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Re: Has anyone ever had Polycistic Ovarian Syndrome
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jan 20 11:17:17 2006
Toni-
The medicine definately won't give you diabetes, I just hadn't ever
heard of someone being given that medication to regulate their period.
Then again I am not trying to have a baby, so there's that. I'm sure
the doctor would have told you if your blood work showed that you have
diabetes. I think it is a good idea to check your tubes, that will be
one less factor to worry about.
Check your e-mail, I responded back about the acupuncture there.
Alyson
At Fri, 20 Jan 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>Hi Alyson,
>Thanks for the response. Well along with my pap and progesterone test,
>I had lots of blood work done. I was told by the nurse that everything
>was normal so I'm going to assume I don't have diabetes. This
>medication doesn't give you diabetes, right? I did see a bunch of small
>little eggs/cysts or whatever on the screen around my ovaries. I'm
>going to do the accupuncture, take the medication and keep trying for a
>couple of months. I am also having a HSG (Hysterosalpingogram) in
>February to see if my tubes are blocked. My OBGYN doesn't want me to go
>to a fertility specialist yet since we haven't been trying for a year
>yet. But while I keep trying I am afraid that the endo may be growing
>back and causing me not to get pregnant. He didn't even want to do the
>HSG but I begged him to do it just so that I would have piece of mind
>and see what I'm working with. I guess it's time for me to find a PCOS
>forum. I will also check WEBmd to get more info. Thanks. At Fri, 20
>Jan 2006, Alyson wrote:
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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:
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>>>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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