cyst still there

[Disneyaddict123]

hello,

so over 3 months ago I was in hospital long story short I got told I have a ovarian cyst, now I have gone back for the follow up ultrasound and it’s still there and has grown it’s now around 5-6cm’s my question is, how long do people usually wait for them to do something about it on the NHS?

thank you 😊

[Fred91]

hey, I had a similar thing and I was told that unless it was bothering me they won’t do much. The NHS was ready to dismiss my case but I had symptoms and I had to push to get seen by a new gyno and and MRI. Good job I did, turned out I had a second one hiding and had a laparoscopy cysteroctomy a month ago.

I’d say if you feel like something is wrong with your body trust your gut and push for further exams. It took me 4 years to be seen or believed for that matter.

Is the cyst causing you noticeable changes? Like more bloating, swollen leg and ankles, etc?

[G3miniStar]

Did they say which type of cyst it was, simple, blood filled or endometrioma? This may determine what they do about it in my experience. If it's an endometrioma then I was told it's unlikely to go away by itself as that's endo tissue and if it bursts could cause a load of problems.