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Re: PCOS and Menapause
From: Michele (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 12:14:14 -0500 (CDT)
Kay, good luck w/this next go around with the docs, I'd suggest you go
to some of the webs sights you've seen posted here on the forum and
print out that info to take with you.
I truly hope your cervical cancer wasn't a result of the pcos, it must
have been so frightening to go through that. I have seen here that
endometrial cancer can be caused by pcos, but I don't know about
cervical cancer. Thanks for the prayers, and I pray that you finally
get heard and get the treatment that you need.
At Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Kay wrote:
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>At Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Michele wrote:
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>>Well I'm 43 and haven't reached that phase yet, I'm still trying to have
>>a live baby. You don't say whether you have been taking glucophage for
>>the pcos, as the underlying cause of pcos is most likely
>>hyperinsulinemia, a hysterectomy would not change your insulin
>>production. So, I would think that inspite of no more menses, we would
>>still have pcos, as the female reproductive system is effected by the
>>high insulin not the other way around. So have you ever had a fasting
>>insulin test or a glucose tolerance test w/insulin measurements ever
>>done. Endometrial cancer is one of the complications that pcos can
>>cause, as well as heart disease and diabetes. Hope you haven't been
>>going all these years without treatment to control the pcos. Hope this
>>helps!
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>>At Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Kay wrote:
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>>>I have had PCOS for 24 years, I am now 39 years old. Three years ago I
>>>had a hysterectomy for cervical cancer, and I still fight the symptoms
>>>of PCOS!!! Does ANY ONE have any info on PCOS after menapause?? Any help
>>>here would be very helpful!!
>>
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>>michele
>>Thanks for the info. Yes, I have gone the last 17 1/2 years without any treatment. We did not have health insurance that would cover this until this year!! So I am getting back with a doc here. Also, just a word to all, some docs think that once the ovaries are gone-NO MORE PCO!!! I have had that for the last 3 years since my hysterectomy!! I knew that PCO was still in my life, it is all over my face and body!!! That is why NOW I get to get back with the doctors who know something about PCO. Thank you so much for the info and my prayers are with you for a baby.
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michele
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