text: I went through that a couple years ago, and I feel your pain! No one understands how much that really does hurt!! Mine was like I had sat on a sword, sharp side up!!\n\nI had ovarian cysts, and other cysts on misc. female organs, and I also had endo (endometriosis--which in basic terms is scar tissue on your femaile organ/s) caused by it growing in the wrong place. First the docs put me through a year of different birth control pills and the patch, then I had a laperoscomy done (which proved their was the endo), and a few months after that I ended up having a partial hysterectomy. The doc took my cervix and uterus, leaving my tubes and ovaries, because they didn't have much endo on them at the time).  I still get cysts on my ovaries though, and it's definately painful--just not as bad as before my surgery. Below are two links, the first is about ovarian cysts, and the second is about endo. Both of good links that can get you more information (instead of putting it all down here and you have to skim through to find what you want, I thought the websites can lead you in the direction you want to go, not where I think you want to go...lol\nGood luck! Hope you feel better soon! \n\n(hot water bottles on my abdomen or a fresh towel out of the dryer always helped my pain)