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Re: Cholesterol & PCOSFrom: Leslie (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:31:38 -0800
Hi Lori I used to have that kind of pain around my periods, when my body was trying to have one and couldn't. I also, in a period of about a year, gained 100lbs, with no change in my eating habits or exercise, and was pretty much told the same thing you were. I also completely lost my appetite near the end of it, and had to force myself to eat, because I would constantly forget to. Anyway I don't know that I can give you info on the two being linked, although I'm sure there could be some somewhere. Plenty of women seem to have both. Have you taken a look at the pcos site on the obgyn.net site? there is a lot of good information there, and some specialists who deal with reproductive troubles who know and understand about PCOS. I have found, in my long search, that a lot of doctors simply do not know much about our troubles, and presume it is from eating to much. 30lbs is a fair bit to gain, and something to be concerned with, especially if you haven't changed your lifestyle much. It isn't so much the weight itself, as everything that comes with it, imo. If you are worried about cholesterol, try incorporating flax seed oil (use cold only. It breaks down too much when heated) and fiber. I use a coffee grinder and grind my own. I try to take about 2 tbsp a day in a shake or oatmeal. It has a slightly nutty flavor so makes a good salad dressing oil. Something else you can look into, if you have a naturopathic physician in the area is something called a spit, or saliva test (yes, sounds icky, but it can tell you amazing things about what is going on in your cycle, and I'd recommend it to anyone who thought they might have pcos). It basically records, through saliva, your monthly hormonal levels. The regular medical attention will not administer this - but it is used in Europe as a standard monitor. I learned a lot about my system when I did it, and it really helped pinpoint what was going on. It also helped me show my physician there *was* something not right. If you have no naturopathic docs in the neighborhood, check around. Some of them will do phone consultations and work with you that way. You might consider getting a blood sugar test - the long term version. If you are insulin resistant, your insulin levels will remain normal, but your blood sugar level will remain high for longer than normal. Some ladies also get a thyroid test, as that can become out of whack too, although mine remained in the 'normal' range. The Atkins diet, although it works for some people, is to extreme for me. I tend to stick with the glycemic index and work with that. It basically breaks down to using the older grains, whole grains ( no wheat, but rye, pumpernickel, and oats tend to be ok for grains), cold weather fruit (no tropical goodies), lots of veggies, no juice (although I do have a bit of very diluted, unsweetened cranberry juice twice a day and hot lemon water as well to give the liver and kidneys a treat), lots of fish (or take fish oil to help you keep your furnace going) and other protein. There are quite a few glycemic index books out there now. Check a few out of the library and take a look at them. They can be quite interesting as far as nutrition goes. Also, look into syndrome-X books and information. It is very similar to what we go though, only is more geared towards both men and women. Also, you might want to remind your doctor PCOS is a syndrome, not a disease. That means that you may or may not have all the symptoms of it, but still have it. And if you do, and you do not take care of it, it will become worse (not to frighten you or anything, that is just the way it is). Leslie
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> I was diagnosed with PCOS and Endometriosis in March after I had surgery
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