Starting last week I had some upper abdominal issues... thought I had an ulcer and went to the regular Dr. Still awaiting blood test results on that. Anyway, a few days later I started having lower abdominal pain as well. It's basically just an ache on my left side. Yesterday it felt like period cramps (period is at least 10 days away), and has felt like a slight burning sensation on and off. Today no cramps, but still the burning sensation. This has been going on for several days now.

I am 29. My mom has had ovarian cysts, my sister was hospitalized for a ruptured one a couple months ago. She was naseous and vomiting for 2 weeks from it.

I'm pretty convinced that's what this is, but it still freaks me out a bit. Would rather not go to the Dr. and waste my money. The hospital did nothing for my sister except give her pain medication and IV fluids because she couldn't eat. She was still ill when she was released... basically they told her there was nothing they could do. She had to live with it until it went away. So, I'm leery of going in and being subjected to costly tests.

It's not that painful, just uncomfortable. I will go to the Dr. if it persists... just wondering how long do you think I should wait? I know these things usually heal on their own. Should I wait until after my period and if it still is there, then go? What is a usual amount of time it takes for these things to resolve?