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Re: My PCOS is gone! TO BRYANNA
From: Lily (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:51:35 -0500 (CDT)
I was wondering if you had any of the "hairiness" symptoms, mostly the
body hair? If so..did that clear up as well?
At Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Bryanna wrote:
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>My Doctor diagnosed my PCOS 7 yrs ago. Back then I had gone to several
>Doctors before him who tried to tell me I was fine just obese. Lose
>weight and the symptoms will go away, they said!
>Last year my Doctor suggested we test my blood insulin level. We did,
>and discovered I had Hyperinsulinemia or Insulin resistence. Since then
>I have been taking 1500 mg of Glucophage daily and following a high
>protein low carb diet and after 8 months my PCOS symptoms have
>completely cleared up and I am thinner than I have been in years!
>If you haven't had your Insulin level checked do it! Hyperinsulinemia
>can cause you to be sterile but it can be reversed with proper medical
>treatment.
>If your Doctor is simply prescribing BC Pills to cover up the syptoms,
>tell him or her you'd like cure the cause!
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Lily
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