Hello Dr, let me start out by saying thank you for taking the time to read this. I will give you a bit of history. I had my son in Jan 05. In September of 05 i had been having a little pain on lower left side, then one say woke up in the am to a sudden sharp shooting unbearable pain that lasted for almost 1 1/2 hours. I went to the ER and the ultrasound showed 4cm complex cyst or cystic mass with some fluid, i felt bloated and icky for a few days then felt fine. I had followed up with my DR and given a six week waiting period, follow up ultrasound showed everything was gone. Then, in Jan 06, i experienced the same thing, a sharp shooting pain, went to the ER, found a 3cm complex cyst again on left ovary ( only this report said something about hemmorhagic cysts) and some fluid, again, floolowed up, 6 week ultrasound showed cysts was gone, but i had a dominant follicle on the right ovary that the DR said was normal. Now, the strange thing is that I am on birth control pills. Now i am starting to feel uneasy about a new cyst forming. I have no family history of OVCA, and I am 25 years
old with 2 children. My questions are,
1) Is it possible that I am havinbg reoccuring hemmorhagic cysts, even though im on birth control??
2) does the fact that i keep getting cysts on the same ovary a sign of ovarian cancer? If it is cancer would it keep going away and coming back like that?
3) what should I do if i feel i have a new cyst? can anything keep it from rupturing and causing me that pain?
Thank you so much again for your time.
Toni