grrrr

You're in the UK right?  I just read an article about the UK system being superior to the US medical system due to cost.  Yes we are having exceptional issues due to cost.  However, the UK system although NHS is cost effective it is fraught with wait and see and resistance to treat, especially in this site. 

I feel for you, Almost every time I read a woman's post she is fighting to be taken seriously and treated for her ailment.  Instead bearly examined and sent home, (maybe with medication) to waid and see if it resolves itself.  Fighting for diagnostic imaging and probable surgery.

True, no one wants unnecessary surgery but with huge/excruciating cysts being left for months/years to see if they magically disappear I just don't understand.  I know cysts are a normal part of a woman's cycle but the system of needing permission (referral) to see a gynecologist is just ridiculous.

I so badly feel for you and hope if it did rupture, which hopefully you scan next week will show, it will disappear and give you no more problems.

Sending good thoughts and hopes for you.

I feel your pain ;( I've been having both bowel and gynae problems for the couple of years and spent the first part of last week in hospital (again) because of the pain! I have a tiny cyst (2.5) on my right ovary and I've been in agony for the last fortnight and sore for months before that ;( i don't know if it's the cyst that's causing the pain but have been experiencing other gynae issues which made me wonder if it was! While in hospital I was waiting to be taken down to surgery, as although a cyst of that size shouldn't cause issues, they thought it was worth taking it out and having a look around, a new dr came on in the morning and said they'd decided not to operate as it wasn't worth the risk when they weren't sure that's what was causing the pain ;( so I was discharged on painkillers and waiting to have an MRI so they can get a better look at the cyst and check that nothing else is going on! I'm so fed up, the pain is becoming unbearable again, but because I've had serious bowel issues since having my appendix our 2 years ago, and a number of hospital admissions due to pain and/or bowel obstructions, I keep feeling like I'm getting fobbed off and no one listens to how much it is affecting my life. When they went over my pre op and kept mentioning the risk of losing the ovary and that I was so young (29!) and the fact I don't have kids, I burst in to tears and told them the ovary was of no bloody use to me seen as I'm in so much pain I don't have a life...having kids isn't an option when I have days I literally can't move without being sick because of the pain. You'd think that would have let them know how big an issue it is, but they still feel watchful waiting is a better approach ;( I honestly don't know if it's an issue with my bowel or ovary but I'm not a dr-I can't find that out on my own! I've done every single thing that my gastro dr/dietitian has suggested over the last 2 years, every single thing-and although it's made a huge difference to the bowel symptoms in general, the pain is still there! I'm so sorry you're feeling like this, it's so incredibly frustrating ;( I really, really hope you get answers soon x

Update. A week later I have had a scan and seen consultant. The cyst was still there but with the internal scan found to be thickening in places. So I have gone from the doctor not being able to feel it, not having to worry about it and probably not needing surgery to yes we wil take out both ovaries. No we cant do keyhole surgery as we want to ensure that it is kept complete as it is removed so as not to spread anything if it is cancerous. (My ca125 does not indicate this). So I have requested a full hysterectomy. If going to have a scar and have recovery of weeks I am making sure (I hope) that I don't ever have to come back. Fingers crossed it is benign. Stick with it ladies! We know our bodies and when something is not right.  I have only got this far by being dogged - asking gp for referrals, following up appointment bookings etc . In fact I was not supposed to have last nights one. Hospital was to contact me after scan to make one if necessary but I just went ahead and booked it as I was leaving last week. Thank you all for being a support over the last few months.