I’m 23, and have been dealing with chronic ovarian cysts since I was 16, and have been on and off pain medicine since (usually on vicodin or stronger 6-9 months out of the year). I was diagnosed with PCOS this year finally. After developing yet another cyst I went to see my new OB (we just moved to a new duty station for my husband) I found out that I also have severely dilated veins going to my uterus and ovaries, which my doctor said would probably be whats also been causing my severe pain, since this time my cyst is on the left but the pain is on the right.
He told me that the only permanent solution would be to do a hysterectomy. I have done a lot of research myself and found out that this is usually the solution given to the problem but it is a fairly new diagnosis so there isn’t much information out there. Has anyone else here had a hysterectomy at a young age and how did you deal with it? Im not overly worried about not having kids, as I already have 3 beautiful sons, although my husband and I had wanted to have more children. Im just really scared and wondering if anyone else has gone through this before…