"chocolate cysts"

I never knew I had ovarian cysts, until I had my first ultrasound done. I went in for a regular check up with my gynecologist. My dr. ordered an ultrasound to check for a cyst on my ovary. With my follow-up appt. I was told that I had a cyst on my ovary, & my dr. suggested I go see an infertility specialist. At the time I had no idea the cause of the cyst.

I wasn't satisfied with my dr. so I wanted a 2nd opinion. I made an appt. with a different dr. regarding the cyst. I was put on Birth control pills, this was supposed to shrink the cyst on my ovary. Birth control pills are usually used for a woman who has a cyst on her ovary; to shrink it. After being on BCP's for a few weeks, I went in for another ultrasound. This was to check the cyst on my ovary. It turned out that the cyst was still there, & not shrinking; it was getting bigger. My dr. then told me that as a last resort I would need a laparoscopy to get rid of the cyst.

With the 2nd dr. I wasn't satisfied at all with how everything was going, so my husband & I wanted yet another dr. to help me.
So... I asked my personal physician to get me a different gynecologist. I went for my dr. appt. my new dr. had me go for another ultrasound to check the progression of the cyst on my ovary.
On the ultrasound it showed the cyst was still there & not shrinking at all.
I went for my next appt. My gynecologist took a look at my ultrasound & said that I would need a laparoscopy for the cyst.

Due to having severe endometriosis it causes painful cysts on the ovary. This is due to severe endometriosis of the ovary. These cysts are quite different, due to they are filled with blood (which is brown) & tissue. A nickname for the endo cysts is called "chocolate cysts".
With having endometriomas Birth control pills donot help to get rid of them.
Sometimes an endo cyst can grow quite quickly. Alot of the time with getting a cyst it can cause damage to the ovary due to it presses on the ovary. Which can cause unhealthy ovarian tissue.

I've had several cysts due to severe endometriosis. This has caused me to need surgery to remove the cysts. So far I have had 2 laparoscopies & 1 laparotomy. Due to having cysts & 3 surgeries it's caused quite a bit of damage to my left ovary. I have had half of my left ovary removed due to damage from an endo cyst. Right now my left ovary is twice as big as the right ovary; most likely I'm thinking from having endometriomas.

There have been a couple of times when the pain has been quite severe, possibly this was due to a cyst rupturing. I remember that being the worst pain I have ever felt.