PCOS- Ovarian Cyst removal?

cm1458
cm1458 Posts: 742 Member
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I am having a large cyst removed in about a week and I know there are always bad and good things that can happen during the procedure. I know it is not considered a major surgery and is done laproscopically.

Ladies that have had a cyst removed before.. What can I expect? Will I be put to sleep? How did you feel afterward and did you have any complications?

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  • bethfartman
    bethfartman Posts: 363 Member
    I went in for a 'routine' cyst removal and they ended up doing a full laparotomy (full hip to hip incision, instead of laparoscopically as planned) and I woke up (expecting to leave that same day) to over a week's hospital stay and with one less ovary. Not to scare you, but if I could go back, I would have not had the surgery and watchfully waited longer in hopes the cyst would resolve itself. I would have gladly dealt with a burst cyst (of which I've had many) rather than losing the whole ovary- the primary reason they wanted to remove it surgically was to avoid torsion and loss of the ovary, but that ended up happening anyways, so the end game ended up being the worst case scenario anyways.
  • bethfartman
    bethfartman Posts: 363 Member
    A 'good' thing that happened, though, was I was diagnosed with endometriosis via the ovary biopsy, so at least I had that without having to undergo another surgery and it explained a lot.

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