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Re: PLEASE HELP!! sorry so long

From: Stefanie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:09:55 -0600 (CST)

At Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Miki wrote:

Oh, Man does that sound familar!.. i have the worst pain during sex and the crazeist bleeding. I thought I had endometrius too, and my couisin who has it agreed...so when I was diagnosed with PCOS I was suprised. I mean, I have some of the things, like the facial hair and the heavyness, but I do not have acne, and my period does come. It is just irregular. But sometimes, I will get it for very long, like one time I bled constantly for a month and a half, going through a super tampon AN HOUR! This happens sometimes, like when i was on bcps I bled for the entire 6 months!.. I do not know what to tell you, other than that I am confused too. Does anyone have any ideas? I am supposed to have PCOS, but the tests came back as non IR, and normal testost. levels. So what's up? >
>I have PCOS. Was diagnosed a year and a half ago. It was a true
>surprise because I didn't think I had the symptoms. My symptoms sounded
>exactly like endometriosis (very heavy, long, irregular periods, extreme
>abdominal pain and painful intercourse). Anyway, blood tests confirmed
>the insulin problem and I went on glucophage and a diet/exercise program
>(Body for Life). Starting losing weight right away (bloating and
>headaches improved) but I was still having period problems despite
>trying many bcps. We were all convinced I had endometriosis too. I had
>Lupron treatments which helped everything but the painful intercourse so
>we did a lap. Here's where everything falls apart. No endometriosis
>visible at all. I am so shocked and depressed about not having an
>answer. I kind of fell off the diet band wagon and gained a few pounds.
>I started Yasmin after the Lupron and recently have been bleeding
>heavily all the time. What I need to know is if anyone had these
>problems (heavy bleeding, pain, etc) associated with PCOS? Does anyone
>else have problems with their period if they are not eating well?

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