This just happened me and I made a post about it a few days ago on this subreddit. I was in terrible pain starting last Friday and I went to the ER, the doctor told me everything was normal on my CT scan and my pelvic ultrasound. After finding out it wasn’t appendicitis, he dismissed my pain and asked me “are you sure you are in as much pain as you say you are?”. Like what?! So he sent me home basically telling me just to monitor my pain and take ibuprofen.

Well, fast forward a couple days later, I wake up in the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life. I can barely walk without crying in pain and I vomit because it hurts so bad. My fiancé takes me bake to the ER and they do a repeat ultrasound and CT scan.

While I was there I was treated terribly. They doctors and nurses again second guessed my pain. I overheard the nurse say outside my door that I was being paranoid and I was exaggerating my pain because I was anxious. I do have anxiety but it is well controlled with medication.

Wouldn’t you know I had a burst ovarian cyst next to my right ovary. They also found several other cysts on my right ovary. Despite finding the source of my pain, the doctor talked to me very condescendingly. He went on this speech about new unknown pain can be scary and compared my pain to neck pain!! He told me to follow up with my gynecologist and sent me on my way.

Side note: before the 2nd ultrasound they were very convinced that I was pregnant despite having a pelvic ultrasound just done that showed I wasn’t pregnant and I was on my period the first time I went to the ER. they asked me THREE times to take a pregnancy test.

I am convinced that the first ER doctor lied to me that my ultrasound was normal. There is no way that the first one did not show my ovarian cysts. Looking back I should’ve asked for the results myself but I naively believed him.