I think my ovary grew back

[blwms]

A year ago I had my left ovary and tube removed.  Periodically I have pain in that area.  Recently I have been having pain similar to the pain I had before the ovary was removed.  Lately it's been getting worse.  I have a gyn appt. this week.  There's nothing there so why am I having pain?  Please help!!

[blwms]

Thank you for all of your advice.  I've heard of all of this before especially the body rolling.  Maybe that's something I'll look into.  I'll keep you posted.

[Casey06]

I saw a new Ob/Gyn considered to be a pelvic pain specialist and he suggested that the nerves sometime react as though ovaries are still there (sorta like phantom limb pains after losing an appendage), so if it's not ovarian remnant, maybe ask about that. May It may be phooey, but maybe not. Could also be adhesions from surgery or endo or something like that.
Good luck.

[Texas Grannie]

I have pain when I am constipated. As soon as the fluid was no longer in my abdomen, I stopped being constipated, and I only have pain when I am constipated. I guess there are no two of us alike. I kept telling my oncol that I tried everything to keep from being constipated, but nothing seemed to work. He kept prescribing one thing after another, but the only thing that really helped was getting rid of the fluid. Texas Granny

[Mary 53]

There is a problem called Ovarian Remnant Syndrome and there are a few people on this site who have struggled with that diagnosis. I am not as familiar with that, but good for you to get this checked out.

I am wondering if you are feeling the effects of surgical adhesions or scar tissue. You can ask about that at the appointment. Most people get them after any type of abdominal surgery and there are reports of people having very few adhesions but having much pain from just a few and the opposite is true that sometimes people have many adhesions and very little to no pain. I had a ton of pain from adhesions after my hysterectomy in 2000.

If the doctor suggests it might be pain from adhesions, see if it would be okay for you to do some deep tissue massage. I am not a doctor, but I will tell you that thanks to my weight training teacher, I got the best relief...after being told by several doctors that there was nothing that they could do for me. The only suggestion was that I go in for a Colonoscopy every 6 months since the dx. of adhesions was confirmed during a very painful Colonoscopy since the adhesions were literally colapsing my colon. I will say that I stuck it out during the colonoscopy and actually got relief since the procedure "snapped" some of the adhesions, but, c'mon...every 6 months??? um, no.

By the way, I had a colonoscopy this past winter and did not feel a thing...so I am not trying to give colonoscopies a bad rap! But thanks to my exercise teacher I had learned how to break up the adhesions. It took about 2 sessions of massaging on a ball to break things up. I can post the whole procedure for you if you want. I have it saved on my hard drive...at least I can tell you what I did and why it worked.

During a surgical procedure this past Spring, the doctor noted that I had absolutely no adhesions and he was quite stunned saying you always see SOME kind of debris. So, good for the body rolling...or body massage. It worked.

I hope things go well for you at the appointment.

Mary

[Diana14]

Good idea going to the doctor, don't be scared, I'm sure you'll be fine, it would be scarier  not going to see your doctor......be well  

[ireneo]

It's not a complete void. You have intestines (descending colon) and probably some adhesions from the surgery. The doctor will probably be able to figure it out. The waiting is tough though.