Ovarian cyst found, what's next?

Hi, I am a 39 year old lady. I went to the hospital last week after having lower abdominal pain for 2 weeks following a colposcopy for a borderline smear test and a dodgy looking cervix. Doctors kept insisting nothing could be seriously wrong as bloods and urine samples and temperature were all fine. On my 3 rd visit, they agreed to do an ultrasound scan. The sonographer told me she could see no reason for pain in my abdomon. She asked me wait in the waiting area and disappeared. When she came back, she recalled me into room and said she needed to look at the rest of my abdomen, and checked my other organs. I then went with the scan results to see the gynaecologist who told me I have a cystic area on my left ovary (sonographer couldn't find my right ovary??) when I have had cysts in past they have done nothing and said they will go away on their own, they are nothing to worry about. They didn't do that this time!! The gynaecologist went with my file to speak to a consultant, and came back and said we needed to do tumour marker blood tests and I needed to go to my gp urgently with the referral letter and be referred urgently to a specialist gynaecologist. I am seriously worried as cancer is in my family and need to know what will happen next. Can anyone help?

Sue

  • Omg am I glad I found this post! - although it's not great so many of us are going through the same thing!

    I am 28 years old - 11 stone (although I have put on a stone in the last year...), 5ft 6, so healthy and fit - and I have a 13 x 13xm cyst/tumour/mass on my left ovary. This was discovered due to me being in massive amounts of pain and my stomach swelling / being rock hard. I've had various symptoms for the past year and a bit, but have just put it down to getting older and my periods getting worse because of that. The back pain has been the worst, but my doctor said I needed to see a physio - she barely examined me. Luckily, another doctor was more concerned.

    I have had an ultrasound and the CA125 test (which was raised) - and currently awaiting results of my MRI which I was urgently referred to. This has all happened within the last two weeks and I am feeling horrific with anxiety and worry. I have been told it could be cancer or various other things.

    I've been chasing my consultant, but it's only been 4 days since my MRI, so I'm not expecting anything back as of yet.

    xx

  • Hi all, has anyone on here been diagnosed fibroids and a large ovarian cyst/mass at the same time?

    i went to the doctors on Friday who had a poke and prod after I said I was missing a period from 2 weeks ago and pregnancy tests were negative. Sore back and lower abdomen to be sent for an urgent US and urgent CA125 blood test and asked to call gp back Monday. 

    US showed cyst/mass stretching from one ovary to the next and a large fibroid. 

    Doctors called me today before I had chance to ring to slot me into a cancellation slot Wednesday morning. 
    I'm so scared! 

  • Hi hanibal28 I have, when I had my ultrasound 4 weeks ago because of a high ca125 result she said I had 3 fibroids and the doctor rang me the next morning and said I had a mass on my right ovary so I was referred to a gynaecologist pretty quickly, and she referred me for a ct scan which I had on Friday so now I'm just waiting for the results, I'm not gonna lie I'm scared so your not on your own. 

  • Was starting to think it was just me being awkward. 
    Be glad to see the doctor tomorrow to hear my options and what it is. 
    i feel a bit bad as have been putting this off for a couple of months thinking it wasn't anything serious and was being a wimp etc but glad my partner and work colleague forced me get an emergency appt and now I'm sat waiting for results and options. 

  • Hi girls, I'm getting my ovary and tube out in 6 weeks time, the consultation said I need the op or I will keep getting pain, I'm nervous but it's keyhole xx

  • Hi there, yes I had a mixture of cysts, odd looking mass and fibroids, accompanied by high CA125.  All benign in the end but ultrasound only shows so much so they often need to do an MRI or similar to investigate further.

  • I have some little keyhole scars from an initial investigation, there are 3 or 4 tiny little incisions less than a cm that had dissolvable stitches and healed quickly.    Unfortunately my BSO was abdominal in the end so there was also the big incision and a drain which both healed OK too but  adds extra time to the recovery, would have been great if they could have done the keyhole!

  • Good luck at the doctors, even though its scary, on a positive note its good that it's been found and can be treated. Don't feel bad for putting off going to the docs earlier because we've all been guilty of that a some point, let us know how you get on, sending positive vibes

  • What's a bso? I hope it's just keyhole for me. I'm a tad bit nervous, they did say if it's more I will be opened up but they won't know until they do the key hole first 

  • Hi thepain75 - its both tubes and ovaries - bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, very hard to spell and pronounce!   The stressiest bit for me was the waiting for the op especially as I had  no idea of hopitals or what to expect and do.