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Re: Has anyone ever had Polycistic Ovarian Syndrome

From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jan 20 09:23:12 2006

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Toni, I was diagnosed with PCOS right before I was diagnosed with endo. I had seen several doctors trying to get an answer as to why I do not have a period on my own (i.e. when I'm not on the pill). I was finally diagnosed via an ultrasound showing my ovaries covered in small cysts where my eggs were not able to "get out". Were you also diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes? I know it is common for women with PCOS to have diabetes and I was checked for that, but not given any medication. I am not trying to conceive, so my OBGYN is not treating the PCOS currently. My mother also has/had PCOS. She was given Clomid (sp?) to help her ovulate to conceive me. Typically PCOS resolves itself after pregnancy. My mom had my brother and sister after she had me without needing any fertility treatments or help ovulating. Her periods have been regular ever since. But...she doesn't have endometriosis, which throws another wrench into things. I would ask your ObGyn to refer you to a fertility specialist if you have trouble conceiving. WebMD has some good information about PCOS if you want to search there. It cleared up alot of questions for me. Alyson

At Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Toni wrote: >
>Hi everyone,
>I was recently diagnosed with PCOS. Well at least my doctor thinks that
>is what I have. It sucks that he doesn't know for sure. He doesn't
>think I am ovulating. But he gave me a vaginal sonogram and saw a bunch
>of little cysts around my ovaries. He also asked if I had irregular
>periods or ever missed a period. I never have missed a period but every
>other month my cycle is all screwed up. Like every other month my
>period comes every 28 or 29 day, but that month in between it's 23, 24,
>27, or whatever. He also checked my progesterone level on the 21st day
>of my cycle. He said this test would tell him if I have ovulated or
>not. The test results (whatever they were) came back as if I had not
>ovulated. I had my suspicions about this because I have been doing the
>temperature method and my temperature was all over the place. Your
>temperature should go up when you are ovulating or have ovulated. Mine
>was everywhere. So now he wants me to take Metformin, also called
>Glucophage, which is used to treat type 2 diabetes. I have so much
>going on with the endo and now I might have PCOS. It’s depressing
>because I want so much to conceive. I asked the doctor would it harm me
>to take this medication if I am indeed ovulating and he said no, it
>would just help regulate my cycle so I could tell exactly when I was
>ovulating and try to conceive then. Has anyone ever had PCOS? Or taken
>Glucophage? Does this medication really help?

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