My giant ovarian cyst the size of a watermelon – Laura ’ s story

The day I was told that I had a giant ovarian cyst I turned immediately to the internet for answers to the questions whizzing around my brain, but I quickly discovered that every story is a little bit different and finding answers quite difficult. Early on I decided to keep a diary of my journey, in the hope that it may help someone facing something similar. My way of coping with how anxious I felt was to approach it all like a work project (lots of research, preparation and organizing). In my case, the motivating factor in March 2016 to visit BUPA for a top-to-toe health check was utter despair with my NHS GP and concern about how unwell I felt. My symptoms were (in no particular order) (a) back pain (particularly lower back) all the time, my body ached every day, the upper right of my tummy was always painful, I couldn’t tie my own shoe laces; (b) my tummy was enormous (I looked six months pregnant, people had started asking me when I was due); (c) my bowels changed (upset tummy a lot and pain before going to the loo) and bladder changed to feeling like I always needed to pee; (d) I suffered from debilitating fatigue and foggy brain; (e) I gained 2.5 stones in two years, even though my appetite decreased due to regularly feeling sick and bloated; (f) I had PMS for approximately 10 days every month then bled for approximately 10 days every month (leaving only a week or so of “normality”); (g) my coil was very uncomfortable (especially going over speed bumps or when any...
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