Ovarian Cysts: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment Options

Question
HI! I am just writing concerning an ovarian cyst problem that I have been dealing with for a year or so. Let me give you a bit of history. I am in my twenties. I have 2 children, ages 4 and 1. I had difficulties with both pregnancies but easy labors and deliveries. After the birth of my first baby, I stopped having a period. My doctor put me on Birth control to try to help it. When We wanted to try for our second baby. I went off bc, and stopped having cycles again. My dr prescibed provera to help me have a period until I finally conceived. After the birth of my second, I had a mirena IUD put in. I suffered with that for 6 months until I finally went to the dr and found that I had a very large cyst on my right ovary. He put me in surgery right away, he also took out the iud. After surgery, I went on the bc pill mircette. After 6 months, I still wasn't having a period even though I took the pill faithfully. My dr prescribed a more powerful pill Yasmin. I finally had a period and it was kind of different, I guess since I hadn't had one in a long time. During the past six months, I have experienced mood swings, vaginal dryness, no desire for sex, hot flashes, and pain on my right side where my first cyst had been. During my period last week, along with all those other symptoms I started to feel light headed and dizzy, and a little nauseous. I know I wasn't pregnant because I tested to make sure. I thought that maybe I was feeling like that because of not having a period for so long. My period ended last saturday and I haven't felt any better. I can hardly stand up without getting light headed. I turn my head wrong and I feel a ringing in my ears. When I get light headed, my head pounds and my fingers tingle. The reason I am writing is that I made a dr appt. on Friday. I live in a very small town and so the only ob/gyn does o.k. but isn't too personable and patient with me. I was just wandering what you thought could be wrong, and maybe some ideas of what to ask him at the appt. Thank you so much for your time!
-Kandice

Answer
Dear Kandice,   I am not a doctor, but I do know that this doctor needs to run some blood tests especially one for anemia....  I would also suggest that even if you have to travel, if this doctor does not help you or you do not feel he is doing everything he can to find out what it wrong with you, that you get another doctor....  I to live in a small town with doctors who are IDIOTS and a hospital that I wouldn't take my dog and cat to, so I travel 35 miles to the largest town in my area where I have a great doctor and a great hospital....  Small towns do NOT get good doctors or nurses or hospital medical help...  They get second hand or the ones who can't make it in larger towns...  So changing doctors is probably your best chance for finding out exactly what is wrong with you....

Thank you,   karen