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I Look Pregnant!
I have a large ovarian cyst and now I'm getting fibroids. I am taking a strong B.C. pill to shrink the cysts, and I don't really want to have surgery. I have put on 10 pounds and I look about 5 months pregnant. I'm trying to work out more and watch what I eat, but nothing seems to work. Has anyone had this problem, and has anything worked for you?
I am so glad I found this forum!! I'm even happier to have read your post. Thank you all for being so candid with your stories and symptoms. I no longer feel alone (I'm sad for us all, but at least we know we aren't suffering in silence)
I've been contending with a massively bloated abdomen for several months. Along with it comes severe piercing pain in my pelvis, my digestive system is slow and inefficient anymore, I feel like I have to pee all the time, I get so tired and weak, there are days of marked pain to the right of my belly button (that sometimes feels like it's on fire). Now and then, that pain will travel to the other side of my belly button on up to just beneath my ribs. Sometimes laying down is torture, as I can't breathe well. I vomit easily, and cannot eat normal size meals anymore. I can barely eat anything, and have lost a lot of weight. My stomach gets bigger as I get smaller. People are noticing that I'm shrinking. One of my co-workers told me that I looked extremely uncomfortable. I told her I looked like I was about to give birth, she said that I actually looked as though I was carrying twins in the 8th month.
I'm embarrassed by appearing pregnant, and everyone here is right; people ask me when I'm due, comment on my expecting or congratulating me. One day I got so fed up I told this lady that I'd be more than happy to let her hold my cyst once it was born. I work with the public. I had one client tell me that she thought I was the most beautiful pregnant woman she'd ever seen. I wanted to burst into tears, because there are days I'm so distended that I appear to be around 8 months pregnant with twins.
When I read that your cyst was so big it moved up below your ribs, I felt a sense of relief (I hope and pray it has long since been removed by now). When I lay on my right side, there is a large protrusion on my left side that looks to be about the size of a grapefruit, and below it another hefty protrusion. On my right side, it is like one long round bulge. I've never had any children, and at 37 I don't plan to. Still, I'm a little anxious.
I read earlier in the year about holistic ways of shrinking cysts (drinking pickle juice or vinegar). I think it actually caused them to grow!!! So ladies, I would not recommend this, as it's a total craps shoot as to what the consequences will be.
I've never really had any major health issues, as an adult. I think it's been more out of my stubborn refusal to go to a hospital. I'm so nervous about having to bear it all to some stranger I don't even know. I haven't been to a gyno since I was 16 (that Gyno was a man, and the entire experience creeped me out so badly I wrote Gynecology off completely). Happily, a client gave me the name and number of her own female gyno, and I will be seeing her very soon.
Have any of you ever felt like you had softballs rolling around in your lower pelvis whenever you changed positions in bed? I get that feeling more often now.
Avoiding wheat and starchy foods (as I read from another post earlier on) will definitely help to reduce the bloating and full feeling. If your digestive system is slow like mine, do NOT eat cheese or wheat! Cheese will cause Constipation in an already crowded digestive system, and this is what causes the burning pain in your upper abdomen. Instead of wheat cereals eat corn cereals. Eat salads and fish, and yogurt two or three times a week. Of course, Ibuprofen can help with the pain.
Thank you ALL for your words of wisdom, and for sharing your stories. I will be keeping an eye on this thread, and will update you on what is going on with me once I see the gyno. Thank you for your time!
I've been contending with a massively bloated abdomen for several months. Along with it comes severe piercing pain in my pelvis, my digestive system is slow and inefficient anymore, I feel like I have to pee all the time, I get so tired and weak, there are days of marked pain to the right of my belly button (that sometimes feels like it's on fire). Now and then, that pain will travel to the other side of my belly button on up to just beneath my ribs. Sometimes laying down is torture, as I can't breathe well. I vomit easily, and cannot eat normal size meals anymore. I can barely eat anything, and have lost a lot of weight. My stomach gets bigger as I get smaller. People are noticing that I'm shrinking. One of my co-workers told me that I looked extremely uncomfortable. I told her I looked like I was about to give birth, she said that I actually looked as though I was carrying twins in the 8th month.
I'm embarrassed by appearing pregnant, and everyone here is right; people ask me when I'm due, comment on my expecting or congratulating me. One day I got so fed up I told this lady that I'd be more than happy to let her hold my cyst once it was born. I work with the public. I had one client tell me that she thought I was the most beautiful pregnant woman she'd ever seen. I wanted to burst into tears, because there are days I'm so distended that I appear to be around 8 months pregnant with twins.
When I read that your cyst was so big it moved up below your ribs, I felt a sense of relief (I hope and pray it has long since been removed by now). When I lay on my right side, there is a large protrusion on my left side that looks to be about the size of a grapefruit, and below it another hefty protrusion. On my right side, it is like one long round bulge. I've never had any children, and at 37 I don't plan to. Still, I'm a little anxious.
I read earlier in the year about holistic ways of shrinking cysts (drinking pickle juice or vinegar). I think it actually caused them to grow!!! So ladies, I would not recommend this, as it's a total craps shoot as to what the consequences will be.
I've never really had any major health issues, as an adult. I think it's been more out of my stubborn refusal to go to a hospital. I'm so nervous about having to bear it all to some stranger I don't even know. I haven't been to a gyno since I was 16 (that Gyno was a man, and the entire experience creeped me out so badly I wrote Gynecology off completely). Happily, a client gave me the name and number of her own female gyno, and I will be seeing her very soon.
Have any of you ever felt like you had softballs rolling around in your lower pelvis whenever you changed positions in bed? I get that feeling more often now.
Avoiding wheat and starchy foods (as I read from another post earlier on) will definitely help to reduce the bloating and full feeling. If your digestive system is slow like mine, do NOT eat cheese or wheat! Cheese will cause Constipation in an already crowded digestive system, and this is what causes the burning pain in your upper abdomen. Instead of wheat cereals eat corn cereals. Eat salads and fish, and yogurt two or three times a week. Of course, Ibuprofen can help with the pain.
Thank you ALL for your words of wisdom, and for sharing your stories. I will be keeping an eye on this thread, and will update you on what is going on with me once I see the gyno. Thank you for your time!
Hi, I've had endometriosis for three years, had laproscopic surgery and they found multiple cysts on my left ovary. Two years after my surgery I still have pain in my left ovary, my said he couldn't help me. They had me on lupron for six months, then I was given bc as well as depo shots continuous until last october. I lost my insurance and since november I've been getting constant pain and now my left side is getting worse. I bleed two to three times a month and it can be every other week. Now I look like I'm almost three months pregnant and wondering if I could be dealing with chocolate cysts and I know that my.endometriosis is most likely back and slowly getting worse. I just got benefits again through work and wondering what I should do and if I can fight for my doctor to do surgery again or not... I hate being in pain all the time and feel like I'm going through labor again. My left side cramps into my midle pelvic region and shoots to my back and I feel it in my hips sometimes. In at a loss on where to turn. I'm the only one in my family who has these problems so none of them understand my situation. It would be nice to not feel so alone... Any adive...
I have always had regular periods,but the last two months my periods have changed, 2 months ago, I hardly had anything, and last month not very heavy and just different.And the last two months, my stomach looks bigger, I feel no pain, just hardening on the upper stomach, but not on the lower. I also have felt flutters in my stomach. After reading everyones posts on here I am scared it may be what you are all talking about. My husband had a vastemony so pregnecy is not possible. Has anyone felt flutters? Is it usually your whole stomach when and if you have cysts? Are cysts painful? I am worried, because I have a heart condition and scared of surgery and cancer. Thanks
Pain, weight loss or gain, change in bowel movement and swolen abdomen is all normal symptoms for ovarian cysts.
The swelling normally starts below your bellybutton but if your cyst is really big, it can go above. Mine was getting close to my ribs.
I think the irregular periods can be a symptom of cysts as well, most likely functional cysts if you havent had serious problems with them before.
Sounds like you need a trip to your GP asap, you will need an ultrasound scan to confirm if you have cysts. Good luck
The swelling normally starts below your bellybutton but if your cyst is really big, it can go above. Mine was getting close to my ribs.
I think the irregular periods can be a symptom of cysts as well, most likely functional cysts if you havent had serious problems with them before.
Sounds like you need a trip to your GP asap, you will need an ultrasound scan to confirm if you have cysts. Good luck
I have not had my period for a month now and I have always had a very irregular period. A couple times I have actually skipped a full month. However, when I have had sex, which is always 100% safe and we always check for a tear in the condom and everything, it causes a lot of pelvic pain and sometimes it makes it uncomfortable to pee. I have been pooping more than usual and I sometimes have jabbing pains both in my lower back and in my abdomen area. Sometimes, I have sharp pains in my groin area near my ovaries. I am starting to get very scared because it says I have lost 6-8 pounds but my stomach looks unusual. Is this normal when you have ovarian cysts?
Hi..i've been in pain now in my pelvic area for a few yrs. I look nine months pregnant and i am in constant agony everyday and night now. All the symptoms are looking at ovarian cysts and my docs booked me in for an ultrasound..but the pains non stop now. And i'm getting some runny juices coming from my vagina tonight. I can't settle with the pain. No painkillers are working its just gone a million times worse since i saw my doctor. Pain in my lower back and pelvis. Its just not stopping x.
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