Question: Hello,

I was having severe pains in my lower left quadrant of my abdomen. When it is painful, I can feel a lump sticking out. After going to multiple doctors and having a cat scan, and multiple diagnoses one surgeon figured it may be either adhesions or an inflamed ovary.

This surgeon has always been somewhat questionable. He has had issues with other patients. I went to him first with this problem, and he stabbed my abdomen with a metal syringe and moved it around inside. I did not know what he was doing, and he did not explain it. It was extremely painful, and he used no anesthesia. However my GP recommends him, so I went with him in the end.

I underwent a laparoscopic surgery to see what is going on. The surgeon found adhesions on both of my ovaries, even connecting to my intestines.
The surgeon supposedly removed all of it, and close it up.
After surgery, I was having severe pains, my blood pressure was very low, and I had no color. A day later and after a blood plasma transfusion and 2 blood transfusions, the surgeon took me back in to surgery to find that I was bleeding internally from the wound, with a puddle of blood inside of me. He cleaned it up, and closed it. After recovery from this extremely painful 2 week ordeal, I assumed that the lump and pain would be gone.

Now I am having the same pains as I was prior to the surgery. I can still feel that lump. And sometimes it hurts even worse than it did before. A sharp stabbing pain. It feels almost like a knife in me.

What do you think it is? Could it be adhesions that grew in place of the removed ones? Could it be inflammation of my ovaries? I had the surgery 3 months ago, and still haven't had a period. Granted I did change from Yaz to Lo Loestrin Fe a week prior to the surgery, so it may be my body getting used to it.

I just want an opinion and some advice.

Thank you!

Hey,

Thanks for the reply.
I'm sorry, it went to my spam box and I didn't realize it.

The surgery that I had was for adhesions.
The ovarian cysts happened a few years back.
I believe there are still some there, and that is why my gyno had me on Yaz.
I switched from Yaz to Lo Loestrin because of some regularity and pmdd issues.

The pain that was the adhesion I have had for years. I do not remember when it began exactly. But I know now it off and on hurts badly. And I still feel the lump..
After my surgery, the surgeon had to put a little bag in my side to drain any blood that may still leak. I had it removed the following day, but it feels like it is still there for some reason. It is a really odd feeling.
But I know that the lump is still there.

I am not sure what type of Ovarian Cysts I had before. All the doctor told me was that there are cysts and that birth control would help treat them.

Can you explain how the two would be related? And what I should speak with my doctor about exactly?

Thank you!

I apologize. I forgot to mention. I had bilateral inguinal repair.
That is where he believes the adhesions are from.
As for the cysts, the doctor only said they are ovarian, and i have normal follicle cysts.

Thanks

The bulge that I felt and currently feel is years after that surgery. I had that surgery many years ago.

Would it still just be more adhesions?