PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for August, 2001: Re: New to PCOS

Re: New to PCOS

From: Casey (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 21:34:35 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Dona wrote: >
>Are you seeing a reproductive endo or a regular endo?
>A reporductive endo will probably do alot of lab work,checking All your
>hormones and your thyroid.They will check your
>testosterone,progesterone,FH/LH ratios and will check for insulin
>resistance with a 3 hour GTT and an overnight fasting. In addition to
>the sest a reproductive endo will also do a pelvis sonogram to actually
>look at your overies to see if there are any cysts present. The classic
>sting of pearls on the outter perifery of the overies indicitive of
>PCOS.I beleive a regular endo will do all the hormone testing as well
>but not the ultrasound scan. I myself see a repro endo because PCOS
>affects fertility and repro endos can do alot to help restore fertlity
>in PCOS patients.Dona
>
>>At Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Lisa wrote:
>>I have known for about 5 years that I have PCOS. They key factor was
>>the lack of a period since I was 15. I was placed on birth control
>>pills, and assumed that much of my weight gain was from the bills and
>>just poor attempt to make a diet work. I had no other known side
>>effects. Now, 15 years later the other symptoms are catching up to me.
>>My weight has ballooned 100 pounds in the past 10 years and the issue of
>>hairs on the chin, skin tags, thinning scalp hair, darkened skin under
>>my arms and legs and in addition, I have water retention in my legs (the
>>start of this whole new finding of symptoms).

Wow! I couldn't have written this better myself. I too had the EXACT story line you have. I am now 30 this year and yes have gained 100 pounds blaming it all on what you said. Your life is exactly the same as mine! I have been in a research study since February of this year on an experimental drug. I haven't seen much change except a couple times I spotted and cramps approx the same time each month. If you like, email me directly so we can discuss this. It will be interesting.....Casey >>
>>I am in the process of getting an appointment with an endocrynologist.
>>Im interested to know what I can expect to have done, and what
>>treatments people have been using effectively.
>>
>>Thanks.

--
Casey

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