts aren't normal though. I would ask for cycle day 3 LH and FSH testing just to rule it out.

I think you should get them drained. Waiting for them to go away/shrink could take a while and if you are TTC, I wouldn't want to wait.

Was you m/c just a standard early m/c (sorry, I know how insensitive that sounds) or has it been attributed to anything?

Honestly I didn't even know I was PG when I m/c. It was just so heavy and lots of big clots that maybe it was a miscarriage. So I took a PG test which came back positive.

[cgpm]

I don't normally post over here, but I have had ovarian cysts surgically removed.

The first was 5-6 lbs! I grew it with little to no pain and didn't really have any idea until my annual when my dr. thought I was pregnant. They did they surgery and I was back at work and feeling pretty good within a week.

Since then, they've been closely monitoring my other ovary. I had another small one removed when they went in to remove scar tissue from my remaining tube so I could get pregnant. Similar recovery.

They took another small cyst during my c-section. Mine do not seem to shrink on their own. I have minimal pain with them so I more worry they will grow to be large without me knowing. I also do not have PCOS.

[Deleted]

I had surgery for fibroids (histronomy?) - mine was a day procedure, very non-invasive and such a relief to be pain and constant bleeding free.

I'm not sure how it compares to cysts but I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. Even tripling my birth control couldn't control it, they tried another pill which gave me horrendous anxiety attacks and the only Thing that worked was a shot. At $400 a month and I had to go to the gyno's office to have it administered. Surgery couldn't happen fast enough for me.

Eta: I've since had others show up on ultrasounds but they haven't caused problems (yet). However between my diagnosis and surgery they went from expecting to remove 2 to actually taking 4 out because two grew significantly enough in those few weeks that they felt they would be a problem in the future.

[happywife]

I had surgery for this. It was outpatient laporascopic and I felt good after about 3 days. I took my full 6 weeks off of work though

[housewife]

A few years ago I had a large dermoid,ovary & tube removed laparoscopicly on a Tuesday afternoon and was back at my (very seditary) job on Thursday. It took about 2 weeks for the weird pulling sensations to go away.

[yaga]

I'm getting a laparoscopy on Friday due to my recurring cysts. Mine aren't huge, but they cause a decent amount of pain and that seems to have my doctors concerned. In fact, now that I know what's going on, I'm pretty sure I get them far more frequently than they are diagnosed (I asked for u/s twice in the last 8 months, but there were at least 2 or 3 other times I've felt similar pain; it's worth noting I do have PCOS).

I know they can drain cysts without having to do the lap by going through the uterus and fallopian tubes. They were going to do this for me when I had a hysteroscopy in August, but the cyst had actually resolved on its own. Recovery from the hysteroscopy was nothing. I couldn't go to work that day because I was under anesthesia, but I felt no pain after. Obviously without having a cyst drained at that time, I don't know how that would have changed the recovery.

[idahome]

A few years ago I had emergency surgery to remove a cyst and dead Fallopian tube. The cyst had gotten so big that it twisted around the tube. It almost ruptured and the pain was so horrible I thought I was going to pass out. I was out of work for 6 weeks, but I had complications in my recovery.

Be prepared to give yourself shots to avoid blood clots for a week or two after the procedure.

[textbookcase]

11 years ago I had emergency surgery for a cyst that was twisted into my fallopian tube as well. They were able to save the tube and everything but the cyst was the size of a softball. They had to do the full abdominal surgery, weren't able to do it by laparoscopy so the recovery was a bit longer and I had to be in the hospital for a few days. Recovery wasn't awful, i was up and around after a few days but full recovery was about 8-12 weeks. The hardest part was having a one year old at home, I couldn't lift her up at all.