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Re: To all who are misunderstood by the doctors.......From: Kristi (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 26 May 2002 01:16:43 -0500 (CDT)
At Fri, 24 May 2002, Sonnet wrote: > >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: >> >>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 >> >-- >email always welcome: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com > Hi! The procedure is liposuction, but it has modifications to allow them to suction off more than the usual few pounds. There are still great risks to this procedure but I am so sick of the fat hanging off my abdomen. It must weigh at least 20 pounds! I am a very active woman, walk a few days a week, work very hard in my garden, etc., yet the abdominal fat is growing. Arrrgh! :o) Kristi
-- Kristi
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