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Re: PCO DiagnosisFrom: suzy (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:37:51 -0500 (CDT)
At Mon, 18 Jun 2001, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote: > >Hi, > >BCPs do not do any good for PCOSers. You are the lucky type (no weight problems), but the only thing BCPs do: they regulate your cycle. The problem of PCOS remains (as evivdenced by the sonogram.) Even if your homrones seem to do fine (which hormones, what values?) you should have a glucose/insulin test and start an insulin sensitizer. >For your info > >Sam Ob/Gyn,RE > >> Hi, >> When I was in my teens, I had a very bad case of hirsutism, and before I >> could have a period of my own, I was put on bcp. I have been on bcp for >> about 8 years now, and it has helped my hirsutism a bit but not >> terribly. I was told two years ago that I have PCOs, but no one really >> explained it very well to me. I have been trying to read about it, and >> am finding out that it usually means that I can't conceive since I do >> not ovulate. When asking my doctors about it (I've been to ob/gyns and >> reproductive endocrinologists) they always said that it will be very >> easy to become pregnant through hormone therapy. As an experiment to >> myself, I stopped taking the pill for 8 months now, and have had two >> periods. That have hurt a lot, specially the time before it, I would >> have about a month of very painful intercourse. When I went to my >> doctor recently, he told me that my hormone levels look fine, but showed >> me my ovaries on a sonogram, and they look like crochet work, which >> indicates that I do have PCO's right? I am very confused about this, but > to go back on the pill because my hair situation is getting >> worse and they seemed to help. I am glad to know that there probably is >> a reason for my moodiness and other symptoms(weight wise, I am doing >> fine),but I am going bald, and my body hair is getting worse, and I >> would love to know if the PCO diagnosis is as hard to understand for >> other people as well? And what makes one decide to take glucophage (I >> just heard of it). And how difficult is it to become pregnant? >> Thanks >>
-- hey how are you i read what you wrote and i have the same problems but i wanted to ask you because i hav'nt been on anything or even seen my doctor in about a year if you know that it affects my health if i dont treat my pcos
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