Hi there
After my period I spend two weeks in excruciating pain from my lower left abdomen. It wakes me up at night, disappears by early morning, then comes back again for about 5-6 hours during the day. It has gone by the afternoon, then reappears during the night again. It prevents me from sleeping and doing normal activities during the day. I work for myself, but if I had a job I wouldn't be able to go to work during these periods of pain. The pain is in a specific spot on my lower left side, where it feels like my ovaries are. It makes my back ache too in the same spot on the back, as if someone was sticking a hot sharp poker right through my ovary. I have been to the doctor and referred to the gynaecologist, I have a small chocolate cyst on each ovary. I was recommended to take the birth control pill or surgery to remove the cysts. I didn't like either option so I elected to wait and see if it continues. It is getting worse and totally disrupting my life. It only ever hurts on the left side. I am able to go to the toilet normally. I don't have a fever. Sometimes it hurts so much I feel nauseous but I haven't actually been sick. It seems I have no other symptoms. Painkillers do absolutely nothing to control the pain (x2 30mg codeine/500mg paracetamol, 400mg ibuprofen), I have to wait for it to go, knowing it will come back again. Why does it hurt so much, so consistently, and happen *after* my periods?