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Re: More Info on PCOS & Metaformin
From: Beatriz (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:57:21 -0500 (CDT)
At Tue, 22 Oct 2002, anonymous wrote:
>Dear Mona: I was just re diagnose with pcos yesterday, but I been with it for 25 years. I will sugest to go to http://www.mayoclinic.com to look for info about pcos, and then try to get an appoinmento with an endocrinologist, if your oby do not pay attention to it. I just started on metamorfin is a medicine that is suppose to make your liver not to make so much sugar, you also need a low carb diet or a high protein diet and excercise more than other people. (my doctor send me to do 2 to 3 hours of excercise daily.
good luck, and if you want to write me do so: bbbritt@peakpeak.com
>At Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Mona wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>I am 25 years old and recently found out that I have PCOS. I was trying
>>to have another baby(I have a 4 year old daughter). I started having
>>severe abdominal pain and went to a OB/GYN that did an ultrasound and
>>found out that I had PCOS. I had to change dr's due to having a PPO
>>Insurance, and went to another DR. He wasn't much help at all. He
>>wants me to come back next week to test my progesterone level. He
>>didn't give me much info at all on PCOS, I'm trying to do some research
>>on my own on the subject. I told him right now I was more concerned
>>with the cysts and the pain I am suffering from more that getting
>>pregnant(although I really want another child badly)! He suggested after
>>the blood test next week putting me on chlomid(would this help with the
>>cysts?) I was upset that he didn't give me anything for pain and I'm
>>thinking of calling his office tomorrow to see if they will give me
>>something. Is it normal to have pain with PCOS, because I have it bad.
>>
>>I 've read that some women are taking Metaformin. What is it?
>>
>>If anyone has advise or information I would really appreciate it. I
>>would really like to chat with someone going thru the same thing!!
>>
>>:)Mona
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>Hi mona I to am trying to have another child mine is 9yrs. of age, I
>found out thay I had pco back in 95 but, no one ever had any detail info
>on it they just kept putting me on progesterone to bring down a cycle.
>Recently I have just started taking metformin which is supposed to help
>lower blood sugar levels, if you type http://www.metformin.com it will bring up
>a site that will explain everything to you in detail that is what I did.
>I am also exp. the excrucitaing pain in the abdominal area on my lower
>left side but it did not start until I started taking the metformin.
>There are side effects that I am trying to cope with from the metformin
>like the nausea and diarrehea, they said it would go away in a few weeks
>but I can find nothing that talks in detail about this particualr pain
>that I am having, so when I find something else or more info I will be
>happy to share!!!
>
>GOOD LCUK AND GOD BLESS!!!
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