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Re: PCOS
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 5 Jun 2003 22:03:18 -0500 (CDT)
did the unwanted hair fall out when you started Metformin treatment?
At Wed, 6 Jun 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>hi everyone!,
> I have never posted a message before,but here goes!
>My name is Samantha, I am 35 years old and have had PCOS for 8 years.It
>went undiagnosed for 4 years, in which time my periods stopped,my hair
>started to fall out at an alarming rate whilst hair grew in places I
>didn't think it could!!!,I developed acne on my face back and chest and
>I ballooned from 9 and a half stone to 15 and half stone!.Doctors
>treated the symptoms seperately, did't connect them,and told me that
>this is what happened as "we got older".
>After much reading, I came across an article about PCOS,which listed all
>the symptoms, and I thought Bingo!!.I took the article to my doctor,who
>read it, looked at me,and a light went on in his eyes!!!.An ovarian scan
>and a blood test later and diagnosis was
>confirmed.Eureka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.I wasn't mad,bad,neurotic or old....
>I was ill.
>In the following years I have read all that I can and tried many
>different treatments, from traditional to alternative and homeopathic.My
>big breakthrough was acupunture.It changed my body shape fome the
>cuboid, "manly" block it had become, back to a more femine, curvy
>shape.Whilst not completely back to normal it was a vast improvement.I
>felt cleaner and regained some of my lost confidence.Diet,
>too,helped.Low in fat, particulary animal fats,and high in protein.I
>also take a vitamin and mineral supplement with the full RDA of zinc and
>magnesium,which help to regulate hormone levels and keep the
>reproductive system healthy, amongst other benefits.
>Over the last few years PCOS has had a much wider coverage in the
>media.One of the articles covered an endocrinologist called Helen
>Mason.She believed that women with PCOS had high levels of insulin and
>was conducting trials on 1,000 women using a drug called metformin that
>makes you utilise the insulin to its best effect.
>Through my doctor(who is now extremely sympathetic), I have been
>accepted onto the trial.I have been on metformin for 4 months.I have had
>no adverse side effects and, wait for it.........I have had my first
>period for 8 years!!!!!(I do wish it was the weight that could have been
>the first to go, but beggars can't be choosers!!).
>For all those women and girls out there, that feel like they are going
>mad,and that their body is out of their control,take heart.There is a
>light at the end of the tunnel, and you are not on your own.If anyone
>needs someone to talk to, please don't hesitate to mail me at the
>address above, I'd be only too happy to talk,
> Good luck and regards,
> Samantha.
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