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Re: advice on pcos treatment and weight loss newly diagosed. U.K.

From: louise (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 24 Mar 2003 04:12:48 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 13 Oct 2000, jo wrote: >
>Hi, I'm Jo and I am a qualified nurse but with little knowledge of pcos[
>not my area!] after over a year of irregular periods, difficulty
>shedding my large amount of excess weight,facial hair, and hair loss, a
>medical collegue suggested she checked my hormone levels,which
>apparently came back showing a high chance of pcos, I then visited my
>G.P. who appeared not to know to much about it and told me if Idid have
>pcos,which was probable,there was nothing that could be done. There was
>no reason why I should not lose weight like anyone else,and with regards
>fertility,well just give it a go and see.
>Ican see from this website that several people talk about their
>endocrinologists- should i be refered to one?
>also I see people talking about medication, could there be something to
>help me?
>please help!! I feel at the moment because Ilive in an area where there
>is poor knowledge of pcos that I just have to sit back and let it
>allhappen to my body until my G.p. gains more knowledge.
>I live in the U.K. and would be interested to here any helpful advice
>anyone has.
>
>--
>JO
>

Hi jo, I am from the uk, and have had pcos for over 12 years now. im also a nurse, qualified in manchester. Anyway you can get some GP's or specialists to prescribe metformin (youve probably read about it on the messages) which may or may not work for you. Also they recommend spironolactone and the pill (im on all three at the moment)

I had to go to America for my metformin originally (but was on holiday there anyway) that was back in jan 2001. The met worked for about 6 months and then the symptoms came back and ever since then ive had the usual problems. Although this isnt always the case and some people find that metformin works really well for them so its worth a go. Im also on a low carb diet and do loads and loads of exercise.

If you want any contacts for docs in the uk just let me know,

Louise

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