Ovarian Pain?

Needing some reassurance/guidance. I’m 43 y/o (post-partial hysterectomy 2yrs ago) and am currently  having some other wacky health issues that I believe are related to my thyroid. To make matters worse, I am still on a new job probation until September 1 so I have no insurance currently.  About three weeks ago, I started getting really bad indigestion. Granted, I do get GERD and occasionally get flare ups, but for some reason this felt different and longer lasting. It made me feel like I didn’t want to eat much and my food would just sit in my stomach for hours. That has pretty much stayed the course for the last 3 weeks, but it typically has good or bad days where I feel ok to eat. The days I don’t, I make myself eat. About a week and a half ago, I noticed some L pelvic cramping when I laid down to go to sleep. It seemed to let up when I would shift positions. I didn’t think much of it then, but a couple days later I started to get this sharp left hip pain that went from my ovary area to my back where my sciatic nerve is. That night I started getting pins and needles and slight numb feeling from my left glute to my ankle. It lasted for 30min or more. When I woke up the next morning, I woke up with my left hip, glute, thigh and leg  muscles aching like I had done a really intense workout the day before (which I hadn't at all). Coincidentally, the same thing happened to my right forearm and hand the next night...so, again...could be related to something else.  Anyway, the muscle aches went away after a day or so, but from that point, I have had the same sharp pain on my left hip over my ovary that travels slightly to my lower abdominal area and wraps around to my back. It feels like a “pinch” or a constant side ache (like the kind you get after running). The intensity comes and goes. There was one day it was barely there, but for the most part it has been constant the last 4-5 days. I can usually get relief if I lay on my right side when I sleep. It gets more intense when I walk or sit...especially when leaning to my left side. Ibuprofen helps some... takes the edge off. I don’t get pain with intercourse and I don’t feel like I have to pee all the time. Though, I am bloated off and on. I have a pelvic ultrasound scheduled for after the 1st when my insurance kicks in and I’m driving myself batty trying to wait through it. I’ve been reading about all of your experiences with cysts and was glad to see this as a possibility. My mind has entertained all kinds of terrible things. Especially since, every GYN I have had always told me the cysts I have had (in the past) have never been big enough to cause me pain...even though the pain was the very reason it took me to their office in the first place! Can someone share if these symptoms sound typical to your experience with ovarian cysts?

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