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Re: my story with PCOS

From: kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:23:56 -0400

Welcome,

My advise to you is to see a reproductive endocrinologist and get on metformin.

Metformin we improve you wacky hormones.

I have been struggling with pcos for 23 yrs now. Metformin has been a lifesaver for me. Also get you thyroid checked, as it is common with pcos to have wacked out thyroid too.

Email me anytime, I am from Pickering Ontario

Kim

>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (cathy)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-DIET
>Subject: my story with PCOS
>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:21:11 -0500
>
>My Story Of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
>
>My name is Cathy Irving and I have PCOS. I was diagnosed with PCOS
>three years ago but we (doctor and I) backdated to the original date of
>1993 when I was 16 years old.
>We knew there was something wrong when I jumped from 135lbs to 180lbs in
>less than a year. My family doctor sent me for tests and did a PAP test
>but did not find anything. My periods were always irregular so maybe I
>had it even earlier that 1993. He put me on birth control pills to see
>if that would have regulated my periods, but that didn't work...either I
>would bleed all month long or not at all, and being on the birth control
>pills left me unbelievable migraines. So I have been on and off birth
>control pills for 9 years, not being able to find one that would work.
>I got my doctor to refer me to a GYOB and she was the one that actually
>diagnosed me with PCOS three years ago. She told me that I was missing
>a hormone that causes me to ovulate and have periods and the only was
>that I could have a period was to take the birth control pill because it
>gave me the hormone that I needed. Well I tried it and could not take
>it because of the migraines. So for about 18 months now I have not had
>a period. She did tell me that when I got pregnant with my daughter
>(who is four now) that she was my miracle baby and I would probably not
>be able to have another one...which broke my heart because I wanted a
>large family. So here I stand with no hope or future, and currently on
>no medication.
>I have read the pamphlets that she gave me and found an article in
>Woman's Day magazine about Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and how they are
>trying out a new drug. But so far, nothing for me. There isn't much
>around where I live in Stewiacke Nova Scotia and I can not find a
>support group or anyone to talk to about it. I do not know of anyone
>that has it besides me, that I know. It is very frustrating. My latest
>resort was to go online and search. I have that someone will be able to
>find a cure for this god awful disease.
>They have hormone supplements for people with sex changes to get them
>the hormones they need...why can't they find a hormone supplement for
>the REAL woman that desperately NEEDS the hormone?
>
>thank you for taking the time to read my story.
>
>Sincerely yours
>
>Cathy Irving
>fazio@istar.ca
>902-639-2251
>902-986-0466
>101 Main Street West
>P.O. Box 502
>Stewiacke Nova Scotia, Canada
>B0N 2J0
>



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