? about cyst

[jmeller]

Hi I am 30 years old and have never had ovarian cyst before.  In Sept I went to the doctor for abnormal bleeding and he found a cyst.  My doc performed an ultrasound in office and found a 4 cm cyst on my right ovary.  He told me to have another ultrasound in 6 weeks.  I went back in 6 weeks ( in Nov) to find that my cyst on my right ovary is mildly complex but has shrunk. I also now have a small cyst on my left ovary but it is a simple cyst.  My doctor has requested that I have another ultrasound in February to make sure they are gone.   Some family and friends think that I should have an ultrasound after each cycle until it goes away or get a second opinion.  Just curious what other people have been told .... thanks for any input.  

[jmeller]

Besides irregular periods, I do not have many other issues.  Every now and then I have sharp pains on my right side in my pelvic area, but they don't last very long.  I am not a 100% sure on what a mildly complex cyst is.  My doctor explained it by saying that it is part solid and part fluid filled. I am not really too concerned I just didn't know if it was normal to wait that long.  Plus it's shrinking, that has to be a good sign : ) Thank you for your response.  

[MarieMichele]

It doesn't sound too unreasonable to wait until February.  Are you getting any symptoms from these cysts?  Complex cysts are more worrisome and I don't know what "mildly complex" means, but a reduction in size is a good thing.  It does not sound like they are causing the doctor much reason to worry and so far they are small enough to resolve naturally, assuming mildly complex does have a simple enough nature to resolve.