Re: DOCTORS COMMENTS FOR PROFUSE SWEATING OF PCOSers?
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:12:04 -0400
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Hi - I too have this problem - JUST HORRIBLE!!!
It is soooo embaracing - I won;t wear anything fitting to my arms - nor will I
wear sleaveless items ... I hate it ... If you hear anything, Sari, please please
let me know!
(: Have a good week everyone! Amy
Sari wrote:
> Has anybody had any answers from professional sources (such as doctors!)
> regarding the sweating problem that many of us PCOS women have? I’ve
> read dozens of posts making claim to this sweating problem. Many women
> have indicated that they were going to take the issue up with their
> physicians. But, I’ve been unsuccessful in locating any of the posts
> after women have taken issue with doctors. I live in Kansas, and we’ve
> undoubtedly had sweltering temps this month (today was 106 + dreadful
> humidity!). But this sweating thing is so embarrassing. I’m 44 and
> people are staring at me like I’m having cardiac arrest, or menopausal
> “hot flashes”; one person even suggested that I needed to see my
> internist regarding this because it necessitated immediate medical
> intervention due to the fact that it was the result of very high blood
> pressure and overweight problems. (I’m 5’8” and weigh 170 lbs.; weight
> is an issue with me; but I didn’t think it warranted a comment as such!
> Some people can be so insensitive!!) Any feedback or comments on this
> would be most enlightening. My face has “dripped” profusely today, both
> inside and outdoors. It doesn’t seem to make any difference. In fact,
> since May, I have been taking Metformin & Spironolactone; this
> “sweating” situation is even worse than ever now. It happened today
> while standing in the cashier line at Wal-Mart. Everybody kept staring
> at me as though I might drop dead any moment! And the women starring the
> most weighed at least 150 lbs. more than I do; so embarrassing! Any
> insight would be most enlightening! Thanks. Sari
>
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