Hi!
It certainly sounds like you may have an ovarian cyst or a uterine fibroid. The symptoms all add up! But if the ultrasound is negative, that will rule out those causes.
It can be easy to miss a large cyst on an internal exam because often they are soft and squishy just like everything else in there so that they don't feel abnormal. You are also correct that ultrasound techs are not allowed to interpret the findings even though they usually know exactly what they are looking at.
If you were my patient and we had a negative ultrasound result, I think the next step would be laparoscopy--a minor surgical procedure in which we look inside to see what is going on in there. I suppose it could be something like endometriosis, or possibly your ovary is twisting.
I am still wondering whether they will see a cyst on your scan though!
I hope this is helpful!
Dr B
Thanks for the response. I am now on the 6th day of antibiotics with no relief. I am waiting on my period to start any minute. I am worried that it might actually be worse when my cycle comes. I didn't start having this pain until 1 week after my last period.
I feel the same way that I know that something is very wrong but I'm not sure what it is. I called my gyno and asked if my pap results were back yet and of course they said no. The nurse told me that the pap only shows if you have HPV or possible cancer forming in the cervix. Now I am really worried because I don't know what is going on. I search on line and the 2 things that keep coming up with the symptoms I have are either Pelvic inflamation or Endometriosis. With Pelivc inflamation you would have to have a bad infection and she told me that nothing showed up in my urine. Endometriosis symptoms are kind of all over the place but I still think that possibly this is my problem.
I have a follow up on Wednesday of next week and I feel that if I am no better I should push the laproscopy procedure to see if it is Endometriosis.
Very frustrated!!
hi hun,i too am suffering from terrible pelvic pain and just had a cystoscopy which ruled out any bladder problems,i do have urinary problems and also the pressure which i say feels very like when heavily pregnant and the womb is pushing down,i am going to my docs for a pelvic exam because something is there,i just dont know what,i also donated my eggs in march and it was within 2 weeks of this that my problems began and i dont think its just a coincidence........they said my ovaries looked fine but that was months ago......x
Thank you for the reply. I got the results on the ultrasound and it didn't show anything. She did my annual pap. While she was doing it the pain was really bad. She then examined me and pushed on the right and the left with some discomfort and then pushed in the middle which is where I quess the Uterus is and I burst into tears from the pain. My Dr. said it felt like my Uterus was swollen. She put me on an anti-flammatory Naproxin and antibiotic Doxcylin for 14 days. I am not sure how long it will take for the results on the Pap. What is so wierd is that I am not having any kind of discharge which I would think I would have if there was an infection pressent. I have been on the medication now for 3 days and no change. I am still having bad cramps and lower back pain.
I guess my next step is to continue to take meds for the 14 days and go back to do my follow up and get my pap results. This is so frustrating because I feel like I am not getting any answers.