Question around ovarian cysts/cancer?

I went to my ob/gyn back in June basically due to pelvic pain I was having roughly on my left side. It had also been 2 years since my ending pap. My doctor did a pelvic exam and a pap and after asking me a series of questions about my symptoms told me that I probably had a cyst on my ovary. She did not charge an ultrasound though. She put me on birth control pills and told me if it did not help to call her back. Well just about a week later I got a phone call that my pap be abnormal (ASCUS positive for low risk HPV) so I went back surrounded by for a colposcopy. The results of the colposcopy were CIN 1. I go back contained by November for a re-colpo. However, I am still having pain on my left side. It will turn away for a couple of weeks and then come right back. The most painful time is during my length. I called my doctor and told him and he said to try one more pack of birth control pills and if it didn't help they would calendar more tests. My mom and my sister both have endometriosis. My mom had to own a complete hysterectomy when she was 22 due to her endometriosis. I am 25. I have been doing deeply of research and found out that your sigmoid colon runs very near your left ovary. So I thought I don`t know it could be diverticulosis. So I took some mild stool softners (that were not oh so mild!). I had major diarrhea that complete day (sorry if TMI). This made my left side hurt even more. Could it possibly be because when you have diarrhea it cause your colon to spasm and it rubbed against my cyst causing irritation? Also I had a c-section Jan 2008. Could I have developed adhesion causing my left side pain? Basically the solely symptoms that I am having is left side pelvic pain (comes and go.. sometimes it will hurt for 2 weeks sometimes it won't hurt at all for 2 weeks) and mild lower back pain (not sure if the lower wager on pain is from PMS or the cyst). I do not have any pain during sex, frequent urination, full notion.. etc. Should I be concerned about ovarian cancer? I'm just ready to achieve the ball rolling and get an ultrasound. Should the doctor have ordered one first of adjectives in the first place? I was just wanting some personal opinion and maybe some people that experienced similar things. Thank you!
Answers:    If you have have pelvic pain for over a year and have been to the doctor that plentiful times and they have not ordered tests to find the cause of your affliction, you need to find a new doctor. Trying to self-diagnose will not help you. It is not probable to be ovarian cancer, as you would have symptoms by now. The doctor should have done an ultrasound surrounded by the first place or at least within the first few months. There are several types of ovarian cysts and they cannot always be determined what giving they are on imagining. However, benign cysts will respond to birth control pills, but there is no way to know if they are unless you can see if they are shrinking. This requires imagine. Source(s): I am a cancer registrar.


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