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Re: heavy period over 6 months and my weight wont move, depressed in PCOS hell!!
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 03:29:30 +0100 (MET DST)
Deaar Becca,
Don't quarrel over my letters (with Rebecca) please...
Were you realy prescribed to take provera DURING your period i.e. during mestruatioin? It will never help. Provera should be taken after some estrogen influence (either endogenous or exogenous) on your endometrium, that is you have wait at least 14 days after your menses started and then take provera for 10 days. If your cycle is even shorter, you have to take exogenous estrogen for 10 days and continue with provera. It is as simple as that.
Please return with the results of your consultation with the fertility dr.
Sam
> Dear Sam,
>
> Thanks for your message.
>
> I have been counting cycles from the first day of my period to the first
> day of the next. I already know I'm not ovulating...I suspected it and
> the NP and Dr. confirmed it, though they can never do the day 21
> progesterone test to check simply because I haven't had a cycle that
> long since Jan.
>
> I was diagnosed with PCOS because: 1. My twin sister has it. 2.
> Unexplained and rapid weight gain (about 40 lbs in less than a year). 3.
> I have menstrual irregularities. 4.I have scattered dark, coarse hair
> on my upper back, face and upper arms that worsened around the time I
> put on the weight. The only other woman in the family with hair pattern
> is my sister with PCOS.
>
> The NP did a test of testosterone levels and they were high, though all
> other hormone levels were normal. Because my periods were so close
> together, the NP put me on provera to see if it would delay my
> periods...I took it for five consecutive days during my period, but it
> did not delay the next one. Though the NP gave me another prescription
> for provera the Dr. told me that it almost definitely wouldn't work
> this time around if it hadn't worked before. I would appreciate greatly
> any help you could offer! I have my first appt with the fertility dr.
> today. I'm so nervous. Plus, I'm on day 16 on this cycle...the longest
> I have gone in a couple months, and I'm scared my period will come any
> minute! I never used to hate and fear my period like this!
>
> Becca
>
> At Thu, 29 Mar 2001, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
> >
> >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!.
>
> --
> Too many periods!
>
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