Enlarged ovary/cyst

One and a half weeks ago, I had a tubal ligation done and the doctor was concerned about my right ovary. It is the size (maybe even slightly larger) than my uterus. It is purplish/gray in color. Basically, they just told me that it could be something or it could be nothing and scheduled me for a ultrasound. Well I have never had any problems with cysts or any type of problems with becoming pregnant, with my menstrual cycles, etc., so I am not too educated on the subject of cysts and have been very worried about it. I am going on the 17th (Oct)for a ultrasound and hopefully it will be a simple cyst. I have had several of the symptoms of cysts (lower back pain, painful sex, extremely tender breasts, among others) for a while now, but never thought much of it and when telling the doctor at my yearly checkup or when going in approximately every six months for birth control it was never really made into a big deal that something could be wrong. I did have severe pain on my right side after my tubal and at one point I thought I needed to go to the ER. I felt like I was having spasms(something like contractions)on my right side in the ovary area, and it was extremely painful. But things are not as painful now just mostly discomfort. My back pain has gotten a lot worse though.

By reading other posts, large cysts seem to be pretty common.  Is the purplish/gray color normal for an enlarged ovary/cyst?  Any words of wisdom are very much welcomed and appreciated.

[shazzybow]

sorry i cant comment on the colour and i havent seen any posts in the last few months on this you could ask the doctor on the sister site, but remember 99% of cysts are benign. good luck