I have a 6.5cm ovarian cyst which was discovered by chance while having a transvaginal ultrasound for spotting between periods. The spotting has settled, and was thought to be hormonal (might actually be related to the cyst but who knows), but the cyst has to come out because it's on the large side. I'm 37, no children.
The sonographer, consultant, and surgeon all tell me there's nothing to indicate that the cyst is cancerous, but obviously you can't tell 100% until it's been removed. My operation is booked for 10th December, and I'm getting increasingly anxious about the whole thing. I've never been in hospital overnight, never had a general anaesthetic, am worried about what they might find - everything.
I'm now fixated on the cyst and on all the other aches and pains in my body. I have had painful periods, and lumpy and painful breasts for years now, and part of me thinks this all might be related to the cyst but my HA is telling me it all points to something sinister going on.
My breast pain has been quite bad recently, and I put it down to being the week before my period, but my period ended yesterday and I had a sharp burning pain in the underside of one breast that only lasted a few seconds at a time but came and went for about 6 hours. It's gone now, or at least I haven't had it today. I think I've occasionally had something like this before, but this combined with the ovarian cancer worry has sent my HA completely bonkers.
I've been through so much HA with my breasts in previous years, have been to the breast clinic three times and paid for a private mammo and ultrasound last year - always been told it's fibrocystic and normal for me. I can't feel any new lumps, and the pain isn't different from before, just different patterns.
I'm sorry to rant on, and I'm not really expecting any answers, just needed to get it out somewhere. I hate HA, and really thought I'd got on top of it in the last year, until this cyst was discovered, and even then I was doing ok initially until the temptation of Dr Google got too much.