Hi Lovelies.
Hope you are all having a lovely day!
I am having a rubbish day and just need to vent! I’m having my HSG on Tuesday and me being me, I’ve so worried about it! Im so worried about the outcome, what if my tubes are blocked? What’s the next steps? What if they fob me off like they have done for so long? What if they don’t allow me to have surgery which has also been refused once before or if they don’t set me up a treatment plan?
I’m 23 with two chocolate cysts. One on each ovary. One is 2cm and one is just under 3cm. I haven’t wanted to go on the pill because me and my husband are trying for a baby so that wasn’t an option, and surgery was not an option as they refused as the cysts are not too big and shouldn’t be affecting fertility. I had a scan last week to see if they had grown and they were still the same size as above and have been for the last 7 months, she said they hadn’t grown. Also I forgot to mention my husband has issues with his sperm, sperm count isn’t as high as they would like an morphology is 2%.
So apart from the HSG on Tuesday and my husband sperm analysis on Wednesday, we have to see the fertility doctor on 31st October. I’m also worried if we need IVF or ICSI is it?? (I’m still very very new lol) we won’t be accepted as we would not be able to fund it ourselves as we don’t have that kind of money. Everything is running through my brain today and I just need some positivity or anyone to share there stories with me!!?
Hope you all have a lovely weekend xx
I've seen you around in the forum for long but never had a chance to interact so far. Hmm I usually add a little directives with BFP congratulations. Take good care on yourself and no matter what do not stress. Also, since I've seen you around for long it obvious you have every reason to dwell on the odds from the past... don't do that. I've read it in hundreads of blogs and articles that stress both physical and mental isn't good for the baby neither it's healthy for the mother. So, throw away the worries and just chillax. I hope you don't mind. Just as aspiring mother trying to find hope and hapiness for all the BFP she lands on. 
Hi ChloeLoveridge0910, can you ask your doctor to drain both cysts. I got severe endometriosis. I had surgery last year and my doctor drained the endometrioma. Good luck.xx
Hey Sezvic! Thank you for replying. I will mention this to my fertility doctor 😊 xx
As far as I know, unless the cyst is somewhat inflamed it cannot be drained as such. Her chocolate cysts didn't grow a bit which suggest there's either no or very slow growth.... no clinic would really tread with spooking it unless there's real evidence of its interference in the patient's life. Considering she'd been dismissed of surgery they still don't have reason to get into any process with the cyst.
My doctor did mention that unless they were large or grew they wouldn’t like to do surgery unless they were 5cm or bigger? Maybe a different case for everybody. But as they haven’t grown over the last 7 months I’m assuming the need for surgery isn’t immediate.
Yes, I assumed the same from your story... even if there's a surgery to happen it's not gonna happen any soon. Just out of curiosity, do you have symptoms or inconvenience? Haven't you been on medications to deal with the cyst over this 7 months? I know someone who've had chocolate cysts, I don't remember the measure though but it was very small and she was on medications after the while the cyst diminished.
I’ve had very painful and heavy periods for as long as I can remember, but I always have spotting in between periods, although there is very rare. Once every few months maybe? Been hospitalised due to abdo pain, painful intercourse but this is also rare I more so get cramp like pains after intercourse, usually fade away after a few hours. I haven’t been given any medication for the cysts, just lots of different pain relief to try, my GP said if I wasn’t willing to go on the pill there was very little they could do.
Oh, yes these inconveniences you mentioned are frequent with cysts. It's really irksome that it does everything that makes your life difficult and painful and yet it's too small to be surgically removed. I don't know if pills are the only way but yes they are a treatment method. However, as far as I've read new measures are eliminating the use of pills. In fact a combination of pill and pain killers are precribed in most cases to shrink the cyst. I mean I understand people dread about going on pills owing to the numerous complication it might cause... even to the extent to affect pregnancy... but in your case your very cure is the pill. So, I really don't know why you're so reluctant to even give it a try. Considering the cysts are small it will only be matter of few weeks. Definitely, as long as you're ovulating you might get pregnant naturally but the cyst may interfare even in gestation... so you'll have to do something about it. I wish you find your way to deal with this demon of a cyst... good Luck!
I cannot go on the pill due to family history of dvt.
Oh okay. Well, then it's really risky or at least increases the risks of DVT. I didn't know this effect to be honest, I just checked after you mentioned and it does increase the chance of DVT by 3-4 times. With a family history of DVT, the risk is many times more. Sadly, there are ways to deal will contraception without progesterone, like minipill but then that's of no use to your case. I hope you find a suitable way to deal with the chocolate cysts and end it's interference in your fertility journey. Wish you all the luck in the world!