Fw: I need help!
From: Lisa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:10:03 -0400
I have one child and I have PCOS. I've been diagnosed for 9 months. It is my
opinion that I had it since the age of 16.
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From: Melove <anonymous@obgyn.net>
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Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 2:51 PM
Subject: I need help!
> My sister has been diagnosed with PCOS and was put on the drug
> glucaphage. She has since dropped 20 lbs. without dieting and her
> menstral cycle has returned to normal. We have the same doctor, so I
> went back to him for help. I have all the symptoms of PCOS but can get
> no one to diagnos me. My sister was trying to get pregnant so he
> treated her. She already has two children. I have four, but tried to
> get pregnant for two years before I went on a low carb diet, lost 30 lbs
> and began ovulating again. Each time I got pregnant, I went on a very
> strict low carb diet. Every woman in my family is obese, mother,
> sisters, grandmothers, aunts, cousins...I am at the end of my rope. How
> do you find help for this problem. They all tell me that since I have
> children, I couldn't possible have PCOS. Is that true? Could the
> symtoms not appear or get worse as you get older?
>
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