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Brilliant_Rock
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I''ve been dealing with this for about a month now, and I don''t really want to talk to my friends about it at this point, but I feel like I need to get it out to someone. A few weeks ago I started feeling some lower abdomen pain. I ignored it for about 2 weeks because it wasn''t too bad, but as it got worse I called my gyno. She said she would send me for tests or have me come in if it really hurt a lot, but since it wasn''t too bad at that point I made an appointment for 2 weeks from then (the soonest I could get) and figured if it still hurt at that point I would go, otherwise I would cancel. My doctor said to call her back if it got much worse.
That following weekend, it got MUCH worse to the point where it hurt to walk or even lay down. I tried to get in touch with my doctor and finally reached her 2 days later. She told me to come in and when she listened to my symptoms she said she thought it was a urinary tract infection. Coincidentally I had an appointment with an internist that day also who agreed it was a UTI. I started taking antibiotics and within a few days some of the pain went away but I still felt pain specifically in my lower left abdomen. Anyway, long story short I spoke to my gyno and she said she got the official results from the UTI test and they were negative. So it was never a UTI in the first place. She sent me for a pelvic ultrasound today and as the woman was doing the ultrasound she pressed against something and it hurt a LOT. So I told her and asked what it was she was pressing on - she said it was my left ovary.
Now I know I''m probably overreacting and thinking the worst about this since I don''t know anything for sure yet... but my mom has a history of cysts and fibroids, miscarriages, and an ectopic pregnancy. I know I''m young and the likelihood of me having those issues right now is low, but still. It worries me.
Does anyone have any experiences similar to this?
Thanks for letting me get it off my chest... I talk to DH about it, but he''s even more worried than I am (especially because he doesn''t understand how it could hurt so much and be nothing) so I don''t want to worry him more by telling him I''m really worried about it.
That following weekend, it got MUCH worse to the point where it hurt to walk or even lay down. I tried to get in touch with my doctor and finally reached her 2 days later. She told me to come in and when she listened to my symptoms she said she thought it was a urinary tract infection. Coincidentally I had an appointment with an internist that day also who agreed it was a UTI. I started taking antibiotics and within a few days some of the pain went away but I still felt pain specifically in my lower left abdomen. Anyway, long story short I spoke to my gyno and she said she got the official results from the UTI test and they were negative. So it was never a UTI in the first place. She sent me for a pelvic ultrasound today and as the woman was doing the ultrasound she pressed against something and it hurt a LOT. So I told her and asked what it was she was pressing on - she said it was my left ovary.
Now I know I''m probably overreacting and thinking the worst about this since I don''t know anything for sure yet... but my mom has a history of cysts and fibroids, miscarriages, and an ectopic pregnancy. I know I''m young and the likelihood of me having those issues right now is low, but still. It worries me.
Does anyone have any experiences similar to this?
Thanks for letting me get it off my chest... I talk to DH about it, but he''s even more worried than I am (especially because he doesn''t understand how it could hurt so much and be nothing) so I don''t want to worry him more by telling him I''m really worried about it.