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Ovarian Cysts are the pits. . .

A couple months ago, on a Friday night in the wee hours of the morning I woke up in the most excruciating pain ever. Stooped over in pain, unsure of what was happening. . . I rushed to the bathroom. A few minutes more of feeling like someone was stabbing me in my ovaries and I decided to try and just go back to sleep. I figured I was having another ovarian cyst erupt and needed to just lay down and let it pass. . . But as I was leaving the bathroom I suddenly got hot, and my vision went blurry . . . and then black.  I fainted. I had only fainted once before and ironically it happened in the company of a doctor. And to be honest I didn't even realize it had happened, so this kind of freaked me out. I woke up to my overly concerned husband towering over me, asking me if I was OK. He had woken up to the sound of me crashing into the door and falling to the floor. I, still being in so much pain AND in a state of shock and confusion, tried to move and literally couldn't get off th...