Severe anxiety and surgery...

[90sam]

Hi everyone, this is my first post on here.

I was diagnosed with ovarian cysts a few months back and everything since has been a rollercoaster for me. The first doctor was convinced that i have endometriosis, and a so called chocolate cyst measuring almost 10 cm on my left ovary. He prescribed me BC pills, which i was reluctant to take due to suffering from bouts of anxiety. (Im scared of anything possibly altering my mental state). I then went to another doc who said that BC pills dont work for that type of cyst anyway and hence i shouldnt take them! He said that i had 3 cysts, sticking together measuring 10x7 cm (3 weeks ago), and that he thought they were "mucinous adenoma" firstly and secondly endometrioma. He then went on to recommend surgery, some kind of draining out the cysts...Im not sure. There was also talk of surgery possibly being converted in to "open surgery" and the removal of my ovary.

All of this info has me chocked to be honest and has caused a spike in my anxiety level. I am beside myself worrying about undergoing surgery, and then even worse-maybe losing an ovary. I dont know If this is information that they provide anyone doing surgery or If it applies especially in my case..

I also know that some of you are way worse off than me..im overtly dramatic about everything. I just cant stop. I have even thought about killing myself, cause im so scared and The anxiety makes me lose grip of reality. My SO and family are sick of hearing me complain and fret. Im a 27 yr old with no kids as of yet btw.

Anyone with experience of dealing with anxiety in situations like this or having had draining (ablation?) Of cysts?

Sorry If all of this is incoherent, im typing on my phone. Thank you for reading.

[Marie_74]

Hello, yes I had surgery for the same thing 10 years ago my cysts have gone now and I felt loads better. Only thing is now I’m having the same symptoms which is making me depressed and I’m waiting for scan to see if I need more surgery. Don’t worry the Surgery is okay and will make you feel better.

[Lncar]

I am so sorry you are suffering from anxiety. I've had horrible anxiety most of my life. I had my very first surgery this May, my gallbladder was engorged with gallstones. I was terrified. It had to come out. Surprisingly the anticipation of surgery was worse than the actual surgery and recovery.

Two months ago I had a 6cm chocolate cyst. They ended up removing my ovary and Fallopian tube by laparoscopic, not open. I should say that I'm 45, so I gave my surgeon permission to remove the ovary if it would be a complicated surgery. So that was my choice. I had much less anxiety over this surgery. I did worry about how my body would feel after being hormonally disruptive by having my ovary removed. I felt like I had a bad case of pms for a few weeks. I feel good now.

Never apologize for being anxious. Talk it through with your Dr. I found everyone to be understanding and supportive. Both surgeries were much easier than my anxiety over them. If that makes sense.

Best wishes!

[Hidden]

I’m 21 and have had terrible anxiety my whole life. I bawled the entire time until they put me under for my first lap. They told me somewhat similar things like saying it could be possible an ovary may need to be removed or that it could turn into open surgery since they suspected endo and I have cysts on my ovaries.

Everything turned out fine and I had a small patch of endo. I understand your nervousness. But it may turn out to be okay! My cysts shrunk because of the bc pill I was on a few weeks prior to surgery.

If this is your first surgery I can empathize with being very anxious about it. I have many posts on my page pre and post op with incision pictures if you want to check that out.

I just had my gallbladder taken out two weeks ago as well.. so I’ve been through the ringer! I’m currently back in the hospital due to possible complications as I’m having severe pain and nausea.

Good luck to you and if you have any questions let me know x

[Hidden]

I've had hideous anxiety my whole life and honestly, stressing about op was worse than the op itself. I didn't even feel going under and I was absolutely pooing it but came back round before I knew it, asked for pain meds and the rest of it was plain sailing from there. I would say do something to take your mind off it but I didn't find anything that worked as I was so terrified. Just try to be as clued up as you can, sounds weird bu I found watching lap videos helped me bc I knew exactly what was going to happen, and remember to breathe bc it's hard to do when you're so caught up in everything. Good luck! x