I did an econsult with docs at the beginning of this week. Appointment not until 8th Dec. Everything takes so long. The only reason I got the gynae appt and op was because I went private, otherwise I’d still be waiting for the appointment. The dr referred me on a two week pathway in 19th August. I couldn’t, after more than several weeks keep waiting so I took it into my own hands and paid to see the gynae. She couldn’t get a sample in the day so I had to return and gave it under G.A. On 10th October. I’ve got another ultrasound booked for 1st Dec to check again, the cyst was described as a ‘simple clear fluid filled cyst.’ I had a complete abdominal ct scan October 2023 when I was having similar symptoms. They disappeared in 2024 and seem to have returned with a vengeance. My back and hip have been painful too. Couldn’t afford both to be privately MRI scanned , and as docs just gave me physio appointments where she basically told me it was mild arthritis without scanning and told me to do exercises, I arranged a private MRi which cost £380. Lumbar and sacral. No pathology, just wear and tear, slight spondylosis, very slight disc bulge etc. I’ve tried my best for months now using and utilising both the docs and what private docs I could arrange/afford. I’ve certainly been chasing it up. But it still feels day after day that I’m scratching my head and it never goes away. Everything seems to take so long. I honestly believed that I’d have found out what’s wrong or going on way before Christmas, seeing as I started feeling weird in spring. But it has been evolving ever since. I think the current all over abdominal stuff is the last couple of months or so. It’s the time frame that gets to me. Every day that goes by I’m worried that I could be helping but don’t know how.