Posted by Kath on December 6, 2008, at 21:37:58
In reply to Re: Good Update » Kath, posted by Phillipa on December 6, 2008, at 21:20:51
Yup!! Doc said cysts will often fill up again, hence re-ultrasound later.
Doc is in about his late 60's with a slight Scottish accent. He's very jovial & awfully kind & gentle. Also very straightforward.
So I told him all the syptoms, etc. That the pain started with the ultrasound & was in the same place I used to get 'twinges' at ovulation time. So then he said, "Okay - you've told me the rest of the story! Now - you tell me - what has happened??!!"
So I thought, "WHAT!!??" I said I didn't know & he said with his Scottish accent & a smile, "Think, woman!!"
LOL Jeez!! So I made some stupid guess. Then he told me that in the same way the follicle bursts to release the ripe egg at ovulation, the ultrasound ruptured the cyst & the liquid was seeping out over the week, causing slight peritonitis & therefore pain.
When I asked him if the cyst reformed, might it turn cancerous. He said, "If it turns cancerous, I'll eat my..." & looked around his desk & when his eyes landed on his glass juice bottle, continued "I'll eat my juice bottle!!!"
He is hilarious!!
He said that in his opinion there was no need at all to do a C125, but he was doing it to help me feel more reassured.
So that's my funny doctor story!
What a relief. He also said that they could tell from the look of the cyst in the ultrasound, whether it was just a simple, ordinary, fluid-filled cyst, or a denser, uneven one that might be cancerous.
All in all I feel totally reassured.
Thanks all, for your support.
:-) Kath
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