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KatieMarie |
I am 19 years old and I have just been diagnosed with a 4.2 cm ovarian cyst. My doctor gave me (lowest dose) birth control pills to help shrink it. I am having severe reactions to the birth control pills (anxiety attacks, sleeplessness, loss of appetite). I am going to suffer through it for one month to see if it will shrink. After that, I don’t think I will be able to ever take birth control again. But, I have a feeling the doctors are going to tell me to stay on it to “reduce my risk of ovarian cancer and other cysts” (my grandmother died of ovarian cancer)– I was wondering if there was ANY alternative to birth control??? Does anything else prevent cysts??? |
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Dr. del Junco Jr. (Doctor) |
Dear KatieMarie- |
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DYNA |
eLEVEN YEARS AGO I WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN MY ABDOMEN I COULD NOT GET UP TO WALK I WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY DID A LAPAROSCOPY AND THE DR SAID HE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. mOST LIKELY HE SAID IT WAS A CORPUS LITHIUM CYST.2 YEARS AGO I HAD THE SAME DISCOMFORT. I WENT TO THE DR. AND HE DID AN ULTRASOUND ON THE SAME SIDE SAID IT WAS A SEROUS CYT ANDENOMA. I HAD SURGERY-LAPAROSCOPY, THEY REMOVED THE RIGHT OVARY AND THE FALLOPIAN TUBE. DIAGNOSIS-BENIGN CYST,ENDOMETROMA,BENIGHN PARATUBAL CYST,AND CHRONIC SALPINGITIS. MY DOCTOR PUT ME ON LOW DOSAGE BIRTH CONTROL PILL TO STOP OTHER FORMATIONS OF A CYST. 3 WEEKS AFTER MY SURGERY I STARTED TAKING THE PILL BECAUSE MY PERIOD STARTED, EVER SINCE I HAVE BEEN TAKING THE PILL THE FLOW OF MY PERIOD WAS HEAVY, ISNT BIRTH CONTROL PILL SUPPOSED TO SLOW YOUR PERIODS DOWN? AND WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR FOLLOW UPS WITH MY DOCTOR SO THAT I CAN PREVENT ANOTHER CYST FROM FORMING. MY DOCTOR ALSO SAY THAT BECAUSE I HAVE ENDOMETRIOMA I MAY HAVE ENDOMETROSIS AND HAVE FERTILITY PROBLEMS IS THIS TRUE? |
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Dr. del Junco Jr. (Doctor) |
Dear Dyna- |
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Jo |
I have had ovarian cysts removed two years ago. Do they most often re-occur and if so, how soon? |
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Dr. del Junco Jr. (Doctor) |
Dear Jo- |