“Why do I still have pelvic pain after ovarian cyst was drained?”

Difficult to know but always possible the cyst was never the cause of the pain to begin with. Not uncommon patients will have pain and at the same time have an ovarian cyst but the pain is due to something else. If you still have your uterus and are having cycles and per chance the pain cycles with your menstrual cycles that it could be your uterus causing the pain and not the history of ovarian cyst. Also depends what kind of cyst it was. Some type of cysts could recur. Also would depend what imaging(ultrasound especially) you may have had in the meantime as to whether this cyst might have recurred or new cysts or other pathology could be present. Need to make sure pain is not due to gastrointestinal issues or other non gynecologic reasons Certainly something you should discuss with your medical provider.