Ruptured Right Ovarian Cyst

[LittleLori]

Hello. I had a right ovarian cyst rupture. I am quite confused on the matter, to be frank with you. The pain started on Friday, on Saturday it was extremely severe and nearly crippling. It was still there on Sunday when I awoke and noticed vaginal bleeding. I contacted my GYN who then told me to go to the nearest Emergency Room in which I did.

After about an hour wait I was seen by the attending who ordered they give me a pain medication injection and IV fluids. My pain tolerance is quite high, and I'm not very dramatic and was extremely calm so his use of heavy pain meds frightened me a bit. He said I'd "need" it to be in my system for the trans vaginal ultrasound.

After another 4 hours of waiting, he came back and told me it appeared I had a rather large cyst on my right ovary rupture. I don't know how he could tell the size, since it had ruptured and all, so I assume there's some form of visible debris. He gave me some medication for nausea, as well as pain medication and said to expect to feel quite rotten for up to two weeks. I asked with the cyst 'mess' being spilled out, if there's a risk of infection and he told me "No" very clearly. He told me just to give it time to "work it's way out" and then I'd feel better.

I called my mother once I got home (per her request) and she said that him saying "No" was not correct. Not that I really care, he probably didn't want me to worry, I suppose. He did tell me to follow up this week with my GYN to recheck my ovary as it's possible it has been damaged.

Anyway, I feel 'weird'. Like, something just seems off and I was hoping to see if this is normal. I keep getting hot flashes, and I am rather agitated. In addition to that, I feel like my stomach is 'hot'. Not to the touch, but inside. It feels like I ate tons of spicy Indian food (I am quite familiar with this feeling, hehe), except I didn't.

I hate to bother my GYN before my appointment which is Wednesday, so hopefully I can gather a peace of mind here if anyone has free time to give some insight. My google variations seem to be yielding no results.

Thanks for reading, and sorry this is so lengthy.

[LittleLori]

Thanks, that's one of the first ones I found. Maybe it's just me, but did you find others that read like they were written by a 10 year old? One mentioned getting "the septic shocks" - like it's an electrocution of sorts. I admittedly spent more time laughing than I did learning, hah.

Strangely enough, we can't find anything on what to look out for, or symptoms that are abnormal (post rupture / recovery). The other concern is from what we have read, and I just don't know why I wasn't given antibiotics. Maybe mine wasn't really bad?

I'm a little relieved, I thought I was having a kidney flare-up. My only worry is this ovary-death they speak of. While I can't have kids naturally due to severe damage (from '99) to my fallopian tubes, I can still get IVF but would need my ovaries to work still. :)

Thanks for your reply, and hopefully more women find that website. Even if you don't have this happen, I think it's very wise to know the symptoms. I overlooked mine, and it's easy to confuse with other things.

[tdk451]

Ouch - how awful...

Here is a web site dedicated to ruptured ovarian cysts (who would have thought it), which may give you an idea of treatment:  http://www.rupturedovariancyst.com/