Female reproductive expert please!! Can you still have fibroids and ovarian cysts after menopause?

I haven't had a period in 6 years? Prior to my period ending I had ovarian cysts and fibroid tumors. I would have ultrasounds and they got smaller; then finally I had my menopause. I was led to believe that when my period stopped I wouldn't get them anymore. last year when I had gallbladder surgery they told me I still had them. Until today, though, I had really not had any pain. Today I had severe cramps and swelling, my back hurt, just like when I used to have my period.. I feel like I have the fibroids again. How can I have them if I am not reproducing anymore? Is this possible? Please help!

If you are not taking hormones, the fibroids should shrink after menopause. Obviously, the cysts haven't.

If one of those cysts breaks, it can dump fluid into you abdomen that can be irritating.

The pain you are having may be totally unrelated to either your fibroids or your cysts. See a doctor ASAP.

Ovarian cysts may persist after menopause but fibroid usually regress.
Good luck!

Have a complete check-up by a gynecologist. It could be female-related, or something else- if it is bad, go to ER.
I had endometriosis, which is menstruation products that have backed up through the fallopian tubes and attached to parts in the area around the womb, as the fallop. tubes are open-ended to the ovum area and got a hysterectomy for a low fibroid (now they use laser instead in a young, child-bearing-age woman) )and I swear that the piled up tissue in parts of my lower abdomen still swell every month too, along with the menses time as I still have my ovaries after a hysterectomy thus a period cycle though menopausal almost and on estrogen- This may make me feel all out- of- sorts, and it has something to do with fibromyalgia they say, which may mean that my body is so busy trying to get rid of or deal with these bloody spots each month that my immune system is weakened -hormones play a powerful role in and through out the body and its functions and health. I am going to check this out with my doctor.

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