[Becky]

Hi

This happened to me too (although I just had 2 cysts on the left ovary only). They looked odd on ultrasound too but that ended up being because I was supposed to probably ovulate but didn't due to chemo, treatment, Taxoxifen (at that time) etc. So these cysts imploded and filled with blood and looked funny. Anyway, at the time I was 46 and really wanted my ovaries out so I could take Arimidex instead of Tamoxifen (because I am only ER+ and not PR and Tamoxifen usually doesn't work so well in that situation) and I did get them out. However, I was older than you are now and I was hormone positive which you are not.

I would definitely follow up but I think its just a "wanna be" ovulation and you still are in treatment and sometimes those poor wanna bes just don't know what to do so they just hang there (do I burst and ovulate or do I not). When you do follow up, make sure that if they are still there, they ultrasound you again in a few weeks. I guarantee they won't be there then I bet.

When you are told to "follow up" it always brings the fear of God into you. And remember that your onc already called them cysts (I think this is more common than anyone thinks when having been on or are currently on chemo and is only discovered because of testing of some sort. Mine were discovered because of a routine uterine ultrasound to measure baseline endometrium lining. I had just started Tamoxifen and Tamoxifen has a side effect of thickening the lining (and perhaps cause uterine cancer)...) So it goes.

Have a wonderful weekend and think about us in the Mid Altantic States. We are supposed to get 1-2 ft of snow.