After 2 years of suffering from heavy periods and a myriad of other gynaecological issues, I finally saw a GP that listened to my concerns and was promptly scheduled for an ultrasound. They found a 3cm blood filled cyst on my remaining ovary (I have a history of ovarian torsion caused by an unknown cyst which caused the loss of one ovary and fallopian tube.)
I started the mini pill to help with the heavy periods (mixed success) and was told to have another ultrasound in three/ four months to check for any changes, whilst they referred me to gynaecology.
I had my ultrasound last week and the cyst had disappeared, ovary looks well and ‘normal’.
It’s obviously a huge relief, but my issue is that all the symptoms I previously believed were caused by the ovary have not gone away in the slightest. I still have agonising cramps, back pain, pain during and after intercourse just as I did before. I started a previous thread about this in more detail.
Due to the pill, my periods are arguably lighter but they now last 10+ days with infrequent spotting on an almost weekly basis and almost always bleeding following intercourse (or in this case, after my transvaginal ultrasound)
My question is:
I still have the gynaecology appointment scheduled for next week. Would it be okay for me to attend and discuss the possibility of Endometriosis (which was one of my individual concerns, before the discovery of the cyst)? I presume the referral was made solely on the basis of having the cyst, though nothing confirms this on my paperwork.
Would it be wrong to attend the appointment in the hope that I can push for further investigations or will it be ‘there’s no cyst, go back to your GP’?
Does anyone have experience with this?
Apologies if this seems like an obvious answer, I have ASD and I’m clearly overthinking as I’m rather worried about the appointment.