I'm 44. Discovered a lump in the
vaginal cavity on thursday. Called the
gyn to make an appointment. By saturday
it had grown so large that I could not
walk, sit or do anything else comfortably.
Went today and found it was an abcess
on the bartholin gland. The doc drained
it and put me on antiobiotics. Did some
research on the internet and found these
are rare in women over 40. The research
tends to lead towards doing a biopsy but
my doc is recommending that we wait to see
if another cyst develops. Does this
make sense? My concern is that if it is
cancerous that the prognosis is very poor.
One article indicated that only 10% of
the women diagnosed live past 5 years and
the reoccurrence rate is very high as
well. Does anyone have any advice or
thoughts on this?
