Advice on Ovarian Cysts

Birth Control pills usually help with cysts very quickly. If you don't smoke, you could speak with your dr about your concerns and see if a short-term round of pills might help. Depending on how big the cyst is, it could be a normal cyclical cyst.

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and my girlfriend (with an 8yo daughter) just came home from the hospital after surgery from a ruptured ovarian cyst yesterday. She went in to the ER last Saturday with abdominal pain and found out rather quickly it was caused by a ruptured ovarian cyst.
Whatever choice you go with - make a decision and go with it. Research your choices, talk to your doctor about options.
The hospital stay and surgery was very very had on my friends daughter - their little minds go off in all sorts of directions with something like this.
Research, gather your info, talk to your dr, make a decision and take care of yourself.

My good friend has fibroid cysts, and has had great luck using acupuncture to shrink them. Good luck!

Unfortunately you pretty much eliminated the two treatment options. My only suggestion is to take pain management meds when you need them and take comfort knowing the pain is coming from a source that isn't doing much damage. Sometimes we feel pain and react more because of the worry about why out body is in pain then the pain itself, so maybe knowing the pain is from a cyst will let you coast with pain management until you can have the operation.

I have had ovarian cysts a couple of times and my dr gave me some anti-inflamitory/pain meds and they went away on their own. You may want to ask about that and wait and see. They are very painful. I remember laying on the couch crying with mine.

Read up on ovarian health and take a trip to your nearest health food store. Check out this site: http://www.herbs2000.com/disorders/ovarian_cyst.htm.

Also, check out the Native Remedies site. I order from there.