Earlier this year I fell incredibly ill with a ruptured tubo-ovarian cyst in my right ovary. The cyst had become infected, burst and caused my body to go into septic shock. I made a recovery, after having a laparotomy to remove the now useless ovary. I was induced into a coma for six days too to help my body recover as my organs began to fail.
Now, 10 months on, I'm finding myself in constant pain. It's not a stinging pain, it's a very dull, achey pain in my lower abdomen, very much like stomach cramps. I've had these now for over a month and I went to my doctor two weeks ago who said that it may be a result of me coming off of the pill (the reason I came off was because my body was not agreeing with it, I'm not sexually active right now so it's not a concern for me!). I'm feeling incredibly unwell and lethargic, achey and tired constantly. I have headaches, I'm spotting (which, again, my doctor believes is due to coming off of the pill and my hormones returning to normal) and I can feel it in my back. It feels like I'm full. Like right now I am hungry but I feel as if I eat something I will feel uncomfortable.
Now, I can't say I know from experience what it feels like to have a cyst as previously when I had one, I was also going through a termination as I found out I was pregnant but it was unfortunately ectopic. As a result of this, one of the nurses in the A+E told me that he believed the pain I was suffering was "psychological", probably as a result of me going through trauma with the termination. I did genuinely think the pain I was experiencing was a result of the termination as the lady who treated me stated that I would feel uncomfortable cramping for up to 4 weeks, and it was only week 3 when I was rushed to hospital.
Again, I'm also scared that they'll tell me its come back and I need further surgery as I don't want this to go on for the rest of my life. I'm 21. I nearly died this year, I don't want me only option to be that I have to have my entire reproductive system removed in order to live a normal life.
Any advice would be amazing! Thank you!!