whereismyOJ
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I was in the ER on Feb. 3rd after being sick starting Jan. 31st. By the time I went to the ER, I was able to keep food and water down, but I still had severe abdominal and lower back pain. I told my husband that on a pain scale of 1 to "I need to go the ER," I was an eight. So, that's pretty bad for me. I finally went. I had a CT scan done and was told there was a "very large cyst" on my ovary and to follow up with a GYN.
I had that follow up appt. on the 10th and the "very large cyst" is apparently the largest this doctor has seen and he's been practicing medicine since 1982. The dimensions are 23 x 19 x 20 cm. So that would come out to around 9 x 7 x 8 inches or or slightly smaller than the standard size of a basketball in the NBA.
Das'big y'all.
They did a blood test to check for cancer and it came back normal. However, there could be cancer inside the cyst/mass. They do not want to drain it or allow it to rupture because if there is cancer inside, it will spread throughout my body. So, I will have to have surgery to remove it and the surgery will be soon. The only doctor that should safely remove this is from me is from the GYN Oncology department.
I'm on one of the RP FB groups and a few mentioned that taking large does of Progest-E and aspiring powder would shrink it.
The problem is - I've been taking large doses of Progest-E and 1 gram of aspirin powder spread throughout the day for 2 years. I did run out of PE at one point, so I didn't take it for a few months, but other than that, I'm taking them. No doubt this monster has been growing inside of me for the last 10 years. Why 10 years? Well, 10 years ago I had an ectopic pregnancy and my left fallopian tube was removed, along with the 14-week baby/fetus. The ovary stayed and now 10 years later, it's grown into this basketball.
I sent a short email to Dr. Peat - "I was recently Dx with an ovarian cyst measuring 23x19x20 cm. I imagine this has been growing for some time, despite taking Progest-E and large doses of aspirin powder for 2+ years. Is surgery to remove it my only option?
Others in the Ray Peat Inspired Facebook group seem to think it will shrink with Progest-E and aspirin, but as I stated, I've been doing that along with lowering PUFA and other recommendations.
Thank you for your time"
and his first reply was - "Have your TSH, prolactin and other pituitary hormones, and vitamin D, been measured? How much aspirin and progesterone have you been using? How much protein in your diet do you average?"
I replied - "Thank you for your reply. The ER did not measure my TSH, prolactin, vit. D, or other pituitary hormones. I take a gram of aspirin spread through out the day and 4-5 large drops of progest-e through out the day too. I aim for 100gm of protein, but usually get 80. Mostly through milk, milk powder, homemade jello, and cheese. "
I'm still waiting to hear back from him.
I can not imagine anything else fixing this besides having it removed. This is large and went unnoticed.. really because I am fat to begin with and my I just thought I was gaining fat, not a ginormous unwanted friend in my insides. I'm in quite a bit of pain all of the time.
Thoughts from y'all? Is surgery this only option?
I had that follow up appt. on the 10th and the "very large cyst" is apparently the largest this doctor has seen and he's been practicing medicine since 1982. The dimensions are 23 x 19 x 20 cm. So that would come out to around 9 x 7 x 8 inches or or slightly smaller than the standard size of a basketball in the NBA.
Das'big y'all.
They did a blood test to check for cancer and it came back normal. However, there could be cancer inside the cyst/mass. They do not want to drain it or allow it to rupture because if there is cancer inside, it will spread throughout my body. So, I will have to have surgery to remove it and the surgery will be soon. The only doctor that should safely remove this is from me is from the GYN Oncology department.
I'm on one of the RP FB groups and a few mentioned that taking large does of Progest-E and aspiring powder would shrink it.
The problem is - I've been taking large doses of Progest-E and 1 gram of aspirin powder spread throughout the day for 2 years. I did run out of PE at one point, so I didn't take it for a few months, but other than that, I'm taking them. No doubt this monster has been growing inside of me for the last 10 years. Why 10 years? Well, 10 years ago I had an ectopic pregnancy and my left fallopian tube was removed, along with the 14-week baby/fetus. The ovary stayed and now 10 years later, it's grown into this basketball.
I sent a short email to Dr. Peat - "I was recently Dx with an ovarian cyst measuring 23x19x20 cm. I imagine this has been growing for some time, despite taking Progest-E and large doses of aspirin powder for 2+ years. Is surgery to remove it my only option?
Others in the Ray Peat Inspired Facebook group seem to think it will shrink with Progest-E and aspirin, but as I stated, I've been doing that along with lowering PUFA and other recommendations.
Thank you for your time"
and his first reply was - "Have your TSH, prolactin and other pituitary hormones, and vitamin D, been measured? How much aspirin and progesterone have you been using? How much protein in your diet do you average?"
I replied - "Thank you for your reply. The ER did not measure my TSH, prolactin, vit. D, or other pituitary hormones. I take a gram of aspirin spread through out the day and 4-5 large drops of progest-e through out the day too. I aim for 100gm of protein, but usually get 80. Mostly through milk, milk powder, homemade jello, and cheese. "
I'm still waiting to hear back from him.
I can not imagine anything else fixing this besides having it removed. This is large and went unnoticed.. really because I am fat to begin with and my I just thought I was gaining fat, not a ginormous unwanted friend in my insides. I'm in quite a bit of pain all of the time.
Thoughts from y'all? Is surgery this only option?