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no ovaries showing on transvaginal ultrasound
I had a transvaginal ultrasound as part of a routine well woman check up. All was well according to the doctor, but she said she couldn't find my ovaries. This is strange since although I'm 50 and definately beginning menopause, I am still menustrating - is this possible without ovaries? She said they had probably shrunk due to menopause. I am confused. Also reading other posts on here, people talk of pain in left had side from ovary problems. I have pain in left side of my lower back, which I thought I had put my hip out or something but has persisted for a year now and also periodically get a pain in my left groin. Is it possible these are linked to my disappearing ovaries?
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The ovaries do get smaller as time goes by, because they are ovulating their eggs every month and no new ones are there, so the reservoir is smaller and the ovary is smaller and smaller as time goes by. When I was in for a c-section, my doctor commented on the small size of my ovaries (thanks a lot, doc. Remind me that I'm a lot older than the average new mom. lol) Just because the doc couldn't see your ovaries in a transvaginal ultrasound does not mean they are invisible, it just means that she didn't see them. If you're still menstruating, you still have working ovaries. Your doctor really was being a dufus to worry you.
Unfortunately, having emigrated in the last 18 months, this is a new country and a new system, but they seem a lot more thorough in their checks than the UK. However, maybe I will just go for another full check up next year and see if I can have a different doctor do it. Thanks for the info.
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