Hello,
Bartholin's Cyst is a fairly new issue for me. I recently had it drained at by my OBGYN..about a month ago and it's already back. It is not infected so it's mostly just annoying. It's about the size of a ping pong ball. For the last two weeks I've been experiencing a strange sensation when I pee. Not quite painful but definitely discomfort. At first I thought perhaps I had a UTI but I went to the doctor and that came back clear. I've never had a UTI so I'm not entirely sure what it feels like. After the doctor told me that wasn't the problem, I started to pay closer attention to the discomfort. For a couple of days I felt like it was inside my vagina. Now I think it is actually pressure on the cyst.
Has as anyone else experienced this? I definitely feel like it's more localized to the left side which is where the cyst is. I feel it mostly when I am nearing the end of peeing. In a way it feels like a really strong urge to keep peeing but then it sort of turns into pressure/pain on that left side.
I was not able to see my doctor when I went in so I saw the nurse practitioner and asked her if it could be related and she said she didn't think so because the urethra is pretty far from the vagina. I feel like she really didn't know.