I had a laproscopic ovarian cystectomy 1 month ago to remove a 6cm complex cyst from my right ovary. They did the 1st ultrasound in June, then scanned again in August to follow up and saw that it grew, but didn't remove it for 3 weeks because my OBGYN went on vacation. Sometime during that time, the cyst ruptured, and when they did the surgery to remove the cyst, they found that I had a significant amount of blood in my abdominal cavity. They cleaned it up and removed the empty cyst, and were able to save my ovary.
Aside from terrible gas pain, my recovery was pretty typical except for 2 things -
1. It still hurts when I empty my bladder, even after a month and 2 rounds of antibiotics. The doctor just ordered another urine culture, the first one showed no infection.
2. I'm completely exhausted - I have been going to work at my sit-down job, but I can't function at home after I work, and I just want to rest all of the time.
I am also having an extremely heavy period - I usually have really light, 3-4 day periods, and I am on day 5 of heavy bleeding (I've been using a super tampon and a pad just in case the tampon fails, which it has after 2 hours on several occasions).
Today. I've been struggling with a horrible headache, overwhelming fatigue (think almost falling asleep at my desk - I'm normally very perky, so this feels so strange), and dizziness/lightheadedness.
My question is: has this happened to anyone else? I'm afraid that either I have a new cyst that ruptured, or I am having some other kind of post-operative problem. I thought I might be anemic from my period and the cyst rupture, too. My doctor has been really nonchalant about the bladder problem, and it's really frustrating because it hurts. Now, I have all this exhaustion and I'm afraid she won't take it seriously either. I went in for the culture and asked to talk to the nurse about these symptoms, she said that the doctor was busy but she would run it by her and call me today/tomorrow AM. She didn't call me today. I've been a lump on the couch since I got home. :( I want my energy back. I also have anxiety and these health issues are making my anxiety problems feel much worse. I am hoping to have answers soon, but in the meantime if anyone has experienced something like this and gotten help, I would love to hear what happened. Thank you!