I just found out I have an enlarged ovary! Can someone tell me what it is.please

[sheila67]

I just found out I have an enlarge ovary on my right side...I had experienced a period for over 3 weeks then it stopped...during this time I was experiencing some real bad back pain and abdomin pain...My doctor told me the results of the ultra sound but my gynocologist hasn't called me due to her not being in the office...I am 38 almost 39 and worried to death about this...my 3 pregnancies were all cesarians and I had my tubes cut, tied and burned...I don't know to much about enlarged ovaries but have been reading online...I think I am going through menopause also because I have been having the nights and day sweats and get so angry every time I get them...if anyone knows about the enlarged ovaries and what usually happens when you get them please let me know...thanks so much..worried in Virginia

[tmj2]

I am 13 i hav this really good friend who is also 13 and has enllarged ovaries and an UTI

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[jane65]

Hi,
As I had suggested to Tori, you'll get a much better response from the ladies on the forum if you post as a new question. Go to the top of the page and start a new thread for yourself.
You are so young to have to deal with such a distressing problem, but you are seeing a doctor who is obviously being aggressive with your case.
Best of luck to you, and keep us informed what the exam shows.
Thank you for your good wishes for us, we wish the same for you.
Jane

[a_little_scared]

I just got my results today from a CT scan and ultrasound. My right ovary is 2 and 1/2 times the left. I have a pelvic exam scheduled for next week. I am praying that everything will be fine and can be removed through a simple procedure. I know God is me, and with us all. It seems so many women go through so many issues. I was misdiagnosed for 5yrs with PCOS at least now I know what is wrong. I am only 25, and I know I want children after I get married. With PCOS its a struggle to get pregnant, but whatever is wrong with my ovary can be healed or fixed... so I know I can have children in the future. The doctor says the results show that its not affecting any other organ. But they cant tell what's in it. I have you all in my prayers. People that are scared, please don't be. God loves us all and he always makes the best way out of no way... have faith... all will be well. At least its good u found out now before maybe it turned into something else.

[jane65]

Hi Tori,
You've added your question to an old post, you should go to the top of this page and make it a new question for the forum.

I understand that you're frightened and concerned, but we can't diagnose your problem, you must make an appointment with a GYN and have him examine you and discuss your symptoms.
Good luck,
Jane

[tori_jade]

Recently, during my last period, I noticed that I was feeling pain in my left ovary and it was very unusual. Unusual because it felt as if it was rolling, it was sticking up and I did not have the same feelings on my right side. Its been about a week and a half since my last period and I can still feel it, laying down the most, but also sitting and standing. It doesn't hurt too bad but its more irritating than anything. I am only 17 and it scares me to death because the women in my family have a history of tumors in and on their ovaries which have resulted in hystorectomies(sp). My biggest fear in life is that something like that is going to happen to me before I have a chance to have children of my own and I was wondering if these were some of the pains/feelings as I am having.

Sincerely,

Tori

[stephlovespeter_xo]

Christmas of 2007, I had to go in for laproscopic surgery to remove a large ovarian cyst. A few weeks prior to my surgery, I had an ultrasound come back saying that my ovary too, was enlarged. It wasn't, however, until I went in for surgery did my doctor realize that my ovary and fallopian tube were  twisted around my cyst - possibly causing it to become enlarged. Everybody is different, but that is what happened with me.

It has been quite a while since all of this happened to you, so I hope you and your doctor figured things out!

best of luck.

[stef74]

i recently miscarried and my doctor sent me for an ultrasound to ensure things were okay.  when the results came back, the doctor told me that my right ovary was twice the size of the left one.  she also said that i had a "bulky" uterus.  she is referring me to a gyno and is sending me for an MRI.  she said she is not worried, but i am.  my husband and i are trying to get pregnant and she suggested that i put that off until i see the gyno.  i am really scared that they will have to remove my ovary and that i may not be able to have children.  i know i shouldn't be concerned yet, but it's difficult not to stress out about this.  we got pregnant immediately when we started trying, which i think is a good sign.  it means i'm ovulating properly. however, i'm wondering if this may be the reason for the miscarriage. i have regular periods and am not experiencing any pain.  i guess i'm looking for some reassurance...

[sophie07]

I have gained about 8lbs in two months and my abdomen is so swollen I look like Im a few months pregnant. I took a pregnancy test and it came back negative.  I also have to urinate frequently so Im afraid there might be something growing in my reproductive organ area. Are these symptoms that any of you had? There is no pain. The area under my navel is SWOLLEN and the lower you go, it feels like there is a big lump the size of an orange and its VERY hard.  I scheduled an appt but I was wondering if these are symptoms any of you had?

[Janet535]

Hi there,

I'm so sorry to read that your daughter is going through this, especially at such a young age.

If you don't mind the suggestion, I would recommend you post your questions and concerns on the Ovarian Cyst Community Forum. This is the Ovarian Cancer Forum and while the ladies here are very knowlegable I do think you will get more response on the Cyst Forum.

I'd also suggest you starting a new post instead of adding your questions onto an old post. I only say this because generally you will get more responses from new posts as old posts tend to get over looked.

I'm sorry I dont have any answers for you but wish you and your daughter all the best and hope you get the help you need.
Take care...Janet

[concerneddallasmom]

My eight year old daughter has been diagnosed with an enlarged right ovary.  Presented with severe abdominal pain, spent three days in the Children's Hospital and have been released and told to follow up with another sonogram in a month and no diagnosis.  She's still having the abdominal pains, although not as severe.   II've spent a lot of time looking for a reason, and not finding it on the web, doctors don't seem to know why either...

[Jan214]

I don't normally answer old posts, but...
I consider myself a good Christian, but I would NEVER go to a Dr that told me something was or was not God's will.  She DOES NOT speak for God.  God gave us the smarts to become Drs., to learn how to help people and this woman sounds more like a nutjob than a Dr.  Find a Dr who knows what a Dr is supposed to do.  Did this woman tell you why your ovary was enlarged?  Were you born that way?  If not you probably have cysts now.  I would RUN to the nearest GOOD Dr and leave that quack in the pond where she belongs.  I would also report her to the AMA.  This has made me angrier than anything I have heard in a long time.

[marie3B]

The post you answered is an old one.  I don't know where you are from, since your profile has been left blank.  If I were you I would change doctors ASAP.  I don't like the answer about the enlarged ovary without looking into it further.  I also do not think any doctor should blow off a legitimate fertility question by saying that it is God's will.  I hope you find good answers from a good doctor.  Best wishes for a healthy life, Marie

[sunshine2222]

i just found out i have an enlarged ovary my right being 31/2 times the size of my left, it has caused heavy periods, cramping, couldbe the cause of my back pain. I had the ultrasound done to find this out. my doctor told me it is nothing to worry about now but i may most likley get cysts later in life , im 27 i have two children 8 and 4 but i am getting married soon and we want to have a child.....can i still get pregnant with 1 enlarged ovary my doctor said she is not saying anything and it is gods will if i can or can not.....so can i?

[CazWood55]

I have been having cronic pain in my side, stomach and back area for last few months so went to the docotors to investigae - they got rid of me twice sayin it was 'one of them pains' you dont know what i ever is or muscula pains... So fter another 3 months i went back even worse worse with the pain comin and going but when it does come being even more agonising. The docor then referred me to the hospitla for stomach and kidney ultrasounds and vagina ultrasounds (cmaera taking photos of the overiaes and womb). When i was in the middle of the inside scan of the ovaries the nurse started questioning me about m periods and frequency of them and hen about my past history ( i have had some pre-cancerous cells romived before from my womb). She then said i had 'Chunky' overies and more 'male' hormones than female ones... She said the overies were larger and fuller than usual and asked when my last peroid was i do not know as they are all over the place) to which she said oh i thought so... She said i have lower chance of conciving as i do not ovulate as normal people do and also have very few female hormones...Please please can anyone help me understand this anymore?? She said dont worry and wouldnt tell me anymore but of course im worried - am 30 and getting married very soon so we are desperate for a family and now am worried. Can anyone help?

[crojas]

I have been having pains around my ovaries for about 3 or 4 months, when I went to my gyno he said my right ovary was enlarged. I had an ultrasound done yesterday and it showed that my right ovary is twice the size of my left. I am only 19 years old and I don't have any children, nor have I never been pregnant. I won't get my results until next week but I have no clue what it could be and I'm very concerned, especially since I'm young.

[kellykay]

I jumped on line to get info on enlarged ovaries and found this site and started reading. I've been where most of you are now and want to tell you please try not to worry. I know it's hard but here's why i'm saying it.

I was diagnosed with 2 ovarian cysts on my right ovary 3 years ago. I had moved from CA to IL and this was my first drs appt in the 2 years since i moved there. How long those cysts have been there i don't know and neither did my doctor, but she wanted me to go to a gynecologist for follow up. Of course i didn't do it, i was too busy at work. Well, i went back again this February, still had the cysts and this time followed up. The gynecologist did a transvaginal ultrasound and she just kept telling me i was a mess inside. She kept insisting that i had pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) and that i had to have had an infection somewhere along the way. (Btw, look up pid someday, i was royally p****d off when i read the 2 most common causes).   I also had the blood test done at her request for CA125, which is supposed to be a marker for ovarian cancer.  The CA125 level was above normal ( up to 35 is normal, i was at 55) and next thing i know she's talking about surgery. I was scared at this point and was convinced i had cancer until i looked up CA125. There are SO MANY things that can cause the level to be high and from the things i read it's not that accurate. You can have ovarian cancer and have a normal level.  The level can be in the thousands and you don't have cancer. I went to a gynecological oncologist at a very large nearby hospital and he went over all the info the gynecologist had sent him, he was convinced i had endometriosis (don't you just love the medical profession?)  Both pid and endometriosis can cause the CA125 level to be high. He wanted me to have the test again and in one month it gone up from 55 to 63 so now i was totally traumatized and convinced i had cancer. Surgery was on 6/30/08, unfortunately this is the most accurate way to tell if you have ovarian cancer.  It is NOT a bikini cut, the incision goes from below the navel straight down. This is because of you have cancer they have to take out the lymph nodes and the omentum, which is a layer of fat in front that starts up pretty high under the stomach. So now i have a big incision and  thank god no cancer. And no pid or endometriosis either. I did have extremely enlarged ovaries, one the size of a tangerine, the other an orange, along with the the 2 cysts, which were pretty big. I think about all the worrying i did and i how sick i made myself and realized if you have it then you just take the next step in dealing with it. You may think, okay she's past it, that's easy for her to say, but chances are if your CA125 level is high it's not cancer, there are just too many other things that can cause it to be high.
I still have my follow up in 2 weeks, and the first thing i will be asking is why my ovaries were so enlarged, and what kind of cysts i had.
If you do end up having the surgery with the big incision, maybe i have a high tolerance for pain, but i didn't think it was that bad. Of course i got a morphine drip the first day and a half, but i went in on a Monday morning and was released Wednesday morning. No, i'm no spring chicken, i turned 50 a few weeks before this. Plus i had a lumpectomy in April. It's just not that bad.
So hang in there and good luck to all of you.

[Kaitlynne_Erin]

My wife has an enlarged right ovary, 3 times as big as the left. We are also 12 1/2 week pregnant.  Dr doesn't seem very worried, but we are very concerned. Any thoughts and/or ideas would be helpful

[Idunnoanymore]

I have had a larger fibroid for years , that really only caused haevy menstral cycles.In the last year I have had alot of problems. I have irregular bleeding , it actualy hurts to use a tampon ,bleeding for 3 weeks at a time , once I had sever pain and then this brown slimy substance lasted for days . A year and a half ago an ultrasound and transvaginal ultrasound showed larger fibroid 7 cm or so .and a left ovay size of 12 mm and the rt at 2.2 x4 cm - quite a difference. I had another dual ultrasound last week and the result was fibroid considered myometrial exophyticm endometrium measured 12 mm, the left ovary was not seen and the RT ovary measured 5 cm ! The radiologist impression only mentioned the fibroid !

I am in the med field ...I KNOW that a 5cm ovary is far from the norm and I'd almost feel better if it had shown or possibly indicated there was some cystic type of activity to go along with the enlargment. But RADIOLOGIST didn't even comment on it.


I am a sonographer myself ,however not a pelvic sonographer ( other body parts) and while the lady was scanning me ,she kept saying she didn; know what she was looking at ,she couldn't tell where it started or stopped ( considering the fibroid) She said I'd have oto have some other test to get a clearer picture ...problem is ..because I  am a sonographer I KNOW that the readiologist only see's and comments on the images presented to him, it is up to the skilled sonographer to show the Doctor what he needs to see and he only commens on THEIR ( sonographers) findings , so the probelm is he is dictating my images off what she showed him ,which SHE herself ,said she had no idea!  I tried to convey this to a gyn that I have seen only wice and have never felt comfortable with here ( she refused to let me have ultrasound for my fibrocystc breast even though I told her a fellow sonographer felt all cysts in the breast were just that ,but ONE looked suspicious to her ,this doctor refused to listen to me ,she did only a mamogram which showed mothing , not even my cystic breasts!   Today when trying to convey what the sonographer has said and seen about  my needing a further type study lke an MRI, this suggestion to the doctor sent her through the roof , she stated you guys are just sonographers ,I am the Doctor ! She then informed me she would no longer be my doctor and said she would make copies of my medical records and have them sent to me ...I politely told her , in a very calm amnner that this is WHY she had two high dollar med malpractice suits her insurance had to pay out , one was in the amount of 750,000 . I told her that was fine and that I would try to find a doctor who would allow me to be an advocate of my own health !


GOOD LUCK ladies , and by the way , I am having extreme , hip and sacroilliac joint pain , hips want to dislocate , I actually feel as if my cervix is dialted , have bloating ( I weigh 110 ) it is very obvious , have  bowel and urgent bladder symptoms , the gammet of all the bad symtoms I have !


Please feel free to respond and add as well...Thanks for reading.

[Chrisgood]

got my ultra sound back today. Right ovarys bigger 13 ml volume what ever that means left 8ml. right ovary shows cystic area 24mm. and right kidney shows fullness of the pelvicalyceal system. Doc didnt say much but good see gyno      does any one know what it all means. when of this because bleed on and of for 3 weeks     chrisgood  

[tunnellight]

Ovarian cysts can be alarming and very painful. For those of you who are waiting in fear to find out more information, please understand that most cysts are harmless. Painful and annoying, yes, but the chance of them being cancerous is very, very small. I have ovarian cysts also. My right ovary, before removed, was multi-cystic and they would bleed which caused debilitating pain. Then the ovary twisted and adhered itself to the abdominal wall so by the time it was removed, it was half necrotic and half hemmorhagic. Horribly painful, but as scary as it was, the cysts themselves were harmless in that they were benign. So don't let the information you read scare you. Wait for that doctor visit where the details are explained and then make your decisions.

My prayers are with all of you, as it is clear just by reading this forum (and others like it), as well as from my own experience, that there is still so much to learn about women's health. I hope some breakthroughs will be made soon.

[poppy32]

Just seen my dr today and got ultrasound scan results. I have a mass on right ovary 5x3x3cm heterogeous (?spelling) mass. Also cysts. Need to have laporoscopy asap. Scared re ? cancer. Anyone know anything about this?
poppy