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Re: Have PCOS But Doc Won't Prescribe Metformin
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 25 May 2000 20:46:43 -0700
Hi all my name is Lynn and I was wondering if anyone is on medication for hair
loss? The hair on the top of my head is getting so thin-I am scared to death that
I am going bald at 28 years old!! I have a doctors appointment for the annual
female stuff next week and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on anything
to ask for?
THANKS!!!!
Samantha wrote:
> I am so upset I have been crying for days. I was diagnosed with PCOS 2
> yrs ago and was put on The Pill to "control it". After reading
> countless magazine articles and web sites, I learned that birth control
> was just treating the effect and not the cause so I decided to see a
> Reproductive Endocrinologist to talk to about getting put on Metformin.
> Armed with all of the information that I could find about PCOS (all of
> which sounded like it was written about me), I had my appointment and
> the doc scheduled an ultrasound and blood tests including thyroid,
> insulin, glucose, hormone and others. A week later I went in for my
> results and her "advice" was to lose weight. I burst out in tears in
> her office and said that that was the reason I came to see her. I have
> tried EVERY diet known to man. I exercise regularly, but the weight
> doesn't come off. When I told her that I wanted to try Metformin she
> said I didn't need it because, although I DO have pcos, my insulin and
> glucose levels were normal. She wants to put my on birth control pills
> again........exact what I DIDN'T want to do. I am going to get a second
> opinion. I am even thinking of buying Metformin over the internet. I
> am desperate. If anyone has any advice I would really appreciate it.
>
> --
> Thank you,
> Samantha
>
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