I'm back.
I had been suffering for some time with bowel issues, pain on my left hand side, below my belly button. I saw my gp several times and was told it was IBS. I worked with this diagnosis, looked at my diet etc. but nothing seemed to get better. I suffered from diarrhoea and constipation on a regular basis.
6 weeks after I had dd I was taken into hospital with excruciating pain in the same place. I was investigated for kidney stones and given this diagnosis, even though no kidney stones were ever found.
7 weeks after that, I was hospitalised again with horrific pain. This time, I was investigated for pelvic infection and given this diagnosis, even though no infection was ever found.
I was seen in follow-up by a consultant and told that it was likely that I had diverticulitis. This was followed by a colonoscopy, however, no evidence of diverticulitis could be found.
About 6 years later, I was suffering from all the symptoms of prolapse (alongside the IBS). I saw a consultant and we agreed that I would have a mesh sling put in place to support my uterus.
However, in the operation, instead of finding a prolapse, the consultant found a large dermoid cyst, wrapped around my ovary, strangulating it. The cyst, along with my ovary and fallopian tube was removed.
When I met my consultant afterwards he said that the cyst had been growing for approximately 10 years. The weight of the cyst pushing down on my uterus, bowel and bladder was causing all the symptoms of posterior, anterior and uterine prolapse, but also, was constricting the bowel and causing my IBS symptoms.
He suspected that the my two hospital visits when dd was a baby was the cyst twisting and partially rupturing.
Since I had the cyst removed 5 years ago I haven't had any issues at all!
Please go back to your GP surgery and see if you can change to another GP. Failing that, move surgeries, but don't allow your current GP to fob you off. Good luck.