Re: Dr. Sam
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:50:52 +0100 (MET DST)
Dear Sherry,
I can't start with "just little elevated" hormone levels. Which hormones and which values?
Again: I can't interpret brand name medicines (Diovan, Sarafem, Advil).
As of your case: unfortunately, metformin doesn't reduce weight for everybody, but Actos definitely doesn't either, in fact some women gain weight on it. In your earlier posting you mention ovulatory pains, which you definitely can't have as you haven't had a period (and ovulation) since March 2000. This also shows how desparate and unjustifiable it would be to have a hysterectomy, not mentioning the huge risks involved with such an operation and your weight.
Looking forward to further info
Sam
> At Tue, 17 Apr 2001, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
> I'm 36,I was infertile for 8 years I now have 4 children 2,4,6,8; the
> first two on Clomid the last two just happened, and I'm done. My
> hormone levels haven't been checked out in a while but when they did
> they said that they were just elevated just a little. I am insulin
> resistant, have had High blood pressure since I was 17, can't lose
> weight, gain about 15 to 20 every year, VERY frustrated with low
> carbing, exercise with no results. I haven't had a period since March
> 17, 2000, I have been dealing with a dull ache in my back and lower
> abodmen for the last 3 days. 2 Advil don't cut it I have to take 4 just
> to take the edge off. I feel like I just had sugery and have to take it
> easy. I was just wondering if getting a hysterectomy would help ease
> the worry of getting cancer, wondering if all the cyst building up on my
> ovaries is going to burst or just cause things to get worse. It worries
> me that they just sit there on my ovaries and don't do what they are
> suppose to do. I have talk to my family doctor and he says that
> although it wouldn't get rid of my PCOS, At least being on the Estrone
> replacement drugs would keep them at a normal level and I might have a
> better chance of losing weight. I'm going to talk to my obgyn in May.
> I'm on Diovan, Aldactone,glucophage and Sarafem. Any suggestions Dr.
> Sam?????
>
> >
> >Dear Sherry,
> >
> >Having a hysterectomy for subjective reasons (pain, worry etc.) is a
> desparate step and almost always futile. How old are you? What are your
> hormone levels?
> >Looking forward to your answers
> >
> >Sam
> >
> >> I don't know if I'm doing this right. I need to post a note to Dr. Sam
> >>
> >> Dr. Sam
> >> I've been thinking about a Hysterectomy. Will it help? I know that it
> >> won't cure PCOS but I'm tired of having the worry of whether I'm going
> >> to have a period or not, having the ovalation pains, worried if I'm
> >> going to get uterine cancer, having my estrone levels high, etc. etc.
> >> etc. I think I'm going through perimenopause. What do you tell your
> >> patients? Let me know
> >> Sherry
> >>
>
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