Re: OT: Praise for Clara (was Re: RE: Metaformin and weight loss
From: Avalos (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 9 Jun 2000 14:22:41 -0500
oh boy, now I am blushing.
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From: Amy Crowe [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 2:59 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
Subject: Re: OT: Praise for Clara (was Re: RE: Metaformin and weight
loss.Help.)
She is wonderful isn't she
Jolene Miller wrote:
> Clara -
>
> Are you an educator by training? You always have very clear answers to
> folks' questions.
>
> Thanks for offering your wealth of knowledge so freely!
>
> Jolene, in Toledo
>
> >>> clara.avalos@wilcom.com 6/9/00 2:27:24 PM >>>
>
> >From what I have read and from what I have learned from my doctors, Met
is
> not addictive, so discontinuing use should not result in withdrawal; maybe
> what happened with you had to do with your insulin levels (kind of like a
> diabetic who strays from the regimen or forgets his regular medicine).
>
> I don't worry about becoming dependent on it... I already know that my
body
> needs to depend on some kind of medication for the rest of my life in
order
> to control my PCOS... that's about the status quo with all of us here, I'd
> say.
>
> Finally, I was warned that missed dosages would decrease the effectiveness
> of the medication (kind of keeps your body in a yo-yo state, and that is
not
> good); try to keep your daily dosage in a place where you will not forget
> and where it is not likely to be lost (I keep my pills in my
> laptop-briefcase, so I always know where they are, no matter where I am.
If
> I go on vacation, they are with my hairbrush/toothbrush in my cosmetic
bag).
>
> Anyway, try not to worry too much....
>
> Clara
>
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