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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....... Confused

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 17:16

Thankyou confused can I take you all withme for support??!! Wink

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Kraggle · 22/03/2015 17:29

I had an ovarian cyst removed just over a year ago. Mine was quite large as had to be taken out via a laparotomy ( bit like a csection cut)

I was so scared going in to be put to sleep, I'd never been in hospital apart from having dd and I'd never had a general before. I cried when they came to take me but the nurses were lovely and let dh walk to the door of the prep room. They were lovely and reassuring in the prep room when I was still crying, they gave me a tissue etc. Then the next thing I remember is waking up and having a really itchy nose due to the morphine!

It was fine and I think I would cry again if I had to have another General but it wasn't as bad as I was expecting!

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 17:39

I fully expect to cry/vomit/pee myself/shit myself/faint..........Confused

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GoooRooo · 22/03/2015 18:21

When's the op, Shoegal? We'll hold your hand Smile

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Shoegal0305 · 22/03/2015 18:42

This is the thing I don't know for defo im having the op! Jumping the gun!!! First gynae apt was early jan was put on a 3 month 'watch and wait' and next scan this fri to I assume see if it's grown/shrank/changed? But my fear is that it's defo still there as it aches.so will they put me on another watch and wait or whip it out???its a functional clear filled cyst but two chambers. X

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Besta · 22/03/2015 20:57

I had an ovarian cyst removed as an emergency a couple of years ago. Walked round for weeks with a pain in my groin/side and on the off chance decided one day as I was passing the drs to pop in for a wait until you're seen appointment. Dr felt a large mass in my abdo and sent me straight to a&e.

The ga was fine. The feeling of going to sleep was brilliant and the drug induced sleep afterwards was fantastic. I was so comfortable on my cloud like pillows and so warm and happy properly drugged. I was very sick after the ga though, but my stomach wasn't too painful, it's only three little pinholes, belly button and hairline. By far the worst thing was the gas pain, that lasted for weeks until it subsided. I was told peppermint tea etc but the GP said the gas isn't in your digestive system so there's no way to burp/fart it out and it needs to be naturally absorbed. So unless you love peppermint tea give it a miss!

Good luck!

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Shoegal0305 · 23/03/2015 05:57

Besta thankyou. I do love peppermint tea so that's a bonus! Like I say it's not afterwards that's bothering me, it's whether I can physically get myself into an operating theatre, lie down and let them anethatise (sp?) me! X

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tobee · 23/03/2015 16:40

Hey, shoegal, I remember you and wondered how you were doing. I finally saw my consultant last week after my fibroid treatment before Christmas. Looks like I'm going to have a hysterectomy in the next few months. Even though I just had a GA I exoect I will be bricking it again before the op, it's these damn overactive imaginations! Even though I knew my fibroid was benign and my consultant was just giving me options I was still scared before the appointment and thought I might faint.

Anyway, enough about me. All I wanted to say was good luck and please let us know how it goes this week!

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Shoegal0305 · 23/03/2015 17:07

Hi tobee yes we've had discussions in the past. I'm really sorry to hear about the fact you need a hysterectomy. Is that due to all the fibroids? Bless you. How are you feeling? I'm off for my scan thus Friday and seeing consultant on 8th April xx

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kirinm · 23/03/2015 19:39

I think I might be weird because I quite like GA - in the sense that I definitely don't want to feel anything that's going on. You do feel drowsy after them but it really isn't anything to worry about. But you'll need someone to help with your DC. Good luck.

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Shoegal0305 · 23/03/2015 19:46

Kirinm I need people like yourself to convince me it's not the scariest thing in the world!!!! Please tell me more!!! My son is nearly 13 so doesn't need looking after like a toddler would. But IF I need an op I have good friends who I would be able to stay with s d would help with my son, getting meals etc xx

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Shoegal0305 · 23/03/2015 19:47

I would rather be awake 100%!!!! It wouldn't bother me at all it's the being asleep that's scaring me! Xx

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kirinm · 23/03/2015 20:55

I've had a few GA and I like the woozy feeling. It's quite odd because you'll be woozy and then the next thing you know you're all done and being woken up. Honestly, I like 'em!

BecauseMumSaysSo · 23/03/2015 21:52

When I worry too much about things that might not even materialise, I remind myself that "worrying is like praying for what you don't want" :)

tobee · 23/03/2015 23:24

Yes stupid fibroid. The op before Christmas didn't do they trick and I've actually chosen to go for hysterectomy rather than farting about having loads more less radical things over and over again.

Although I was very scared before me last GA, I had diazepam to hand (but didn't take it in the end), and did enjoy being woken up after it was over. Make sure you tell everyone you're nervous at the scan and the consultant too. I can't remember if I said before, I was so scared at my scan I took the diazepam then. It helped me the evening before with eating and sleeping and not giving a sh*t. I couldn't take it the next day because I was driving myself there.

If it comes to it that you do need a GA, if you can take a taxi to the hospital, you should be able to take a diazepam up to 6 a.m for a morning procedure but check.

tobee · 23/03/2015 23:26

Meant to say be thinking of you Friday and 8th but let us know the outcome(s).

nikki1978 · 23/03/2015 23:32

Hey shoegal. How are you doing? I am still waiting for my mri to see how my complex cyst is doing and hopefully what it is and if they can get to it! As I said to you before I was also terrified. On the day I was weirdly calm although my heart rate was about 130! It was fine. Not scary at all. I asked them not to count down so they just chatted to me about my job and suddenly I must have fallen asleep. I'm not scared of ga's anymore it was the unknown that was scary. If you need to have something done you will just get it over with then wonder what the hell you were so worried about! Honest :)

MountainDweller · 23/03/2015 23:40

I have had several GAs and survived! It is scary but sometimes the waiting time is more scary and I've been quite calm on the day of the op. If you tell them you are anxious on the day they should give you a pre-med to help you relax beforehand, and maybe even something to take during the waiting period. Good luck with the scan.

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Shoegal0305 · 24/03/2015 07:22

Thankyou all for your kind replies. Really hoping that in a while I will be able to post on threads like this and say how actually I don't know what I was worried about!!!! I'm so petrified! X

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Thymeout · 25/03/2015 09:12

I had a 2 kilo ovarian cyst/tumour removed during the summer. Honestly, I have no memory at all of the GA.

One minute I was sitting in a side room, getting told off by the anaesthetist for chewing gum Blush and the next I was waking up on the ward, with the most wonderful feeling of relief that it was all over. I don't remember the recovery ward at all.

My GP gave me anti-d's, and valium till they kicked in, to get me through the weeks leading up to the op. I took one valium the day of the op, but with me it wasn't the op but the wait and the worry that caused the problem.

Could you ask your GP? There's sometimes quite a bit of hanging around in the surgery lounge, depending on where you are on the list.

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Shoegal0305 · 25/03/2015 12:15

Thanks Thymeout I will most definately need something to sedate me prior if I do need a GA. X

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Shoegal0305 · 26/03/2015 17:33

Scan tomorrow....... Already sweating at the thought!!! ConfusedConfused

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Shoegal0305 · 27/03/2015 04:09

Anyone about!?

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