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now what?From: cathy (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 26 Mar 2000 23:24:42 -0600 (CST)
Well, I started this whole process of trying to find out what was wrong w/me 10 years ago. During that time, I have seen 3 general practitioners, a dermatologist, an endocrinologist and 2 gynecologists. I've had countless tests done: blood tests, thyroid, kidney and adrenal function. All the doctors I saw were either disinterested or just shrugged when my tests came back normal. Last year, I finally discovered that I'm not just a freak but that this is a condition w/a name: PCOS. I have all the symptoms of PCOS except for infertility, probably. In the past I have gone through one entire year w/only 3 periods but now my periods are back to being regular. I have very thin hair, excessive facial/body hair, body acne, I'm overweight (distributed in the middle mostly, like a man), depressed, my cholesterol is over 200, my triglycerides are WAY off the chart and I am now an insulin-resistant diabetic. I have taken birth control pills on and off, Spironolactone and Aldactone (w/no results; in fact, I got worse) for 2 years and now take Amaryl for the diabetes. My family doctor thinks alot of these symptoms are unrelated and tries to treat them separately rather than attack the cause which I believe is more logical. I don't know what else to do. I'll be 39 next month. I'd like to have a life. I don't date, I can't leave the house w/o wearing a hat and can't really wear shorts or a t-shirt and definitely not a bathing suit! What's more is that I feel I'm growing worse -- by the time, I go through menopause in another 10 years, any protection my heart has from the estrogen I have will be lost and I'll die at an early age just like my father. So now what? Is there really any treatment that will reverse this or am I just waiting to die?
-- Catherine
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