Thanks for the sympathy, loves.

It was urgent care, not the hospital. I think he didn't think my pain was emergent enough to justify sending me to the ER. To be fair, I wasn't in as much pain then--it had subsided for a bit. Now that I'm back home, I feel like someone is stabbing me through the back into my ovary with an ice pick. Man does this suck.

I took my first dose of 800 mg of ibuprofen and am really hoping I will feel some relief shortly.

ugh Kristin. Major pain relief~ma to you.

honestly, Kristin? i'm inclined to disagree with the doc. when i was going through all my endometriosis crap 4 years ago(before i knew it was endo), i was having pain like you were describing. my parents called my doctor because i was in so much pain that i couldn't sit or lay still. my doc was really worried that my cyst had ruptured and told me to go to the hospital immediately. so i guess i'm saying that if you're still in a lot of pain after the Motrin should have kicked in, go to the ER.

I was just looking through a number of web sites (as I am apt to do and later regret), and I definitely have a lot of the symptoms of a ruptured cyst, including some things I had no idea might be related until I saw them on the list. I'm going to call my regular doctor tomorrow and ask her if she thinks I should get a pelvic ultrasound to confirm.

ETA: Thanks, tiggy. If the pain doesn't subside, I will to the ER tonight. I hope to avoid that for many reasons, but I will keep it as a backup plan.

Any pain that 800mg of Motrin can't kill needs to be taken seriously, indeed. Good luck, Kristin and relief~ma, if possible.

P.S. Seriously, did we incur a gypsy curse at some point this year? Because really, this is getting to be a little much.

When I had the ruptured ovarian cyst, the doctor prescribed either Tylenol 3 or percoset, and I stayed home for two days popping pills. I did go to an urgent care place, but it was associated with a hospital, so they sent me over to get an ultrasound. I then had a follow-up ultrasound to make sure it was being properly reabsorbed.

Short answer: They should give you the good drugs. That shit is way beyond ibuprofen. However, if it's actually ruptured, it wouldn't do any harm to wait until morning (IF you don't have a fever), except for the pain. Do you have anything stronger around?

More ~ma for Kristin!

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Thanks for the info, Ginger. I don't have anything stronger around, unfortunately. I'm running a bath now, which I hope will help. The ibuprofen has taken the edge off, but I'm still not feeling great. I really need to go to work tomorrow if at all possible, so I'm going try to stick it out if I can.

When a friend blew a cyst, she was prescribed the heavy stuff by the ER even though advil alone makes her not care and loopier than crochet. So. Call your dr. in the morning.

It isn't a contest. You hurt, you hurt. I still can't believe how much I put up with due to the imminent root canal (and my mom still nags at me about the putting-up-with bullshit), and if one of my friends were doing that? Screw it. Drugs and sleep.