Re: Please help - My Dr. appt. is on 9/22 and I have no idea what to do!
From: Jessica (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:20:17 -0500 (CDT)
Kim,
I can't offer any advice on your problems...
However, TO TRUE ON THE " I am just glad they discovered that depression
is linked to PCOS, the last 10 years make so much more sense now!!"
I still get asked how come when I go to the DR's, I struggle with
anxioty... I'm like well from 11- 25... All DR's could say is, being
over weight was why my periods were OUT OF WACK... and my hair falling
out at 11 for some odd reason, COULDN'T ANSWER THAT...
Good luck and Best Wishes!!!
--
Jessica
At Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Kim wrote:
>
>Hi!
>I'm new to the board - I did try to leave a message earlier, but I can't
>find it! lol...I'm going to keep track of this one!
>
>I've been ttc actively for 5 years. I say actively, because although
>I've never used BC (pill or external methods) for any length of time, I
>haven't been too concerned about whether I did or didn't. But, I was
>diagnosed in 1994 with PCOS after a *huge* unexplainable weight gain and
>a severe bout of hair loss. The response was to put me on BC pills. I
>got so sick I was bedridden. I just can't take them for some reason
>stll unknown to myself or my doctors.
>
>I moved to MA about 5 years ago and thought my PCP was aware of the PCOS
>diagnosis - there is some bizarre no sharing rule here and my OB/GYN
>didn't tell my PCP. Of course, I should have been discussing it with
>her so I take full blame! The long and short of it is this: She put me
>on MET about 6 months ago and I got really sick - bladder infection,
>large amounts of protein in my urine, bleeding, etc. so I went off of
>it and cleared those up. Hadn't had a cycle in 3 months so she put me
>on Provera for a week and back on MET at the same time. I'm a month
>into the MET and the bladder infection is starting again and the
>'spotting' has started again. I also feel nauseated all of the time.
>So, I go back on 9/22 to see her about all of this.
>
>What should I do? What should I ask? I mean, are these normal side
>effects from MET? (These weren't in any of the side effects lists I've
>read so far!) I'm a little scared from the bleeding and I will
>definitely ask ker about that!
>Is there something else I could take in place of the MET?
>
>*sigh* I think she's going to refer me to a specialist. But, I've been
>trying to make sense of the insane number of drugs out there and I'm
>lost in a sea of side effects, symptoms, drug pairings, etc.
>
>Could some one please help me before my appt. with her?
>
>--
>Kim Keegan
>
>ps - I am just glad they discovered that depression is linked to PCOS!
>the last 10 years make so much more sense now!!
>
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