PCOS Messages for March, 2000: Re: after menopause

Re: after menopause

From: adipose (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 14:09:28 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 16 Mar 2000, anonymous wrote: >
>At Thu, 16 Mar 2000, gail wrote:
>>
>>At the age of 23 I began to gain a lot of weight, without any life style
>>changes. Facial hair began to grow
>>very rapidly, this was in 1963. I didn't start my periods
>>until I was 14 and in a good year maybe I would have 3 periods. I must
>>add that we were very poor and lived in a
>>small southern town with only two doctors. I have lived thur the
>>embarassment of the questions, when is your baby
>>due?, because my stomach looked like I had a basketball
>>hidden in my shirt, and even little kids asking me are you
> >a man or woman? After nine years of trying to have a baby
>>I finally found a doctor who gave me Clomid and I had a baby girl(six
>>weekd early). To make a long story short, I am now
>>58yrs old, never been diagnosed with PCOS, after years of trying to
>>convince anyone that I was not a fat lazy slob
>>who could lose weight if I really tried, my beautiful
>>daughter has just been dianosed with PCOS and she is only
>>27. I know it is too late for me, my body is very sick,
>>but please ladies don't give up trying. Now there is so much more
>>information and willing doctors to help.
>Hi---Please do not give up on yourself just because you are
>postmenopausal. You've made it through alot of dirt and pain but this
>is the time you need to devote to your health. I know because I have
>lived a life of uglinesss and PCOS symptoms myself. Our culture does
>not give us one break except for now! I'm searching for a doctor who has
>experience with adult women who are more concerned about PCOS in
>menopausal women. It seems there just isn't very much research in that
>area today but through our questions and stories maybe doctors and
>scientists will be enlightened that PCOS is not just for the young
>trying to conceive.
>
>It sounds to me as if you are battling with depression along with
>everything else. Have you tried to get help through a psychiatrist and
>see if medication could lift you out of the pits? I am being treated for
>depression and wouldn't be here to write to you if I hadn't found the
>right psychiatrist. And because I can now think clearer and not be so
>sensitive to my problems I can look into what is really causing my
>despair and overweight-ness.
>I hope this helps. And I won't say good luck--instead I wish you and
>all women who feel alone, old, forgotten, a sense of hope. We
>50-somethings are still young and we have so much to offer, we must
>speak out.

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Yes, Gail, I can relate to what you said since I have experienced the same things.  I know the percentage of ladies on this board are concerned with fertility questions, but we ladies that are post-menopausal and still suffer from PCOS are important too.  Hang in there, you are not alone!!!  Maybe in the near future, we can all work together to find answers and spread the word to our daughters and grandaughters. Keep looking for the light.

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