PCOS-DIET Messages for April, 2003: Re: PCOS symptoms after Hysterectomy

Re: PCOS symptoms after Hysterectomy

From: Stacey (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 20 Apr 2003 15:29:55 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Kat wrote: >
>I had a total hysterectomy (necessary because of multiple ovarian cysts
>on both ovaries, cysts on my tubes, uterus, cervix - they took
>everything) six years ago. Before that time I had all the symptoms of
>PCOS - no periods, heavy periods, facial hair, alcopecia, sudden
>unexplained weight gain, etc., etc.
>
>Since my surgery I have gained weight in leaps and bounds, no matter how
>well I eat or how much I exercise; and it's right around my middle. I
>am still contending with the facial hair and the hair loss, and I'm at
>my wits end. The endocrinologist my primary physician sent me too, says
>that since I had a total hysterectomy there is no way that these
>problems were caused by PCOS. My primary physician just says I have
>these problems because I'm over 40 (I was 46 my last birthday)
>
>Is there anything I can do to relieve these problems or am I destined to
>suffer with them indefinitely? Any light you can shed on this subject
>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>--
>Kat
>

Kat:

Reading your message scares the crap out of me. I am scheduled for a total hysterectomy on May 9. I have had PCOS for the last 13 years (I am 31). All of those years my doctor was explaining to me all he knew and was still learning about PCOS...that the disease CAUSES obesity and not the other way around. When he tied my tubes last November he found Endometriosis invading everything and said we would need to do a total hysterectomy. As scary as that sounds I was kind of relieved that it would relieve the pain associated by the endo and a little relieved because he said there was a good possibility that it would result in significant weight loss. When I read your message I realized the probability of weight loss vs. the probability of weight gain would probably, once again, end up not in my favor. I blew over $1,000 on L.A. Weight Loss Centers (it worked but only temporarily), Slim Fast, starved myself, was on various sugar pills to control the hyperinsulinism caused by the PCOS and nothing worked. I'm 31 and once was a beautiful size 8 now I am huge. This is just horrible. It's 19 days to D-day. Why bother.

--
Stacey

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