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scuster

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help Posted: 04-03-08 09:03am


hey everyone. I have been all over the internet today trying to figure out what I should do. I am 18 years old and over the course of the last 4 months I have had three of the Bartholin's Cysts. The first one did not rupture and went away. The second one ruptured and the doctors told me if I got another one chances are that they will have to remove the sac that produces the cysts. Last night I got my third one. I have a doctors appoitment today and I am freaking out. I am so young and the websites I have looked at show that like 2% of women aged 14-40 get these!!! If anyone has any advice for me please let me know. Thank you so much and god bless!

scuster

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help Posted: 04-03-08 09:09am


hey everyone. I have been all over the internet today trying to figure out what I should do. I am 18 years old and over the course of the last 4 months I have had three of the Bartholin's Cysts. The first one did not rupture and went away. The second one ruptured and the doctors told me if I got another one chances are that they will have to remove the sac that produces the cysts. Last night I got my third one. I have a doctors appoitment today and I am freaking out. I am so young and the websites I have looked at show that like 2% of women aged 14-40 get these!!! If anyone has any advice for me please let me know.

Ashleepaige

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Cyst Posted: 04-14-08 16:56pm


Dont feel bad Im 16 will be 17 in May and I have had the same cyst 2 or 3 times this year. It sucks and it hurts really bad even to walk sometimes but the only thing is is that its not on the lip of my vagina its on the upper part of the crease between my leg and vagina. So Im not sure if it is a Bartholin cyst or something else but that is what everyone is telling me

shortie_7788

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:( Posted: 04-18-08 21:34pm


Wow after finally researching this online, ive realized this is a bigger problem then i thought. Ive gotten a cyst about every year since i was 16 im now 20, recently married and 5 months pregnant. It seems like the best way to get rid of these are surgery, but i dont think thats an option because im pregnant. I might get the marsup. surgery after delivery, has this helped anyone or should i just have the gland removed? Im just so tired of going thru this pain! And does anyone know ..if i have it removed will i be able to produce my own lubrication anymore? Its really frustrating and depressing. Im a newly wed and my sex life already seems like its going to be horribe:(

strawbelly

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bartholin cysts Posted: 04-20-08 16:52pm


hi all -- firstly, i am very happy to have found this forum. i've had many bartholin cysts/abscesses and many times, i feel like the only person going through this since i don't know a single person who can relate to my problems. i've had cysts that have come and gone; i've had abscesses that have been lanced, marsupialized and have returned in less than a week; i've had abscesses that grew so large that it ruptured on it own and have returned in a few months. i've never had kids before but have preached to others that sometimes the pain is so great, i am 100% sure that it's worse than birthing a child. i have seen two obgyns with different viewpoints on how to handle this matter. the first prefers to lance and put me on a strong course of antibiotics until the infection is gone. she tells me that this is something i will have to deal with for the rest of my life unless i remove the entire gland (not just cyst), a procedure that is often advised again because of how it can stifle your sex life (i am only 24). my second obgyn is determined to make sure she can find a solution that will prevent cysts and abscesses from ever coming back without having to remove my gland. i've been seeing my second obgyn because if anyone has ever had a bartholin abscess before, you would know that it is something you don't ever want to experience again and the idea of constantly living in fear and anticipation that the infection will come back is a lifestyle no one should have to conform to. for the last two years, i've had reoccuring abscesses on my left gland. my obgyn marsupialized it and placed a gauze inside to keep the incision open. rather than to let it eventually close, i saw her twice every week for 6 weeks to have the duct cleaned and to be kept open -- much like the logic of keeping recently pierced ears open. the idea is to form a larger duct to prevent future blockages which would lead to the formation of cysts/abscesses. i am now left with a small opening that i maintain on my own every few days to make sure it stays open. obviously the size of the new duct is larger than what it normally looks like but this is a decision i made for myself because a) i do no want to lose the gland entirely, and b) i do not want these cysts/abscesses to ever come back. this has worked so far for the past half year. i am now currently waiting to have the same done with my right gland since the last time there was an abscess, it grew so large so quickly that by the morning of my appointment to have it marsupialized, it had ruptured on its own. i would like to note that this posting is for the purposes of sharing my experience with everyone and in no way am i offering advice on how others should deal with this problem. these are choices we all have to make for ourselves depending on how much we are willing to sacrifice and additionally, treatments work differently for each person. my heart goes out to all who have dealt or are going through this ordeal. fully aware of how scanty the research available on this issue is, if anyone would like to learn more about my experience, feel free to reach out to me.

lilac12

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Posted: 04-26-08 13:39pm


Hello, sorry to all of you out there suffering... I am too at the moment, unfortunately. I was interested by something the last two posters mentioned. For people who have had the gland removed, HAS it affected your sex life?

nylady

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Excision Posted: 05-28-08 20:48pm


I am 25 and have had a recurring cyst from my right bartholyn's gland for about 5 years. The first treatment they tried was marsupialization. This worked for about a year and then the recurrences started and became more frequent. Since my first cyst and marsup I've had a word catheter, they tried "burning" the cyst with some kind of cauterizing device, and and additional marsup. I have had about 5-10 cysts develop and rupture on their own. I really trust my doctor and believed she tried everything she could before advising me to have the gland excized. I had a full gland excision a week ago and was so terrified of something going wrong that my dr had to prescribe me clonopen two days before the operation because i was freaking out. I had looked up the surgery online and read all these awful possible complications "deformed vagina, painful sex forever". It was a really difficult decision because i'm 25 and hope to have a long healthy happy sex life ahead of me. The first couple of days are tough. You definitely need someone around to take care of you. By day 4 I could go for little walks and moved from percoset to motrin. I am on day 7 of recovery. I am still bleeding a little from the stitches but do feel a bit better every day. My vagina on that side is still very bruised and swollen, and I feel most comfortable when sitting on an ice pack. I am going back to work tomorrow. So far my recovery hasn't had any complications. If all continues to go well, I would say this was definitely the right decision. It is really scary to have an excision, but i hated living in dread of these awful cysts that interrupt your life so dramatically. I'm hoping to continue my steady recovery and then be rid of this awful problem forever. My fingers are crossed.

linnyskins

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I too had my bartholin gland removed! Posted: 07-02-08 17:06pm


I had my Bartholin gland removed about 2 months and 2 weeks ago. i would have to say that was the worst pain in my life! I had some complications with the surgery and developed a hemotomia. Than after a month and 2 weeks the lump was still there, so i decided to get a second opinion. So that doctor said i didn't have a hemotomia, and that it was just scar tissue, at this point i had develped an infection, so i was put on antibiotics to take that away. But then he said i shouldnt be having pain if it was just scar tissue. So now i dont know what to believe, and it is 2 months and over 2 weeks after the surgery. I was thinking of going to Pheonix Arizona to see a specialist, does anyone know of a good doctor down there, if so please help me out,I just want to be healed!