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Re: *LONG* PCOS and Type 2 Diabetes
From: Monica (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:39:37 -0500 (CDT)
Hi, Patty,
Welcome to the forum. It sounds like this dr. is not a match for you.
Do you have any other options? He may be right or he may be wrong but he
sounds rather presumptious to me. If you're not comfortable with him
your care is going to be compromised.
>From what I've read on this board, the debate is still going on about
being on MET while pregnant. It seems the best way to GET pregnant for
PCOSers is through MET and some have stayed on it throughout their
pregnancy or for the first part of it. It sounds like you know your
body pretty well. You can be assertive for what you need. This
probably doesn't help much! Stick with it. Let us know how things go.
:) Monica
At Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Patty wrote:
>
>First of all, this is the first time that I have posted in
>this forum, but I read it every day. I was diagnosed with
>PCOS about 6 months ago and have been on Metformin ever
>since. I have lost between 25 and 30 pounds and have felt
>a lot better. I went to an endocrinologist for the first
>time today and he said that he wanted to diagnose me with
>Type 2 Diabetes. He said that I probably have PCOS too, but
>his promary diagnosis was Type 2 Diabetes. He decided this
>after only talking to me for maybe 15 minutes, looking at
>some insulin levels just from my last appointment at my
>regular doctor and using the toning fork thing on my foot.
>I don't think that he is right. When I was diagnosed with
>PCOS, I was told that I was insulin resistant and that
>I was somewhere between normal and what was considered to
>be diabetic. He didn't even get to see those records
>because they are still back where I used to live and he
>didn't have access to them. When I moved (2 months ago), I
>went to the doctor and she did an insulin level, etc. and
>that test is what he set his diagnosis on. I told him that
>I was not taking my medication regularly at that time
>because of all of the stress of moving, etc. but he just
>dismissed that. I don't really know what to do. I don't
>think that he is right, but I am not sure. He also said
>that as long as I am on Metformin, I need to use some form
>of birth control and as soon as I decide that I want to try
>to get pregnant, I have to stop the drug. I can't do that!
>Metformin is the reason that I am having my period at all.
>Please if anyone has any advice, let me know.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>--
>Patricia Engels
>2engels@prodigy.net
>
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