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Ovarian cyst....... Scared

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 07:59

So I've posted before so if you've read my fears before apologies!

I was diagnosed with a left sided ovarian cyst in November last year.saw gynae early jan who said it was a functional clear filled 'bilocular ' cyst and I was to be rescanned in 3 months...... Which brings me to this week.

I'm completely petrified of having a operation..... To the point im on beta blockers for a fear of an op I don't definately know I need!! I've never had a GA before but ive always had this fear of one. My cyst is painful, it doesn't stop me doing anything but I know it's there so I know when I go for my scan it's still gonna be there! So I'm petrified that they are going to say it needs to be surgically removed and I'm bricking it! I'm a single parent with no family so my friend is coming to the scan with me. I'm not sleeping and I'm a nervous wreck can somebody please talk me down.......

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holeinmyheart · 22/03/2015 09:10

I had an Ovarian cyst removed 51 years ago. I was at Uni in London and I had never been ill. However I had had excruciating pains for around 18 mths before hand, which I ignored. In the end I collapsed and my flat mate called an ambulance and in fact saved my life.
So you see, I am still here and I went on the have lots of DCs. Technology has moved on in 50 years and you will be absolutely fine. Xx

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 09:14

Thankyou holeinmyheart it's encouraging to hear your story. I'm done having children the fertility aspect doesn't worry me. If thru said they could remove it via a local anasthetic I'd say crack on its just the thought of a GA!

My bloods have so far come back normal. I just fear that it's obviously still there and I'm about to face my biggest fear.

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 09:49

Confused I was scanned in November and it was 4-4.5cm. It's a functional cyst but bilocular (two chambers) so less likely to go by itself. I can feel it's there so it's not shrunk and that's over 4 months ?

Haven't been told it will be removed im just fearing the worst. X

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 14:31

Anyone else had any experiences? X

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 14:39

It's like a dull ache type feeling on my left side. It's nothing severe but I know it's there. Also get painful lower back a lot. X

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 14:46

Thankyou I'm petrified. X

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 14:55

I'm scared senseless of having a GA. Never had one but it's been a fear all my life. It's the fear of not waking up, of putting my life in someone else's hands, of not being in control, of being forced unconscious...... Xx

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Jumpinginside · 22/03/2015 14:57

Hi, I'm going into hospital next week to have a cyst removed. This will be my second. Last time I was terrified and like you I had never had an op before. This time I'm not nearly as scared. The op is quite simple as they do it keyhole. I had 3 small cuts to show. I was told that I could go home the same day (this time I'm booked in over night as I'm a wimp!). It probably took me about two weeks to recover, but I did know that at the end of it I wouldn't be in any more pain and the cyst would be gone.

When I went for the GA last time, I told the hospital, nurses, doctors etc, that in was scared. I suffer from panic attacks. They were all really great. I guess they are sort of used to people being scared, it's only natural. This week when I saw the nurse for my pre-op appointment, she wrote on my forms that I get panicky so when I go in people will know and look after me.

If you do have to have it removed you WILL be ok. Hopefully all will be ok at the scan. They won't want to operate unless they feel they should. And you do have a say in the decision, it's your body. Good luck.

Itscurtainsforyou · 22/03/2015 15:04

The first (& only) time I've had GA was when I went in to have an ovarian cyst removed. I was a real state, in tears before they took me down, sure I wasn't going to come around afterwards.

Everything was fine, although annoyingly they found that the cyst had disappeared on its own. I had keyhole, only two puncture marks (one in my belly button) and was very tired after the GA, but otherwise was fine.

I'm completely relaxed about the idea of another GA and op if I need one.

QOD · 22/03/2015 15:30

I've just had my 14th ... you'll be fine ?

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 15:38

Curtains and jumping Thankyou your replies REALLY help so much ........ I'm in such a state! I know the statistics re the safety of GAs are so in favour of me being 100% fine but I keep worrying 'what if I'm the exception'?

What if I have a weak heart? What if I have an adverse reaction? The list is endless lol!! I think it's the fear of the unknown? The fear of what it's going to feel like going under? The panic leading up to it? I've always joked I'd need a GA before going in for a GA!!! There are obviously worries re the cyst itself (tho at last check my bloods were all normal) but those fears are being overtaken by the op itself. Does that make sense?

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 15:38

QOD your 14th GA?????

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GoooRooo · 22/03/2015 15:43

I had ovarian cysts removed about 8 years ago by keyhole surgery. I had phases of agonising pain with them and it was thought they were contributing to infertility so it was best to have them removed.

I have never had any pain since. I have a son and am pregnant at the moment so it may well have kick started my fertility again.

The op was fine. The recovery was worse than I had anticipated, I won't lie, but it was only about two weeks. Make sure you take painkillers if they are offered to you.

I don't regret having them removed and it really was for the best.

for you. Surgery is always scary but think about the benefits.

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 15:47

Gooorooo Thankyou (that rhymes lol!) im not in severe pain it's more of a dull ache but I don't even need painkillers ........ I'm done with childbearing so the fertility aspect doesn't worry me ...... I'm also kinda scared about the whole C word (if I don't say it it doesn't sound so scary!) but as I said my CA125 results in November were fine. X

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 15:50

Re recovery time? That doesn't worry me either I think id be elated at the fact the op was done lol! My friend had both ovaries removed as her risks for ovarian cancer were so elevates she carries that faulty gene. I remember her coming home all bloated where they'd pumped her full of gas! As I say that doesn't worry me it's just the actual op. I'm a single parent what could be more scary?!ha! X

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GoooRooo · 22/03/2015 15:55

Ah yes - if you are having it keyhole you may get pain from gas, particularly in the shoulder blades.

Peppermint cordial/peppermint tea is meant to help.

I didn't get it, thankfully. I just found it harder to get in and out of chairs/bed and on and off the loo on my own than I'd thought I would and DH had to help me. I can't see the scars at all now.

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 15:57

I'm a single parent and I don't have family so would have to rely on friends so getting on and off the toilet is entirely down to me haha! Xx

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GoooRooo · 22/03/2015 15:59

Ah, then take it slowly is my advice

With the GA, as a single parent you must be tired - try to think of it as an enforced sleep. As soon as they started giving me the GA they asked me a question and I was asleep before I got a chance to ask it so it really does happen quickly.

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 16:02

Gooo this is I think what I'm scared of? The speed of it? The instantaneous nature of it? I'm trying to liken it to something ive experienced? Fainting? That's not a nice feeling. It's not like falling asleep as ive never fallen asleep in 3 seconds flat haha. X

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GoooRooo · 22/03/2015 16:04

It's not like fainting (I've done that too!)

It really is like falling asleep, I promise. I don't fall asleep that quickly either. Surely no one but toddlers do? But the feeling is exactly like going into a deep sleep. It's actually very relaxing.

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 16:15

Youre not the first person to tell me it's quite relaxing!

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