cysts making me feel fatter than I am

BonnieBee · 05-31-2005, 03:17 AM

Have you ever felt like your ovary was the size of a moderate-sized melon or a small piece of sports equipment? I know my ovary really isn't THAT big, but it feels enormous. I feel like I have a water balloon in my abdomen or something. It causes me pain during sex, but more immediately, it makes me feel fat. Right now I feel at least 10lbs bigger than I really am because of this thing. And when I feel fat, I start thinking "well, if I'm already fat, I don't have to worry about gaining a few pounds" and I start eating CRAP which is so bad for my insulin levels. Not that I'm blaming a cyst (or cysts - I haven't been scanned recently to know how many I've got) for my poor eating habits, but it distorts my self image, which makes me weaker.

I posted this in the thin cysters forum because this is a case of PCOS making you FEEL fat when you're NOT. Does anyone else get like this from cysts? Are they even SUPPOSED to feel big and heavy? Am I just going insane?

06-16-2005, 05:37 AM

cysts make my stomache area seem to bloat sooo much! its horrid.

Dreaming Wolf · 06-20-2005, 08:12 AM

I often feel bloated and my tummy is the only place where I carry much fat, but I never thought it was my ovaries...

lauren2005 · 07-26-2005, 02:10 PM

sometimes I sense that I can "feel" the cysts - I know this is probably not true - and it seems like one side of my abdomen is bigger than the other and I think I'm crazy for thinking it's cysts. I don't know where mine are, just that I have a lot.

Tiggamoo · 07-26-2005, 02:35 PM

I've felt that my left ovary is bigger and it leaves less room in my abdomen. It does make me feel fatter there when I'm noticing discomfort in my ovary area.