Hi, I had a laparoscopy in January to remove an endometrioma cyst, my gyno suspected endo and he was correct, so it was removed at the same time. I had horrific pain during periods! Endometrioma cysts are a result of endometriosis of the ovary. Do you know what type of cyst you have? xx

My cyst was found on emergency ultrasound. I recently had come off the pill after several years. I started almost immediately having Right Lower Quadrant abdominal pain. At times this pain was quite severe. While waiting for a scheduled ultrasound months in the future, I had presented to an emergency department with profound RLQ pain. It took 4 days to diagnose the problem in spite of abdominal xrays, CT scans and a good physical exam. Finally, the emergency ultrasound showed a endometrioma in my Rt Fallopian Tube. I had been bleeding into it therefore it was expanding in size and stretching the fallopian tube. It finally caused a torsion or twisting of the tube including the ovary.
This required urgent surgery. In the end, they saved my ovary but I lost my right tube. I was also told I had Stage 3 Endometriosis. For someone who rarely experienced a menstrual cramp, I was surprised. After researching Endo, I did have signs in the form of low back and pelvic pain that were never greatly explained.
Going forward, I went back on the pill and went on to have 3 laparoscopic surgeries to laser the Endometriosis. Things are better but not perfect. Waiting for menopause is my new goal.

They saw mine on a spinal mri in august. Bilateral cysts. Kissing ovaries. I was diagnosed last month. Endometriomas mean stage 3 or 4 endo.

Yep, I had a 10cm cyst on my left ovary, during surgery they confirmed it was an endomitrioma because of its sticky, chocolatey inside. That was in November (:

I'm sorry to hear that :( I was meant to have had my op yesterday (to remove the cyst/ ovary) but after waiting 5 hours for blood test to come back; it was cancelled! Now have to wait 2 more weeks before I have it done.