PCOS Messages for June, 2000: Re: TO SUE Re: skinny pcos / treatment?? please help!

Re: TO SUE Re: skinny pcos / treatment?? please help!

From: margene (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 6 Jun 2000 23:21:36 -0500 (CDT)

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Well, ladies, I'm with you, too. I KNOW I have pcos because my obgyn has done surgery and seen my ovaries (one of which is removed now because it was so full of scar tissue from cysts...) Anyway, I am there with you in regard to the crying, lightheadedness, etc. I am not dealing with weight problems or lots of hair growth, but my skin is still crummy at age 45 and I deal with lots of aches and pains during some cycles, which have seldom been regular, by the way. (I also needed fertility drugs to conceive.) I think that diet and medication is just as important for those of us who don't need to lose pounds. It's a long term health thing. I've been reading up on low-carb diets and am starting to eat that way while I wait for my appt. with an endo. I'm not waking up with sweats at 4:00 am anymore....

At Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Alex wrote: >
>HI SUE
>
>Hey, I thought that i was alone!! I also have pcos and i am not
>overweight, and therefore the doctors have very little sympathy. Having
>been fobbed off with BCPs for years, I have realised that the Doctors (I
>am in the UK) aren't interested. I have been low carbing and i feel
>better and I seem to have created a bit of regularity to my menstrual
>cycles (touch wood)
>
>Mail me for a chat, as i have to go now
>
>on:
>alexandra_hunter@hotmail.com
>
>bye for now
>Alex
>
>At Mon, 5 Jun 2000, sue wrote:
>>
>>i was diagnosed with pcos recently. i am a slim to medium build and was
>>put on a birth control pill to control the symptoms of pcos. this
>>hasn't worked, but has given me very bad mood swings with lots and lots
>>of crying (and i've only been trying it for around a month).
>>
>>i also have the symptoms of lightheadness, tingling in my body and very
>>up and down energy levels. when i spoke to my doctor about whether it
>>could be insulin related she discounted the idea staight away on the
>>basis that i am not overweight and don't have the obvious hirutuism
>>symptoms. she also seemed to think my pcos problem wasn't severe
>>because i'm not overweight etc etc. unfortunately even though i look
>>ok, i feel terrible! has anyone got any suggestions on what I should try
>>next. i would really appreciate some advice.
>>
>>--
>>sue
>>

--
I have had ovarian pain with cysts so many times, I can't even count 'em. Occasionally, I've had it without any evidence of a cyst, too, and I'm telling you....I can't tell the difference at all! I've "learned" that it's not even worth it, for me, to go in to my ob-gyn, because you just come home frustrated. Her choices are: to do surgery (did that once, and it was worse than the cyst and didn't prevent it from happening again) or send you home again (with the knowledge that you do or do not have a cyst right now) to wait it out. I normally choose to spare myself the trip.
This week, however, I did it again....I was having pain in my right ovary for 5 days. I missed work on Friday, was laid up all weekend with aching and occasional sharp shooting pains, and on Monday, it finally felt somewhat better, so I went to work. On Tuesday, it got worse again and a friend had to drive me home. I was shaky and light-headed, too, and that was something new, so I got scared. I went to the emergency since my doc was "on vacation", and had blood, urine, and ultrasound tests. All came back normal, and they sent me home, still hurting, with some medicine for "bowel irritation" (which was the only way the ER could get out of saying, "I don't know", I think....) Anyway, next morning, along came my period! All pain was gone within an hour. Typical.
The achy pain I get is not the most unbearable thing I've ever experienced, usually. But then, I get shooting pains, too, and along with each of those cramps comes a wave of "emotional overflow" that makes me cry. I know now, after so many episodes of it (I'm 45) that it's just the hormonal junk that always seems to go with it, and that when the cycle ends, I'll feel good about my life again. When it lasts a long time, I do usually start wondering if I'm a hypochondriac or if I'm going crazy. But when it ENDS, I am always so relieved and TIRED. So I just wait each episode out. Thank goodness my husband is a gem.
Sorry so long, but I hopes this helps you to feel not alone.
This message board has done wonders for me...

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