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Re: Help!!From: Emma (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:58:23 -0500 (CDT)
At Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Emma wrote: > >I am hoping someone can help me, a doctor or any body who has PCOS. I >am 21 years old and live in Australia. About 4 years ago I was sent to >an endocrinologist for having no periods or very irregular ones. I was >13 when I started menstruating but by the time I was 17 I had only had >about 15 periods. I was also quite overweight and had excess hair. I >also suffered from nauseating fainting spells. The endo ran some blood >tests and apparently they were normal, or there may have been an issue >with LH/FSH levels. I also had a CT scan that was normal. He >prescribed me with a low calorie diet and sent me away. This went on >for about two years. I happen to go to a female GP for an unrelated >manner and she asked me if I had ever been diagnosed with PCOS. I said >no, and explained that I was seeing an endo and he had never mentioned >it. She said with my symptoms it was likely that I had PCOS. She sent >a letter to the endo saying I probably had PCOS and for him to test me >and prescribe me medication. He ran no further blood tests or anything. >He just started with Diane-35, but that only gave me periods, it did >nothing for the other symptoms. Then I tried Cyprone, but that did >nothing either. Then I tried Spironolactone, which I am currently still >taking. I have been on it for about 4 months, at 3 a day and there is >absolutely no effect. I have only recently had some more blood test >which were apparently normal. Incidently I have never been tested for >Insulin Resistance, only blood sugar levels. I have asked him to do so, >and have also asked him to prescribe me Metformin, but he refuses. I >have also never had an ultrasound to check for cysts on my ovaries. So >the result is 4 years after starting to see him and 2 years after being >diagnosed by another doctor, I am without periods, very hairy especially >on the face and am very, very obese. If someoneone out there can give >me some advice about what to do next or who to turn to next, I would be >so very grateful. >P.S. Thanks for reading this long post!!! Me again, adding to my own post! I have just read some more posts and realised that having boils and skin tags is common wiht PCOS. I never associated boils with PCOS and never told anyone about them because I was afraid they would think I was dirty or something. They flare up on occassion but never seem to go away completely. I have a number on my bottom and one huge one on me upper arm. they are sometimes a dry scaly sore and sometimes painful, red and exude a thick sticky pus. Should I take something for these boils, and what can I do about the skin tags? Also I might add that I have a noticable size difference to my breasts. The right is about half a cup size smaller than the left. Wich is aproblem because the left is only a B cup!! Could the smallness of my breasts compared to my massive weight have something to do with PCOS? Thanks again, I hope someone is keeping up with all these disjointed posts!!! lol
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