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Re: heavy period over 6 months and my weight wont move, depressed in PCOS hell!!
From: anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:41:34 -0600 (CST)
Dear Rebecca,
I think you mistook Dr. Sam's last posting as directed to you, but it
was actually to ME. Is said "Dear Becca" and not "Dear Rebecca". OOPS.
:)
Becca
At Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Rebecca wrote:
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>Dear Sam,
>point blank, i dont have a cycle, i have never had a cycle , literally
>never, my first period was at 12 and extremely heavy then it disappeared
>for 12 months...my folllowing period was the same...the ever since then
>they come and go and last as long as they want when they want, dr's here
>have tried me on so many birth control pills to align my period, they
>never work....i was taking provera as per descibed to me while on
>micogynan30 and still no effect to my bleeding....at one stage i did
>stop bleeding(suddenly) while taking the micro30 and provera oral, my
>period also returned 5 days later...no pattern, the prevera injections i
>put on so much weight and as with the oral i was very depressed and
>temperamental. At 21 my parents rushed me to the dr as i was having
>heart pulpatations, blood work was done found i was down to almost half
>my blood/iron levels:extreme anemic due to long period of bleeding...i
>had been telling doctors this for years, all them telling me "u are
>still young ,u will grown out of it", until this blood work came back
>did they start to take me seriously, my current GP first diagnosed me
>with pcos...sent me to a gynocologist for more detailed treatment, the
>gyno didnt even get off his chair to examin me in 4 visits, he just
>prescibed i think it was estigen because he said i was going thru early
>menopause, and also provera shots...i stopped seeing him, saw another
>gynocologist,different meds and still no result...all saying lose weight
>and you will regulate etc..i stopped taking meds i stayed away from drs
>for as long aspossible as they either wouldnt believe me or wouldnt help
>me and kept putting blame on my weight...again heart pulpations made me
>go back to my gp, he sent me to the professor of gynocology at a major
>west sydney hospital...he performed a dnc and eploratory, confirmed no
>cancer but cycts to me monitored but they have never bothered to do
>that, ive had regular ultrasounds, internal ulta sounds, hormone testing
>which has always come back fine at this point as my GP(he is great) told
>me now i am at a point where i am "a public patient and difficult case
>and no one wants to treat you"..he advised i see the professor one last
>time, and to remind him that i have been having this problem from size
>10-size to size 26 (im currently size20-22 due to my own dieting and
>exersice losing 80lbs)and too either further than my weight being the
>issue.If he still doesnt change his attitude then my gp said he would
>refer me else where...btw i am not trying to get pregnant at the moment
>i am just trying to build my blood/iron level up from 68 and avoid blood
>transfussion. At Thu, 29 Mar 2001, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
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>>Dear Becca,
>>
>>How do you count cycle length (2-2 1/2 weeks)? If correctly done (from day one to day one) you will never get pregnant, because 18 day cycles are incompatible with ovulation let alone get pregnant. What does it mean that Provera did not work for you? How was your PCOS diagnosed? (Ultrasound, hormones?)
>>I could probably help you knowing these results
>>
>>Sam (Ob/Gyn,RE)
>>
>>> Dear Rebecca (from another Rebecca),
>>>
>>> I understand your mental and physical pain. I never had serious
>>> symptoms of PCOS until I started trying to get pregnant. Since I went
>>> off the pill, I've had 2-2 1/2 week cycles. When I got diagnosed, and I
>>> realized that I would need medical help to get pregnant, I got so
>>> depressed...now that I've gotten more used to that idea, I can't get to
>>> the dr. fast enough! My HMO takes forever to proscribe Clomid (it has
>>> to go through the fertility clinic and the referral takes a while).
>>> Everyday ticks by and I want so badly to get pregnant. Also, I'm an
>>> Orthodox Jew, and I can't even touch my husband for 7 day until my
>>> period is over. With my short cycles, I hardly ever get to touch my
>>> husband, let alone make love to him. He is SO understanding and good to
>>> me, but sometimes I just overflow with tears out of longing and sadness.
>>> Provera didn't work for me, either. I pray that you are healed soon!
>>>
>>> Becca
>>>
>>> --
>>> Desperately seeking a four week cycle!.
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Too many periods!
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