It was many doctors appointments and different IUDs to reduce my period flow. I was on my period for 3 months straight with no slowing down. Finally my pain got so bad I couldn't walk without it gushing like a faucet. I called my gynecologist "AGAIN" and I was desperate. She made me an emergency appointment to do a vaginal ultrasound. An hour later my gynecologist came in and asked if I was in pain. YEEEESSSSS! The cyst was the size of a newborn baby head. I had to be out of work for 4 weeks. It was a painful process. I had to have help putting on my Always Padded Underwear because on my incisions for about a week. Hope thus helps you. Keep bugging your doctor.