Wellness

[ccassaday]

My mom who is 61 recently was diaganosed with an enlarged overy. They did the ultrasound and found a nodule. They are sending her to get a blood test now. I am so scared. Is there anyway t his is not cancer.

[bullyluv]

Yes, don't panic until you have a reason too. It could be a cyst. I have had a few ovarian cysts. It aches a bit a throbs but that was about it. I went to the dr and he said it was the size of an egg! He said if it didn't go away (I think some can take about 3 months) he would have to remove it via surgery. It did go away, I think with the fear of surgery I had a moment of self healing. I have had a few since but none recently. I should add they will sometimes try treat them with birth control pills, i did try those but they made me feel sick. If it is cancer, let's hope they caught it early and can treat it! My best wishes to your mom and I hope everything is o.k.

[151949]

Many more people have ovarian cysts than ovarian cancer. The odds are in her favor.

[ccassaday]

On 8/2/2014 bullyluv said: Yes, don't panic until you have a reason too. It could be a cyst. I have had a few ovarian cysts. It aches a bit a throbs but that was about it. I went to the dr and he said it was the size of an egg! He said if it didn't go away (I think some can take about 3 months) he would have to remove it via surgery. It did go away, I think with the fear of surgery I had a moment of self healing. I have had a few since but none recently. I should add they will sometimes try treat them with birth control pills, i did try those but they made me feel sick. If it is cancer, let's hope they caught it early and can treat it! My best wishes to your mom and I hope everything is o.k.

Did you have the blood test done. Wouldn't they be able to tell it was a cyst from the ultrasound.

[Tissyanne]

They should be able to tell if it is a cyst from ultrasound. At least they could on a breast cyst on me. Sending positive thoughts to your mom and you.

[Big Sister]

It's very possible it is a benign fibroid.

[KarenQVC]

First, good wishes to you and your Mom. All I can do is tell you my story. At age 65 I developed an ovarian cyst the size of a softball. Yes, I could actually feel it. They did laprascopic surgery, took out the cyst and both ovaries, and I was fine. The doctor said it could be from using Clomid to get pregnant 32 years ago.

[alarmclock]

Do not borrow trouble! It is most likely nothing. Odds are very much in her favor.

[bullyluv]

On 8/2/2014 ccassaday said:

On 8/2/2014 bullyluv said: Yes, don't panic until you have a reason too. It could be a cyst. I have had a few ovarian cysts. It aches a bit a throbs but that was about it. I went to the dr and he said it was the size of an egg! He said if it didn't go away (I think some can take about 3 months) he would have to remove it via surgery. It did go away, I think with the fear of surgery I had a moment of self healing. I have had a few since but none recently. I should add they will sometimes try treat them with birth control pills, i did try those but they made me feel sick. If it is cancer, let's hope they caught it early and can treat it! My best wishes to your mom and I hope everything is o.k.

Did you have the blood test done. Wouldn't they be able to tell it was a cyst from the ultrasound.

No blood test, I had a ultra sound and it came back all good. There are two kinda, the one they do on top of your stomach and the one that do via insertion. I had a weird experience with that: I went in and you have to have a full bladder while they push and prod I thought I would explode! Then you go and pee and then comes the inserting. Well I went in to pee and got my period of all times and places to get it. So the tech had her boss read the first ultra sound (just on top of the tummy one) and I got the all clear that the inserting one wasn't needed. Ithis was about ten years ago and I am guessing things have changed a bit. I wish your mom luck!

[LilacTree]

All of my daughters get ovarian cysts, two of them quite frequently. They are painful but usually go away on their own. Some of them became quite large. Ironically, I have never had an ovarian cyst myself.

As others have said, the odds are it is a cyst. Try not to worry until you have to.