Hi all,

my reason for posting is to hopefully give someone some reassurance like I so desperately needed. 

back story is a couple years ago I had a large 10cm complex ovarian cyst found on my left ovary after having some pain, I got the standard blood test for ca125 which came up just over the normal amount (40) so was urgently referred for an MRI and after a long 2 week wait I found out it was likely benign but I still needed surgery. Unfortunately when they operated they couldn't save my ovary so I was left with just my right ovary.

skip forward a year I fell pregnant with a healthy baby boy. He's now just turned 2 and I started getting very similar pain on my right side and was so upset as I suspected another ovarian cyst, I also was planning on having another baby next year :(. After waiting 4 weeks for an ultrasound they confirmed I had a 7cm complex cyst on my right ovary. I wasn't too worried at this point but feeling very sad as it was like de ja vu, I knew the drill and went for the blood tests.. except they came back this time with levels of 438!! I found myself googling like mad and scouring these forums for a positive story similar to mine (and I struggled) so my anxiety between my CT scan and MRI and my results was absolutely crippling, I convinced myself I was dying and it made me really physically unwell (which then convinces you even more that something is seriously wrong) well I just got my CT scan results today and after a week and a half of not eating or sleeping... they are happy it is low risk and highly unlikely to be cancer. I still have to wait for my MRI results to determine the type of cyst and have no idea what my fertility's future will be. But for now I feel like I can breathe again and be a proper mum to my little boy. When you have children it's so much scarier. 
 

I really hope my story can comfort someone going through something similar, don't get too caught up in the high ca125 levels like I did - my doctors reassured me it's usually a red herring and one doctor even said he once had a lady with levels of 25,000 and there was nothing wrong with her! 
 

Big hugs to anyone waiting on results xxx