Post #3813287

Finally had my #physio consultation, 4 months after surgery. Not too bad a wait in the grand scheme of things I guess. Quick recap: For 5 years I had chronic lower back pain that got worse over time, reducing my activity and mobility until I needed a walking stick and weighed around 17.5 stone. Then a melon sized ovarian cyst was discovered (by accident when I had a post-menopausal bleed) that I believe had been putting pressure on my lower spine. Cyst was removed in March and back pain completely disappeared literally overnight. I am getting more active and have lost 2 stone, but self referred for physio as my core strength is shot and I want to build that back up before I take on a more strenuous work out routine. Anyway, it went well. Physio dude confirmed (3rd medical professional to have done so since surgery) that yes, a cyst of that size can and does cause pressure and pain in the lower back. I've got an exercise plan based on pilates to follow for 4 weeks and then will have a follow up to see if I can start proper strength training. I will get my muscle tone back, although it will never be what it could be now if I hadn't been medically gaslit for 5 years. Coming to terms with that gradually. And I don't want my body back to how it was 6 years ago for vanity reasons. It's for my health, and so I can do things I love again like hiking, camping etc. It's also so I can show those fucking doctors how wrong they were when they wrote me off as lazy and inactive. Tagging #ChronicPain in case anyone with ovaries is reading this and also has chronic lower back pain they cant get any help for. Please ask for a scan to check for large cysts 🙏