Can Dermoid cysts on ovary cause ab and back pain at the same time??

[Maritime Girl]

Hi me again
I still waiting for my appointment with the gyno, hopefully they'll call this week.  this wil have been the the 3rd period since the symtoms started.  this time around, instead of haveing bladder problems and bloating problems I seem to have a dull ache which seem to fill my abdomen, around my belly button, around to the middle to lower back, seem to get worse at the end fo the day, when I'm tired. I helped to install some click flooring last weekend, thoguth I might have ruptured it but I just had my ordianry schedlued period, it finishing up today, but my back still hurts.  I've read that dermoids can cause almost more problems then functional cyst, but they don't seem to be to worrisome because they are little harder to rupture then a fluid cyst. But I'm still concerned my doctor said it was ok to excercise, ( was hoping to get into shape before surgery) but sicne I read up on rupturing cyst ( and since there is no 100% guarantee the cyst doesn't coantain anything harmfull untill it's removed and checked) I don't know what to do.  do I excercise or not??? How long before you know if you ruptured a cyst??  does the pain build up slowly or is it instant?  I've taken it easy other then walking the malls with my daughter today.  the last few days i haven't done much. or do these type of cyst just start growing and cause discomfort??/ I thought I was getting off pretty luck when I felt nothing between this period and last.  Guess it will contiue to do this untill it's removed right??  Which will be very soon hopefully?? I appreciate any comments.  God be with you

[runningchick]

Hi,

I was told by my consultant after my MRI that I could resume my running, and he would be a marshall at one of my races!  But I had a conversation with the clinical matron after this and she said I still stood the chance of rupture or torsion.  There will be no mistaking it if you get either.  I didn't know I had cysts when I had one ruptured, and because I am an athlete, it was put down to abdominal strain, but my physio has known me physically (so to speak) for 3.5 years, and has seen how I react to his pain infliction and pain generally.  A ruptured cyst does not necessarily just cause lower abdominal pain, but complete abdominal pain.  I also had the worst nightsweat of my life.  I wish that it was diagnosed at the time as I thought I was dying for about 4 weeks.  The pain spreads across your abdomen - you can actually feel it spread.  

Given this description, if your consultant feels the risk of cancer is minimal, then you make the call.  I know now when I am running what to expect, and will know what to do if my pain changes.  It has changed this week, and I took myself to hospital as I felt it may have started to rupture, but here, unless it has actually ruptured, they will not operate.  In all truthfullness, although I was in a lot of pain on Wednesday, when the doctor examined me internally on Thursday, it did not hurt as it did previously when one had ruptured.  I don't know what size the cyst was that ruptured.

I am running, and running hard, but I am restricted more by fatigue that I am feeling because of what they are, and I think they are making me anaemic.  I feel pain when I run, but again, nothing compared to what I did feel.

I hope this helps.

[MickeyVicki]

My doctor's main concern seemed to be with lifting heavy objects.  This effort causes the abdominal muscles to squeeze tightly, which constricts the area inside the abdomen, which puts pressure on everything inside the abdomen.

On the other hand, my doctor recommended walking, both before the surgery, and after the first week of recovery.