Patti, i just read your e-mail. I am on Yasmin, I have been now for over a year, i tried probably 5 different birth controls before I found it, or it came out. I love it. It works the best with my periods. I would highly recommend it!!!! As for the insluin meds. I wouldn't get on them unless you find your sugar is out of wack, but I couldn't take Metaformin so I started on Avandia, it is better on your stomach, but whatever your doctor thinks, doesn't this condition suck? Good luck! Brooke
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>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Patti)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>Subject: new to PCOS
>Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:01:02 -0500
>
>Hi there. I've never done this before, so please bear with me. I have
>been reading your postings, and I feel like there's so much that my
>doctor hasn't told me!
>
>I've been overweight for 22 years (I'm 36), and I've have had acne since
>I was 10. I was recently diagnosed with PCOS when they found enlarged
>ovaries. My hair started falling out two years ago in grad school - I
>thought it was just stress - and now these tag moles are appearing out
>of the blue! I find it amazing that I've probably had this all my life,
>and I'm just finding out about it. Luckily, when I was younger I wasn't
>ready for children. Now I'm married and my husband can't have
>children... So it looks like kids were never in the picture for me. Now
>nearing forty, I'm worried about my future health and - yeah, I'll say
>it - my looks.
>
>The only treatment my doctor offered was bcp. I'm worried about my
>weight and you'd think he'd be too. I'm 5'1 and 188. I've been
>exercising for the past 4 months, weights and eliptical machine 3-4 days
>a week (now 5) and nothing. He's got me Demulen. Should I ask him
>about Yasmin? What is Metaformin? Is it for diabetics? My last fasting
>glucose test was just fine. What can we do about thses ugly tag moles?
>If I have them remeoved, will they just come back? Lastly, if a low carb
>diet helps us with PCOS, can we still eat fruits and veggies. I tried
>Atkins and felt good, but I didn't lose weight, and I really needed more
>fiber.
>
>Thanks so much for your help.
>
>--
>Patti
>
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