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Old Dec 11, 2011, 01:27 PM
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If I remember correctly you have some weight issues? Before I lost 25 lbs I had a ton of problems with ruptured ovarian cysts. Being overweight causes some pretty severe changes in hormone levels. How my OBGYN explained it to me is that you develop cysts every month - that is where the egg is developing. Normally, the cyst opens and releases an egg during your cycle. However, if you have altered hormones that are keeping you from ovulating, the cysts just keeps growing until it twists or ruptures.

When I finally decided to go to the doc I had over a dozen cysts per ovary and a polyp growing in my uterine wall. Please don't let it get to that point!
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