Re: Bad day...feel like crying...very discouraged...<vent> <long>
From: GS (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:17:35 -0500 (CDT)
I would suggest that you keep trying to find an informed doctor. While
I'm sure that weight loss can help all of us, it's not the final answer.
I had blood work done that showed my testosterone level was at 98. Each
lab measures differently, but my lab states that it should be less than
62, so you can see that my levels are quite elevated. And this wasn't a
fluke reading - I had had the same test done six months previously with
exactly the same result.
Anyway, my RE prescribed metformin and tested me again three weeks later
(again on day 3 of my period) and my testosterone levels dropped to 79!
Still quite elevated, but that's a 20% drop in three weeks! And, I was
only 2 pounds less than I had been previously. (By the way, I had lost
7 pounds between the first testosterone reading of 98 and the second.)
I'm overweight, but not terribly. I'm now 5'4", 145 lbs.
Keep shopping for good doctors. The ones you have been seeing are
uninformed, and worse, closed-minded.
Best of luck.
At Thu, 27 Apr 2000, SusanR wrote:
>
>ARGH!!! I am so frustrated...here in Canada our system is very
>different...we need a GP referal in order to get to see an RE. So the
>problem is that in order to get the referal, your gp needs to feel that
>your condition requires the services of an RE. (and if you are lucky
>enough to get the referal you usually need to wait 3-4months) Now I am
>not saying our system is the worst just that like any system it has its
>good parts and bad parts...
>
>SO, My old gp that I had been seeing for 7 years just didn't get the
>pcos connection...or seem to think any of my syptoms/problems were a big
>deal...she FINALLY refered me to a GYN...so I took what I could get...my
>appointment is on wedsday. But from what I have heard...he just wants
>to try clomid. So I decided to shop for a new GP...I found one...he is
>ok, but does not know about pcos...except the old info...not the whole
>insulin connection etc...I left him a bunch of pcos info last visit and
>he said he would read it...so I am a bit hopeful. But before I left he
>had said that..."maybe you just don't have periods, if we can get you
>pregnant on clomid...you will be at your goal...so that would be great"
>AHHHH
>
>So I found another GP to see (it is tough here to find GP's as we have a
>shortage of them) I saw her today...she was a witch. Ok, maybe I am
>exagerating slightly...but man I felt like crying when I left and I
>still do...I am in such a down mood...
>She explained that I needed to exercise at least 45 min of cardio to see
>any exercise results and that clomid would make sense if I wanted to get
>pg right now...but if I wanted to wait a couple of years I could do it
>naturally by losing the weight (exercise and diet) She was rail thin and
>probab;ly had been her entire life I am sure! I told her that we try and
>eat pretty healthy and that my dh and I go for walks in the
>evening...she just looked at me and smirked... So I brought up
>metformin...instead of or with clomid as I am concerned about long term
>health risks and she smirked agian and said welll exercise will
>acomplish the same thing...and should take care of the long term
>risks...now I am wanting to strangle her...
>
>So, she goes on to sya that there was one ittty bitty study
>with met and it is not a general practise to use it...and if I were to
>use met I would have to monitor my glucl=ose daily like a diabetic
>because met can cause me to become hypoglycymic (sp)...I said that I
>though met did not lower blood sugar in non diabetic patients...and she
>said no...if you are taking diabetic medications like met it definatly
>could...so monitoring glocose with a meter would be nessesary.
>
>Well...I am so upset...I will never get to see an RE!!! I am so very
>tired of feeling like crap and feeling like it is all my fault! I know I
>can help by eating better and more exercise....but it can't be all my
>fault...but I keep leaving these dr.s offices feeling like the biggest
>loser. I really want to have a baby...but I was hoping to lose a bit
>more first...I am trying...I have lost about 15-20lbs since oct...but it
>is hard...I had just been gaining and gaining on the pill and since I
>went off it is easier...sO I know it couldn't be all my fault...
>Sorry I am rambling through my tears here....
>Thanks to anyone who made it this far...: )
>SusanR
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