: Ovarian cysts and pancreatitis

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Hi ,

I couldn't help commenting on your history that is similar to mine.

It was a burst ovarian cyst that (indirectly) caused my

pancreatitis.

The sequence was that I had a burst cyst which twisted the ovary

causing it to become necrotic. I had an emergency surgery to

remove my left ovary and fallopian tube and to remove another

large cyst on my right ovary. This emergency surgery lead to

peritonitis from a massive abdominal infection which my first

surgeon refused to acknowledge (post - surgical infections of

this kind are indicative of a sloppy surgeon I guess) so I ended

up critically ill and having to undergo a second emergency

surgery 4 weeks later. During this surgery, my pancreas was

somehow harmed (no one knows or will admit how it

happened) and caused me to have chronic pancreatitis.

So.......although there is not a direct cause and effect between

ovarian cysts and pancreatitis, there is a type of association. I

call it the repercussions of a bad surgeon.........

laurie