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Life after ovary removal
Hi everyone,
Im 30 years old with no kids and 4 months ago I had a laporotomy for a large cystadenoma type cyst on my ovary, they removed my ovary and tube along with it. My other ovary was fine, and i had regular periods straight away. Now that the physical healing is more or less over (apart from very painful periods), I feel like I'm going through a mental healing process, and I just feel like a mess. Maybe its just my hormones rebalancing or something :) I feel greatful that I came through the whole thing with still the chance to be able to have kids, but ever since I feel like my head is full of confusion. Im up one minute and down the next..
I feel scared that the same thing will happen to my other ovary, as it all happened so fast and out of the blue that I'm afraid the same thing could happen again. Is the chances higher if it has happened before?
Also ever since its happened, I cant stop thinking about wanting to have a baby, whereas before I never really thought about it much! It really gets me down at times. Its like now I feel like I dont have anymore time to waste...
Would love to hear from other women going through a similar experience.
Im 30 years old with no kids and 4 months ago I had a laporotomy for a large cystadenoma type cyst on my ovary, they removed my ovary and tube along with it. My other ovary was fine, and i had regular periods straight away. Now that the physical healing is more or less over (apart from very painful periods), I feel like I'm going through a mental healing process, and I just feel like a mess. Maybe its just my hormones rebalancing or something :) I feel greatful that I came through the whole thing with still the chance to be able to have kids, but ever since I feel like my head is full of confusion. Im up one minute and down the next..
I feel scared that the same thing will happen to my other ovary, as it all happened so fast and out of the blue that I'm afraid the same thing could happen again. Is the chances higher if it has happened before?
Also ever since its happened, I cant stop thinking about wanting to have a baby, whereas before I never really thought about it much! It really gets me down at times. Its like now I feel like I dont have anymore time to waste...
Would love to hear from other women going through a similar experience.
Thank you so much for your reply. I'm going to go back to my doc again about this. I don't know, i just keep getting a nagging feeling that the same thing will happen again, I just don't trust my body anymore.
Hi there. I had one of my ovaries, cysts and tube removed 1 and a 1/2 years ago. You can get some weird hormonal balancing going for a few months after and I totally understand the fear of it happening on the other side. I live with that but am past the age of being able to have more kids. I'd actually wanted everything out but adhesions were too bad and they couldn't do.
Some women have a cyst and never get another. Others continue to get them. If you are wanting a child and now is a good time go for it. If not, I suggest you go on birth control which will stop you from ovulating and keep the cysts at bay until you are ready.
Having a major surgery (and it was) is jarring on your whole body and can cause a depression. Don't be afraid to talk to your doctor about that. You should be feeling like yourself by now and maybe you do need some assistance. I had some serious intestinal surgeries before which caused some depression. I took the meds for a while, got straightened out and was fine. Good luck.
Some women have a cyst and never get another. Others continue to get them. If you are wanting a child and now is a good time go for it. If not, I suggest you go on birth control which will stop you from ovulating and keep the cysts at bay until you are ready.
Having a major surgery (and it was) is jarring on your whole body and can cause a depression. Don't be afraid to talk to your doctor about that. You should be feeling like yourself by now and maybe you do need some assistance. I had some serious intestinal surgeries before which caused some depression. I took the meds for a while, got straightened out and was fine. Good luck.
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