I know this is an old post, but my wife is in a very similar predicament. She has had surgery for ovarian remnant syndrome (01/07 and has experienced many prior surgeries as well.) and initially it was thought to be a success. However, currently, she is experiencing the same issue - as if an ovary has grown back (Cat scan imaging shows a cyst being present).
We reside in Dallas Texas and where wondering if you would know of any resources that might be available to us that we can make use of to pursue a resolution of this persistently chronic issue.
Thank you so much,
Tim Coyne
At Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Jenny wrote:
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>Dear Brenda,
>
>I can't give you the names of any doctors since I am in Tx. I just
>wanted to say I am right there with you. I had a total abdominal
>hysterectomy in 2000. There were going to leave the ovaries at first
>but my gyn said that the left ovary was just ovarian tissue when he got
>in there because the adhesions had attacked that left ovary. I had also
>had numerous hemorrhagic cysts on that ovary resulting in surgeries and
>sometimes hormone therapy. I had endometriosis really bad and had
>several ectopic pregnancies on that left side between the opening of the
>fallopian tube and the ovary. The right ovary was being attacked with
>adhesions and was wrapped around the rectum.
>I found out this past August when I went to the ER for pain, that I had
>a cyst on my left ovary. I kept telling them that I didn't have an
>ovary. But 2 CT's and an ultrasound later, I found out that I did. I
>asked the ER doctor is I still needed to take hormones seeing that the
>ovary had a cyst on it which must mean that it was functioning. He told
>me that it was not functioning. My gyn still denied that I had an ovar.
>So when I went to see a new gyn in Dec, he yelled at me for taking
>hormone replacements. He said I could have had a stroke. I told him
>the ER doctor said the ovary was not functioning. He said that is the
>most ridiculous thing he had ever heard. And said "It has a cyst on it!
>It's a functioning ovary!"