She kept gaining weight and didn’t know why. It turned out to be a 50-pound ovarian cyst.

(Photo courtesy of Kayla Rahn) Kayla Rahn, left, before her surgery to remove a massive ovarian cyst and with her boyfriend, Jonathan Pittman, several weeks after the operation.

(Photo courtesy of Kayla Rahn) Kayla Rahn, left, before her surgery to remove a massive ovarian cyst and with her boyfriend, Jonathan Pittman, several weeks after the operation.

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