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Hi Angela

I have had ovarian cysts that they have found many times in various ultrasounds.  My o.b. called them functional cysts.   They come and go.  Sometimes thay cause me symptoms and sometimes they don't.   I am willing to bet that that is what you have.  A cyst would look different than a ovarion malignancy on an ultrasound.  Unfortunately one of the bummers of c.t. scans is that along wih finding problematic things they also find some things that are no problem at all.  Once they find them they have to look into them. All the testing and procedures can cause unneccesary stress.  When my obstetrician delivered Riley 4 months ago she had to clean out my placenta.  When she did so she felt a hard mass in my uterus.  She told me the news right away.  She said we would need to wait until I healed and then get an ultrasound.  Then when I found out about my bladder tumor I immediatley freaked out about the mass in my uterus.  It seemed logical, I have cancer in my bladder and I must also have it in my uterus.  Following my bladder surgery I underwent surgery again to have the mass removed from my uterus.  It turned out the mass in my uterus was a placental site nodule and it was completely harmless.  Had she never felt it I would have been spared an invasive procedure and a whole lot of stress.  My o.b. even told me before the surgery that she felt like she had to remove it although it was most likely nothing.  She said she wished she had never felt it!  Good luck on your walk.  Give your boys a big squeeze.

Alyssa