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Borderline ovarian cyst

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Hi everyone I'm 57 and just been diagnosed with borderline ovarian cyst. What a shock!,wasn't expecting that. In March I noticed my stomach was bloated and large but thought it was due to the constipation I was suffering from.after phoning doctors as they were not seeing patients I had consultation with doctor over phone. Was given lactulose to help with the constipation and sent for bloods. Ca125 came back as normal but things didn't get better. More phone consultations with doctors given fybrogel nothing was working and I had a pain on my left side which then moved to the right. In may I telephoned Doctor again and asked if they were seeing patients as I definitely needed someone to take a look at my stomach doctor eventually said he would but would be sending me for a scan anyway. It was decided that I would be better just going to the scan. I paid private for the scan and was told I had a large 25cm multicystic ovarian cyst.i was fast tracked through the nhs as couldn't go private as all private had gone across to nhs. Lots of stressful phone calls at a time when I could have done without it. Had gynaecology appointment then mri. Results borderline ovarian cyst. Needs removing asap am now waiting for a date as with the coronavirus everything is slower. Feel let down and as if healthcare is only bothered about the virus. But resigned to just waiting for my op
 

 

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    Just adding this here mostly as a place to vent, but perhaps help someone in a similar situation down the line.

    My wife (33) has been diagnosed with a large Ovarian syst, predominantly on her left side, but stretching across her front - The gynecologist that we saw said it was approximately 24x11x14 in size based on the CT scans that we got from A&E (My wife was in notable pain which we initially chalked up to her pilates! We weren't sure if we were overeacting by going to A&E instead of waiting for an appointment at first and it was a hellish 8 hour wait, but it was the right thing to do I think).

    We're now due a consultation with a Gyno/Oncologist to discuss surgery, they're hoping that the surgery will follow in the next few weeks (And obviously we want that as soon as possible).

    We were trying to conceive but obviously her longterm health is paramount - Both very blue over the prospect that we won't have children if they need to remove both ovaries or more, but frankly far more worried about a cancer diagnosis, or the possibility that this will be a longterm or recurring health worry.

    I'll update after we have more information.

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    Just adding this here mostly as a place to vent, but perhaps help someone in a similar situation down the line.

    My wife (33) has been diagnosed with a large Ovarian syst, predominantly on her left side, but stretching across her front - The gynecologist that we saw said it was approximately 24x11x14 in size based on the CT scans that we got from A&E (My wife was in notable pain which we initially chalked up to her pilates! We weren't sure if we were overeacting by going to A&E instead of waiting for an appointment at first and it was a hellish 8 hour wait, but it was the right thing to do I think).

    We're now due a consultation with a Gyno/Oncologist to discuss surgery, they're hoping that the surgery will follow in the next few weeks (And obviously we want that as soon as possible).

    We were trying to conceive but obviously her longterm health is paramount - Both very blue over the prospect that we won't have children if they need to remove both ovaries or more, but frankly far more worried about a cancer diagnosis, or the possibility that this will be a longterm or recurring health worry.

    I'll update after we have more information.

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