Hello.
I am probably being a worry wort and please feel free to tell me so but I cannot let this go in my head.
I started hrt over a year ago. Due to having a mirena I haven't had a bleed in approximately ten years. This suited me as my periods were the definition of hell. I had endometriosis, adenymiosis, fibroids and a history of ovarian cysts. Even on the coil I had cysts. I had a few surgeries but many resolved themselves. As I had pcos I was told it was normal.
October last year I started randomly bleeding. Very fresh red blood, lasted a few hours, quite painful and then went away. My GP referred me for a hysteroscopy. I had that appointment in December and the lady said they would do a transvaginal scan as it could be my coil not sited correctly.
Jokingly I asked her to check the ovaries as I had pain on my right side for months and I was eating buscopan due to bloating. She said she would have a good look whilst she's in there. Very nice ladies at the clinic.
endometrium lining was fine, fibroids shrunk and coil in correct position.
The right ovary has what she called a mass on it. So she took all the measurements and pictures and said I had to have a ca125. I did.
When I got my letter from the hospital it said I had a multilocular anehoic cyst with free fluid surrounding both ovaries. There was more but that's the basis of it. There were no follicles seen It had been referred to MDTM and I would get a letter.
Two weeks later I got a letter saying my ca125 was normal and I was discharged back to GP care.
The cyst is painful, not all the time but it wakes me often. And sometimes it just gets you and practically winds you it's so sharp. I have terrible bloating to the point I waddle! My Gp does not feel this is acceptable but the hospital say it's fine as ca125 is normal. She has suggested going private but that's not an option unfortunately.
After all that rambling. Am I being a drama queen? I can't help worry about cancer. I'm menopausal - I thought the ovaries had packed up and gone in search of warmer climes!
I have not spoke to a consultant because they won't see me so I don't know if this kind of thing is normal at my age. Naturally I googled, scared the life out of myself and found this forum.
By all means tell me this is nothing so I can stop fretting or wether I need to be the squeaky wheel and take it further.
I have an amazing Gp. I cannot stress that enough. She has tried to get them to look into this further.
Thank you.