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Re: PCOS symptoms after Hysterectomy
From: kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:55:27 -0400
hi Kat,
I have been TTC#1 for 15 years after 7 m/c's.
I always have big time pain from pcos and have considered doing a hysterectomy - but, my RE said since pcos is caused by insulin resistance and not by the ovaries - there was no point.
Not, many doctors know what they are talking about, I have seen over 20 specialist over the years. I am only happy with the one I have now over the last few months. It is a hard path, that is for sure.
KIM(30 SOMETHING)dh SCOTT- JUST A BABE AT ONLY 30 
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Stacey)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-DIET
>Subject: Re: PCOS symptoms after Hysterectomy
>Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 15:32:05 -0500
>
>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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