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I had a nasty one back in the late 1980s. Left side. Hurt like hell and was getting worse. Doc said it was gas. I said I think I know a gas pain when I feel it, and this is not.

A week later I was back in there with about double the pain. He starts palpating my tummy and gets hold of my ovary and thinks it's my uterus. Meanwhile of course I am levitating off the exam table! So he does an ultrasound and I've got a cyst the size of large lemon on there. We make an appointment for three days later to have it surgically removed.

Next day I get a call from search and rescue about a lost guy -- I was on the county sheriff's mounted posse. I told them I'd come, but that if I got into too much pain I was going home early. So I spend most of the day on a horse riding REALLY rough country, straight up and downhill, side-winding hills, jumping logs, etc. Somewhere along there the cyst ruptured. The next morning I went into the doc's office literally on my hands and knees. He inserts a long needle into the cavity area around the ovary and withdraws the fluid and *presto* I'm fine.

Moral of the story: join SAR or go ride a horse. Saved me about $5000 in surgery!

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