Guest guest Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Thank you so much for this, beth! I am trying to get in touch with a gyn here right now, but since we only just moved back to southern CA I don't know how I'll find one who can get me in right away. I'm going down a list. <g> And to complicate it further, I am leaving for the east coast for my mother in law's memorial service on Monday and won't be back until August 12. Forgive me if I said that in my other note. I'm a little frazzled by all this. You are so thoughtful. Gael Gael...I forwarded your info to Dr. Schwarzbein. I know she's super busy getting ready for her presentation but hopefully she'll havve time to help you...hang tight... And OMG...I can't believe they weren't going to tell you! What is with so many doctors these days? beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Thank you, Janet, it does help to hear that someone else had one and it apparently wasn't anything terrible. I'm 59, and know that I shouldn't have cysts on the ovary at this age, and that is what scares me. Mine is about 5cm by 4. That sounds big to me. The CT report also said it had the "attenuation of water", and even though I have looked that up I don't really understand what it means. I'm still in shock that no one at the hospital or at the surgeon who did the appendectomy office was going to alert me to this. The PA who saw me yesterday couldn't even find the CT report - it was in a stack of papers they had to rummage through when I insisted on having it! Gael Gael,I had a cyst, not sure of the type or what your particular type means. I've seen many patients (I'm an acupuncturist) with cysts and work out of an ob/gyn office. Ovarian cysts are fairly common. Mine disappeared a few months later. Sometimes they grow, sometimes they go and other times they can be problematic but, again, I can't speak to the size and type you have. Your GYN will have to advise you. I didn't like having one but if I wasn't having sonograms to check on my uterine lining I would never have known it existed. Hope this helpful.Janet To: rhythmicliving From: elisabethdonati@...Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:58:51 -0700Subject: cyst situation Gael...I forwarded your info to Dr. Schwarzbein. I know she's super busy getting ready for her presentation but hopefully she'll havve time to help you...hang tight... And OMG...I can't believe they weren't going to tell you! What is with so many doctors these days? beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Gael, I had a cyst, not sure of the type or what your particular type means. I've seen many patients (I'm an acupuncturist) with cysts and work out of an ob/gyn office. Ovarian cysts are fairly common. Mine disappeared a few months later. Sometimes they grow, sometimes they go and other times they can be problematic but, again, I can't speak to the size and type you have. Your GYN will have to advise you. I didn't like having one but if I wasn't having sonograms to check on my uterine lining I would never have known it existed. Hope this helpful. Janet To: rhythmicliving From: elisabethdonati@...Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:58:51 -0700Subject: cyst situation Gael...I forwarded your info to Dr. Schwarzbein. I know she's super busy getting ready for her presentation but hopefully she'll havve time to help you...hang tight... And OMG...I can't believe they weren't going to tell you! What is with so many doctors these days? beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Attenuation means " gradually reducing " . So it could mean that the water filled cyst or the water 'in' the cyst is gradually reducing? That's my best guess, at any rate. Sam (who's also 59) ===== > Thank you, Janet, it does help to hear that someone else had one and it > apparently wasn't anything terrible. I'm 59, and know that I shouldn't > have > cysts on the ovary at this age, and that is what scares me. Mine is > about > 5cm by 4. That sounds big to me. The CT report also said it had the > " attenuation of water " , and even though I have looked that up I don't > really > understand what it means. > > I'm still in shock that no one at the hospital or at the surgeon who did > the appendectomy office was going to alert me to this. The PA who saw me > yesterday couldn't even find the CT report - it was in a stack of papers > they > had to rummage through when I insisted on having it! > > Gael > > > In a message dated 7/20/2011 12:06:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > seaofqi@... writes: > > > > > Gael, > I had a cyst, not sure of the type or what your particular type means. > I've seen many patients (I'm an acupuncturist) with cysts and work out of > an > ob/gyn office. Ovarian cysts are fairly common. Mine disappeared a few > months later. Sometimes they grow, sometimes they go and other times > they > can be problematic but, again, I can't speak to the size and type you > have. > Your GYN will have to advise you. > > I didn't like having one but if I wasn't having sonograms to check on my > uterine lining I would never have known it existed. > > Hope this helpful. > Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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