This is long but I need to write this.
I started my period at age 12. They were always very heavy and painful from time to time. With age they got more painful. When I was 17 while attending my fiancés brothers graduation I was on my period. I started taking such severe stabbing pains in the centre of my pelvis accompanied with the dull aching period pain I was already experiencing. After hours of agony it subsided but i always felt on edge incase it happened again. I take a regular period, it comes on time etc. But every two weeks I started to bleed, unknowningly. On my 18th birthday I was wearing white trousers. To my horror when I got home I could see massive staining all down my thighs. At this point I had enough. I went to Doctor and they put me on the pill to make sure Im bleeding only once in the month. It worked but I still had such bad period pains. Sore lower back, breast tenderness, dragging dull aching pain down from near my pelvis bone right down my inner legs causing pain that I can barely walk. Painkillers sometimes never ever worked. I thought this was normal. In July last year I woke up with a pressure feeling in my bladder and bowel. It felt like a fullness. When I sat down I could feel a heaviness pushing up inside me. Very uncomfortable. The next day I took the worst pain of my life, extremely severe pelvis pain. I was in agony, I could barely breathe. The pains were so intense and again in the centre of my pelvis. I also had sharp rectal shooting pains. When I tried to empty my bladder/bowels I thought I was going to pass out. So my fiancé took me to Dalriada urgent care. The doctor suspected it was a urine infection, which to be honest I wasnt convinced as I didnt need to go etc. I done the test all was clear. This went on for days and eventually subsided. The following month my period was due, the exact same situation occurred, I had to leave work and go to the hospital. They diagnosed me with Dysmenorrhoea. So I thought I maybe I was overreacting. Again it subsided after a few days and back to normal. I was getting spasms of pain back and forward. The next period was due, yet again severe agony, I was dying with pain. Went to the doctors to which I was gave strong painkillers. I was reffered to get an ultrasound, which a 4.6cm cyst was found. Gynae wanted to then see me and do internal ultrasounds. In between times I have countless blood tests and smears to check for anything that may be causing this. I was 110% healthy apart from a CA125 test which came back at 35, to which they repeated the test 2 weeks later and it rose to nearly 70. The gynae said he wasnt concerned with this as Its not an accurate test. He done the internal ultrasound and smear. The ultrasound showed a cyst with blood filled clots inside. He said it was a simple cyst and he wanted to see me again in 6 weeks, so I went again, all blood tests etc came back 100% he checked the cyst and said its taking a long time to resolve and for me to moniter it myself pain wise and wait 6 months to be seen again. He suggested that it could be Endometriosis or just the fact i have a cyst. It still doesnt explain the abnormal bleeding inbetween periods which concerns me. I had to go back to the doctor last week to be put on the pill again because I was bleeding for 3 weeks steady. He read my letter from gynae and it said I had a haemorrhagic cyst and that It ruptured. I am getting married to my fiancé in July this year and Im so scared incase the cyst comes back. I understand they can. Has anyone had any stories similiar to this. The pain with my last 2 periods was alot better and I dont feel as much pressure in my bladder/bowels although It comes and goes. I feel alone sometimes and dont know anyone who has this to talk and understand it.
Thanks