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Re: To all who are misunderstood by the doctors.......
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 24 May 2002 01:26:35 -0500 (CDT)
Kristi I think you and I are in much the same boat! I"m so glad your
doctor seems to be on top of your PCOS and is really treating it. That's
great news! Ditto with the thyroid. I take 3g Metformin and 1.37mg
Levoxyl, which is basically the same thing as Synthroid. I've been
under this treatment since 1999. I have stopped gaining weight, which
is a plus, but it hasn't really gone down too much. I have that dreaded
apron of tummy fat too, it drives me crazy. I "fantasize" all the time
about just cutting the darn thing off myself. It doesn't feel like a
part of me, if taht makes sense. My butt, my upper arms, my thighs,
they're all full of fat cells too. But if I touch them, I realize yes,
that's my body. I can't think that about my tummy. I just want it
GONE. What procedure are you talking about? Just last night my husband
and I agreed to look into liposuction because it bothers me so much. I
didn't know it wasn't an option for a large amount of fat. Any
suggestions would be great, I'm at my wit's end with it.
At Thu, 23 May 2002, Kristi wrote:
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>My endocrinologist diagnosed me with PCOS, even though I don't have the
>polycystic ovaries nor the extra hair growth. But apparently the two
>"hallmark" hormones from my pituitary confirmed the diagnosis. Then I
>was also found to have the accompanying insulin resistance and
>hypothyroidism. As it was explained to me by this doctor: I was most
>likely born with the gene for the PCOS, which "woke up" at puberty.
>Incidentally, this was the time I began to gain weight. With the
>insulin resistance, because the fuel is not being moved into my cells by
>my insulin, I am "fuel-starved", almost a hypoglycemic state, in my
>cells, while my pancreas pumps out more and more insulin in response to
>the starved cells. The doctor says my liver goes crazy trying to store
>up fat and the hallmark of this is to deposit it on my abdomen. So,
>where am I now? Feeling validated, for one. And also taking 1500mg
>metformin (glucophage) per day in divided doses, 0.88mg synthroid per
>day, chromium 400 per day and some other meds for neurochemical
>imbalance. I have the "apron" of abdominal fat that I hate so
>passionately I could scream. I have researched an experimental
>procedure for liposuctioning this abdominal fat in an attempt to resolve
>the insulin resistance. So far so good in that aspect however it is
>tremendously dangerous to lipo more than a few pounds at a time and
>these doctors are working on a different procedure to allow them to lipo
>10+ in one procedure. Anybody else out there in about the same boat? I
>have no children but my husband and I didn't plan for any. My
>biological clock wakes up once and awhile and I wish I had done it
>differently but it's too late now at 39. I want on top of this weight.
>I need help. I hate the low carb diet and just crave carbs like crazy
>(naturally, since my cells tell my brain they are starved all the time).
>
>--
>Kristi
>
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email always welcome: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
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