6cm corpus luteal cyst... where to go from here?

[JennaJayen]

I had a well-being scan today and have just found out that i have a 6cm cyst (the corpus luteum oddly enough) on my left ovary.
It's touching my right ovary and its starting to put pressure on my uterus as well and it has grown since last week when it was noticeably smaller on last weeks scan.
I am 7wks 5d and I don't see the midwife until 14wks and I dont see the ob until 16+wks as I have to go through shared care down here as we don't have health insurance or the money to go private, I'm lucky I do get to choose my ob though.

So I am wondering where do I go from here? It has been causing pain for 4.5wks as it has grown, but no one has taken it seriously so far.
Do I just make an appointmemts with my gp in the interim for regular scans to monitor the growth of the cyst until I can see my ob?

Thanks in advance.

[bubno.3]

I would be asking for something to be done re the cyst now as it may rupture

[~Ash~]

I would be seeing the gp and requesting they do something more than monitor it. They should be able to request you see the ob sooner. I wouldn't be waiting another 7 weeks if it is noticeably bigger after 1 week.

Maybe if the pain is bad you could head to the ER instead?


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[Maruschke]

You could ask your GP to refer you to a gyno to cover you until you get in to see the Obs? Hope it sorts itself out.

[JennaJayen]

Thank you for your responses guys.

bubno.3 - I asked the midwife today and she hasn't personally dealt with a cyst this big before, so she's taking a wait and monitor stance on it at the moment.

Ash - I will be seeing my OB on the 21st of December now, the midwife I spoke to after posting this managed to squeeze me in earlier than planned,so I'll be just short of 12wks. 3wks 6d to go now. Last time I went to the ER with the stabbing and stinging pains from it they put a drip in me and then sent me home, the really don't care all that much until you are past 23wks down here. It's not really bad, just stinging pain and cramping, and it's set off my irritable uterus a few times already too I think as I've felt it contract into a hard ball 8 times already in the past 1.5wks. It's starting earlier every pregnancy now

Maruschke - My OB is the gyno lol makes it hard, I have the earliest possible appointment now for the 21st of December so hopefully it will stay ok until then.

I will be calling my GP tomorrow and making an appointment for next week (DD has been sick today so I tried to get an appointment for her and they don't have any free until monday, I'll talk to him about it as he was concerned about the cramping and tenderness I was having when I saw him last week which is why he gave me the referral for another scan. I'm glad I got a good sonographer today who actually explained things and showed me everything, last weeks sonographer didn't say much at all and didn't even let me see the screen, I had to sneak a peek at the photo's just before we left which is how I know the cyst is bigger.

Over everything going wonky here at the moment, ity never rains it just pours when things go wrong.

[JennaJayen]

Just updating - I haven't had any monitoring as my GP decided that a very dodgy radiologists report (one stating that bub measures 8wks 4d when I was 7wks 5d from LMP dates and just 7 days earlier bub had been measuring 2 days behind LMP dates, and which also changed which ovary the cyst was on depending on which sentence it was gah!) was more correct in saying that the cyst had shrunk slightly in the 7 days between scans (it didn't say by how much it had shrunk which you would think it would have said that) and considering compared to the babies size the cyst had GROWN by quite a bit to my visible eye in the 7 days between scans and bub was measuring 8wks exactly according to the sonographer you can guess that I'm really really really ****ed off.

There isn't any use in me going to the ER unless I am bleeding quite heavily, and even then all they will do is put me in the isolation room so I don't upset any of the other patients with a "potential" miscarriage (they did that when I was pregnant with DD around 13wks or so on the very last of the several occasions when I was bleeding) take some blood and then send me home with more painkillers.

I have 9 days now until I have my 12wk scan and see my OB and I am so nervous about it and still in quite a bit ot pain most days. I'm scared that the cyst will have grown and started to twist on itself or that they will find something else wrong. I can't even pee or do #2's now without getting pain from the pressure.

Soooo frustrated!