Large dermoid ovarian cyst removal - experiences and/or private costs?

[ForSassyLilacWasp]

Hi all! Recently diagnosed with a 5.6x7.8x8cm dermoid cyst. Pretty scared, though I know they are rarely cancer, I was thinking of IVF so gutted as well that I could lose some or all of my ovary. I'm prepared to go to bank of mum to get it done privately, as I have read about the risk of torsion. That sounds like the depths of hell in terms of pain. I'm wondering what kind of costs I could be looking at if done privately - no insurance cover? And also, what of recovery time - how much time to take off work etc. No idea how long it has been growing :-(. Came up incidentally after a scan as I am considering IVF, very worried and down about this as it's asymptomatic - I had no idea, apart from periods becoming more irregular lately

You're 52 and you're considering IVF, or is that a typo and you're 42?

I had one ovary die due to the cyst and removed when they removed that. I was 40. The other one provides enough whatever to avoid early menopause

Just to say losing one ovary doesn’t put you into menopause or affect your fertility. The other one takes over full time, so to speak. It can make menopause a tiny bit earlier, but you’re talking like a year or 18 months, nothing drastic.

I had one ovary and tube removed in my teens and I got pregnant in my forties last year.