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Re: I cured my PCOS! CURE?? hold up!From: Jo (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:28:36 -0500 (CDT)
Wjy wouldn't it be a cure. I'd be willing to bet that a large reason for this disorder is lifestyle to begin with..too much junk food and not enough excersize as kids. I got pregnant with this disorder once, after a major, unintentional lifestyle change. I was healthy for six months, totally eating right and physically fit, when I came back to the civilized world, back to all the bad habbits, boom, back came the syndrome. The syndrome is not a natural state, the healthy diet and excersize are. For most people. I'm sure there are cases severe enough to really need to relly on the medication. For me, i am trying to get back to healthy eating and kick long term med use. At Tue, 12 Aug 2003, anonymous wrote: > >First of all..there is no known cure for PCOS...I am very happy that you >have done what you have, but a cure would mean a permanent solution ... >where as: if you went off the diet and stopped your supplements and >exercise..you would probably still have the PCOS (and the symptoms would >return). So we need to be careful when saying cure. It sounds like you >have found a good way to CONTROL the PCOS (as long as you keep up what >you are doing you would have a PERMANENT CONTROL OVER your symptoms), >and that is wonderful..and it offers alot of hope for other women out >there struggling, but like I said..there is no known CURE. > >At Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Claire wrote: >> >>To anyone interested in curing their PCOS and insulin resistance, >> >>A little background on me >> >>My name is Claire Oosthuizen, I am twenty years old and I am currently a >>student at Rhodes University in South Africa. I understand that a huge >>percentage of the American population has PCOS (I believe about 10 >>percent of women), but only a tiny percentage of people are ever cured. >>Hopefully, reading this will inspire women with this disorder to take >>their health into their own hands. I am proud to say that I USED to >>have Polyciystic Ovary Syndrome. Today, my hormones are completely >>normal, I am ovulating normally, my weight is normal (although I would >>still like to lose a bit more), my skin isn’t perfect but I’m only >>twenty and it’s a huge improvement on what my skin used to look like! >> >>Two years ago, I was overweight, I had terrible acne - the crater >>causing kind on my cheeks that usually only boys get- and I started to >>notice an increase in facial and body hair. (You are supposed to be at >>least somebody’s mother before you have to worry about hairs on your >>chinny-chin-chin!) I went to my GP to speak to him about referring me to >>a dermatologist about my skin. I thought the weight was just due to my >>lack of will power, and the extra hair was just due to an unfair serving >>of bad genes! My GP was clever enough to perform the correct tests and >>sent me off to a Gynecologist who diagnosed me with Polycystic Ovary >>Syndrome (PCOS) and Insulin resistance (which is apparently the main >>cause of PCOS). >> >>I was put onto a contraceptive pill (Diane-35 and Androcure) to treat >>the PCOS as well as Metformin to treat the Insulin Resistance, however, >>my understanding of these medicines is that they subdue the symptoms of >>the disorder so that no more damage is done to the ovaries, but as soon >>as you come off these medicines you are back to square one: the symptoms >>reappear! So for me this solution was not a treatment, it was a way to >>protect my ovaries while we tried to find a cure. By “we” I mean mainly >>my mother who tirelessly searched the Internet for possible cures. >> >>The only case studies we found where the women successfully began >>ovulating again, were where the drugs were kicked out the window and >>huge lifestyle changes were made. I found one diet that was formulated >>by a gynecologist that consisted of eating plenty of phytoestrins such >>as soya and chickpeas as well as a whole concoction of herbs and >>supplements. But the main course of action that seems to be successful >>is converting to a low carbohydrate diet! Simple as that! >> >>I had read over and over that a low carbohydrate diet was the way to go! >>I resisted this option for months as I love my bread and rice and >>deserts and chocolate etc. I was also concerned about picking up weight >>if I ever went off the diet. Dr. Leslie Pleass, an Osteopath and >>Naturopath in Johannesburg, who I admire very much, advised me to avoid >>carbohydrates and prescribed various supplements. Eventually, the fears >>of possibly never having children kicked me into action. The decision >>to eat that way is big because it means that this is how you’ll eat for >>the rest of your life, it is not a quick fix, but it works. So I >>weighed up all my options: I could either be fat, pimply, hairy, have >>heart disease, thrombosis, eventual diabetes, infertility (the list goes >>on) while taking strong drugs every day, or I could give up >>carbohydrates! So I gave up carbohydrates and it’s really a lovely way >>to eat – very luxurious! Even if you love all of those unhealthy breads >>and deserts, trust me you get used to anything! >> >>Here is what I did to cure myself step-by-step: >> >>- I don’t think that being on the Pill for a short period is a bad idea >>as it is a quick way to fix acne, hirsutism, as well as protect your >>ovaries until your hormones are correct – as long as when you come off >>the Pill you are already doing the right thing so you don’t >>backtrack!!!!! I was on the Pill for about a year but I came off >>Metformin very quickly since it made me feel terrible and I don’t >>believe it is a cure anyway. >> >>- When I came off the Pill I started to take natural progesterone for >>two weeks out of the month - I stopped this after six months. >> >>- I took a range of supplements, here is a list: GTF chromium, zinc, >>calcium, magnesium, selenium, essential fatty acids, vitamin C and E, >>vitamin B comlex and Alpha lipoic-acid (I found that I felt best on >>FoodStateTM products). I also took a herb called Milk Thistle to aid >>liver function as the liver needs to get rid of all old hormones >>effectively. >> >>- I react badly to stress and I’m no doctor but I’m sure I gave myself a >>cyst from stress once. One thing I know is that your body can’t heal >>itself properly if you are very stressed – the best way to put natural >>sedatives into your body is via endorphins i.e. exercise is very >>important! >> >>- I had my amino acids checked out and I was found to be hugely lacking >>in fifteen out of twenty of the essential amino acids. The doctor who >>interpreted my results said that I couldn’t possibly be producing proper >>insulin which is a protein and that my body was probably producing a >>“pseudo-insulin” which is why it couldn’t be recognized by my cells and >>hence the insulin resistance. A possible cause of the whole mess? >>Anyway I also took an amino acid replacement supplement. >> >>- But the main thing that I did was follow the Dr. Atkins low >>carbohydrate diet and I’m positive that even if you didn’t do all the >>other things I did this would do the trick! >> >>My two cents about Low Fat diets >> >>It makes so much sense to me that a high carbohydrate/low fat diet is so >>dangerous! If you think about the whole hunter-gatherer theory, our >>bodies have evolved to deal with foods you can find on the ground or >>things that you could hunt so theoretically, we should only eat >>vegetables and meat. Processed, massed produced food is a relatively >>new concept. It is only recently that most people believe that >>overloading your body with sugar (via fat free bread and pasta and rice >>etc.) is healthy is it also recently that diabetes and insulin >>resistance and such have reached epidemic proportions, coincidence? >>Also, your cells need fats and oils to survive and in particular, you >>need to have plenty of good oils to produce hormones. If you have a >>hormone imbalance and you are following a low fat diet , from what I’ve >>learned this is a really bad idea! Again, I’m no doctor and any >>academics would find many gaps in my research, this is all just my two >>cents worth! >> >>Conclusion >> >>I have no medical qualifications and I all I know is what I have read >>and experienced, however, I have cured myself from PCOS and insulin >>resistance and as far as I’m concerned I deserve a medal! After I >>converted to the Dr. Atkins diet my hormones were completely normal >>after four months! I wish I could have been cured earlier so that I >>could address this to Dr. Atkins himself to tell him how grateful I am, >>I was very grieved to find out about his death – he was a truly great >>man and I owe my life to him! >> >>Good luck!! >> >>Regards, >>Claire Oosthuizen
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