Those with ovarian cysts...

whitney3

I have had cysts before...a couple of years back. I didn't have any symptoms but the obgyn said she felt them when doing my exam.  I had an ultrasound to confirm.  She said they were no big deal and taking birth control would take care of it.  

I hadn't thought about the cysts since then and assumed they went away.  But now I'm off birth control (and have been for some time) and I'm starting to feel like a pinching/gas-like pain where I imagine my left ovary is.  I've felt it a couple days now but today it was the worst.  My abdomen just feels full.  I thought it was gas/constipation at first but now I'm thinking about the cysts and wondering if they might have come back.

So I'm wondering if you can feel ovarian cysts.  If so, what do they feel like?  This is not terrible pain -- just sort of gas-like, but milder.  I notice it more when I'm moving around or talking (odd!)  Also, I can press on the area and it's not tender or uncomfortable.

I'm going to the dr on the 29th but just looking for some insight until I can get there.

Thanks! 

Country Girl in the City

I did not know that I had ovarian cysts until they ruptured.  That was a terrible pain, worse than kidney stones.

nicholray

I get mine from endometriosis. For me, it's not a gas type pinchy pain, its very strong, sharp cramping that sometimes radiates down the front of my leg a bit. I've never been able to feel them, even when the last ones I had that were surgically removed were the size of an orange, so I can't help with that. You really would think you would be able to notice them by pressing on your lower abdoment when they get large but I couldn't. Good luck at your doctor's appt!

ShannonSky

Country Girl in the City:

I did not know that I had ovarian cysts until they ruptured.  That was a terrible pain, worse than kidney stones.

This. Except I've never had kidney stones.  

lovin life23

same with my. In high school I had cysts only detected during my FIRST annual (yay) BCP took care of them..but off the pill (and even during the pill) I get crazy bloated (tummy looks like a baby bump there's no hidining it) often get pinching/gassy type pain...hurts more on one side when I move/get up etc...I know it isnt O pain cause it would be at random times during my cycle...I also get nauseated for no reason but its often when I get that type of pain. I have my annual on the 23rd so I'm going to finally bring it up. But like the ladies said, I dont think you would be able to feel the cysts unless they ruptured and THAT is noticable enough to go straight to the dr. with out questioning your self..GL and I will let you know why my dr. says if my appt is before yours..(I know our bodies are diff but you never know...)

Amomtomanyluvs

Country Girl in the City:

I did not know that I had ovarian cysts until they ruptured.  That was a terrible pain, worse than kidney stones.

this. only to me it felt like i was in full blown labor. i had to take 2 vicadin they prescribed me for when they burst...and it almost didnt even touch the pain. omg.  

twocents6708

I am not sure that you can feel the cysts until they rupture. And as mentioned....that hurts like a b^$#@! I had them when I was high school and that is why I started the pill. Perhaps you were having ovulation pain? Talk to your dr about it.

Melett

I had a cyst a month or so ago and I could feel it just like you describe. It was a pinching or dull pain on my left side . My dr said he didn't feel anything during the exam but I went for an ultrasound and there it was. He said it was a hemorhaggic kind or something like that and they cause pain but don't usually rupture.. There are all different kinds of cysts..