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Re: My Mom and PCOS
From: Jen (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:48:02 -0500 (CDT)
She's was on glucophage for a year. I wish she used a computer so she
could see all of these posts! I relay any information I read here to her
so she knows there are others out there. You all sound very supportive,
and I appreciate you replying back!
At Thu, 13 Jul 2000, paula wrote:
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>Jen, my personal suggestion would be 1)find a new doctor. and...wait
>how long was your mom on the glucophage before she switched to the
>actos? if not long, she might have switched before the side effects
>leveled out...it took me about 3-4 weeks to feel normal again.
>love,paula
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>At Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Jen wrote:
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>>My Mom was diagnosed with PCOS over a year ago. She had been on
>>Glucophage as a treatment and then started having severe
>>gastrointestinal problems. She was then switched to Actos which seemed
>>to take her sugar so low she wasn't functioning. The doctor took her
>>off everything and now two months she hasn't been on anything. During
>>that two months she went thorugh some intense mental problems
>>(depression,etc.) and has now been diagnosed with anxiety and being
>>depressed.
>>When she went to her doctor this past week and he did the usual blood
>>work, he said (the results from two months ago) hadn't lowered her
>>testosterone or anything else. His next words were "I don't suppose you
>>would try Actos or Glucophage?". My mom said no, because it didn't do
>>anything in the year I was on it and in fact raised my levels and it
>>made me sick. He then said "Well then if that's not an option, you'll
>>have to go on insulin". We've never heard of insulin as a treatment!
>>Her sugar after she eats is 130, and my Dad who has diabetes has never
>>been told he had to go on insulin and his sugar is in the 200's! My
>>mother is also probably going through menopause (she's 53) and is on
>>premerin. She doesn't know what to do. No one will tell her anything,
>>she's depressed, has anxiety now, and certainly doesn't want to go on
>>insulin! She in fact asked him if she should be considered a diabetic
>>and he said no. I know that PCOS can lead to diabetes, but he said all
>>of this not even knowing what her last results were. Is there anything
>>she can do?
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