A 20-year-old woman from Florida developed a 100lb ovarian cyst the size of an exercise ball and said she felt like she was pregnant with ten children.
Allison Fisher said she always had stomach pain and bloating. Her period also lasted an entire year but she did not want to go to a hospital because she had no health insurance and hoped that it would disappear on its own.
It was in 2021 when she finally decided to see a doctor after her mother was diagnosed with cancer.
Allison went to Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside hospital in Jacksonville where doctors found that Allison had a huge ovarian cyst, measured 20inches by 20 inches and weighed 104 lbs.
Speaking to News4Jax, she said: “Well, for starters, I can see my feet again, and I haven’t been able to do that in years.
“I feel so much lighter. I feel like a person, I can wear clothes, I can do things that normal people can do.”
The 20-year-old also said that she is now working towards getting gastric bypass surgery to help reduce her weight.
Describing her stomach before the surgery, she said: “I let myself believe that if I ignored it, it would go away. I was scared, I was just really scared.
“I felt like I was pregnant with ten kids. I couldn’t lay on my stomach, it felt like all of my organs were being crushed.”
Allison also explained that it was the height of the pandemic and she was afraid to go out.
“I didn’t want to try and find doctors. I also didn’t have health insurance, so I just ignored my issues completely,” she expressed.
“[But] after watching my mother’s battle and what she went through I realized that I should not be putting off my issues in the way that I was,” Allison added.
Ovarian cysts are sacs, usually filled with fluid, in or on the surface of an ovary. In most cases, there is no discomfort and the cysts are harmless. Most cysts also disappear without treatment.
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