Ladies - Ever have an ovarian cyst or know anyone who has?

My ex sister in law had 3 of them and she was up and moving around the next day.

A golf ball size one was found on the back of my left ovary about two years ago through an MRI (for my back), but I never felt it or had any pain. (I know, the whole thing is freaking weird.) It eventually dissolved on its own (discovered during my tubal surgery a few months back) because they tend to come and go while taking birth control pills.

Laproscopic surgery is very simple, and you should be in and out the same day, so you won't need to spend the night in the hospital. Your abdomen will be pumped full of gas so they can maneuver the tube and camera and such around inside you while they work. Just remember to get up and walk within a few hours of surgery, otherwise the gas will stay in your body and travel up your neck/shoulder and hurt (it's not dangerous, just painful).

And don't believe you have to be right back to normal in three days - it's still surgery, so take your time to recover if you need to. Just walk around and build up your strength.

I've had one and had it removed. I didn't even know I had it. We found it on accident. Got it removed same day and I was fine!

I had a few and had them removed. They were so painful, the surgery was actually a relief. I was back to normal after a few days, but was a bit tender for about a week. Good luck, don't be scared, you will feel better afterwards!

I voted "sure, but didn't have it removed", which is technically true because it burst in the middle of the night when I was sixteen years old. My parents took their sweet time in getting me to the hospital even though I was in the worst pain I have ever experienced in my life and I was sick as a dog from the fluid in the cyst coursing through my body. Fun fun fun!

I've been fortunate to have never had one

I've had one that just went away on it's own. But I have had a friend who had one removed. She went in at 9 in the morning and got home around 4 that night. She didn't have any pain but she said she felt kind of weird for a few days because of the gas they put in.

I have had plently they come and go. I have had three little ones on the same ovary at the same time. I had a golf ball sized one. Never had any removed though. But I have had a few burst pretty painful stuff.

I had one but it disappeared on its own.

I had laparoscopic surgery to remove my gallbladder and the recovery from that wasn't anything major.

I also have a friend that has had many ovarian cysts and had many removed. She's up and going in no time.

A friend's ex had one and he said she was in serious pain and was brought to the hospital. Maybe because it burst or something tho, Ive never had one and know very little about them.

A friend had one once

No thank goodness.

I have PCOS, so I get cysts routinely. Most of them go away on their own, but I did have surgery to remove a large one that was causing incredible pain and not going away after being watched for several months. None of the pain from surgery or recovery was as bad as the pain from the cyst itself!

I was out the same day and rested comfortably at home with the pain meds for the first couple of days and was back to work and life in no time, I just took it easy for about two weeks to make sure everything healed properly and I didn't cause any damage around the incision sites. If I remember correctly, I had 3 small incisions less than an inch each, and I have only one tiny scar.

Good luck!

My mom had one that had to be removed after giving birth to me, and she said it isn't that big of a deal. Also, one of my mom's friends had quite a few that needed to be removed a few years ago and she didn't seem to have very many problems recovering. Good Luck!