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Re: give up and just go on the pill?
From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:22:09 -0400
Good to hear that the BMI is lower each time you go in, anon!!! You're right,
there should be much more to this than what there actually is..pathetic, really.
And, hate to ask, but...are you anywhere in the New England area??? Maybe he'd
take one look at me and feel the same way!!!
alexis
anonymous wrote:
> I find this all quite laughable. I am not TTC, but one time, my RE
> picked up his calculator, worked out my BMI, and promptly pronounced me
> a candidate for Metformin. He repeats this little exercise each time I
> go in. (and happy to say my BMI is lower each time I go in. One day
> he'll get it!)
>
> I am more resistant to medicines, because I am having results so far
> without them......but isn't is weird how they all have their own
> criteria for prescribing Met? Yours won't let you take it, mine's trying
> to push it on me...it really shuld be more scientific/objective than
> that.....I think it is proof that there's a complete lack of
> understanding about this disease in the medical profession.
>
> Keep trying! Godd Luck!
>
> At Wed, 18 Oct 2000, A wrote:
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> >Lisa..
> >
> >Just had to comment on this one. I'm in the same boat. I've seen 6
> >RE's and NOT ONE of them will prescribe ANYTHING unless I am ttc. Why
> >is this?? So, after being off bcp for the past 7 months (without a
> >period and now 30lbs lighter due to exercise & low-carbing) i am going
> >back to bcp to regulate myself. Guess I just can't win! I think the
> >only thing I was actually hoping for was to eliminate some of my
> >symptoms by using something. But, no go, I'm not "a good candidate"
> >unless I "want to become pg."
> >Oh well....
> >Good luck to you!
> >Alexis
> >
> >Lisa23 wrote:
> >
> >> HI ladies.. Well I spent the past three days on the phone with every
> >> doctor within 200 miles that treats PCOS.. I called the referals I got
> >> from some of you, the family physicians, found we have no endos in the
> >> area, and in as a last attempt called a well known doctor that happens
> >> to live here that specializes in endomitriois.. I got the same reply
> >> "birth control pills, no met or similiar type drugs unless I'm TTC."
> >> What's the deal here? Everything I'm reading is saying that the bcp
> >> is gong to make me worse. This is SOOOO confusing!! I would keep
> >> looking, but I have no insurance and it's getting spendy now, I can't
> >> afford to go in to another doc for awhile. I'm on week three of my
> >> period, and from my last period (stopped with pregesterone), I know
> >> this one isn't going to stop without the aid of some kind of hormone.
> >> I have 2 months of triphasal that I've been hesitant to start then,
> >> but I'm now getting really dizzy again from this period. Does anyone
> >> know of a good site online that I can documentation that the pill does
> >> more harm than good with PCOS'ers? I was thinking of just going to
> >> one of these of docs that say "no", but I need some sort of
> >> documentation to back me up when they start writing out prescriptions
> >> for the bcp. Right now, from the posts on this board, I'm under the
> >> impression that if I go on the bcp, when I go off of it the change n
> >> hormones could make me worse, and that the bcp does not treat the IR,
> >> but only suppresses the symptoms of it. Is that correct, or have I
> >> misunderstood? From all of the different opinions I'm getting, I'm
> >> thnking I have to have misunderstoond someone, somewhere! any good
> >> sites on treatment would be wonderful.. especially those discussing
> >> the long term effects of the bcp. Thanks ladies!Lisa
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> >Lisa..
> >Just had to comment on this one. I'm in the same boat. I've
> >seen 6 RE's and NOT ONE of them will prescribe ANYTHING unless I am ttc.
> >Why is this?? So, after being off bcp for the past 7 months (without
> >a period and now 30lbs lighter due to exercise & low-carbing) i am
> >going back to bcp to regulate myself. Guess I just can't win!
> >I think the only thing I was actually hoping for was to eliminate some
> >of my symptoms by using something. But, no go, I'm not "a good candidate"
> >unless I "want to become pg."
> >Oh well....
> >Good luck to you!
> >Alexis
> >Lisa23 wrote:
> >
> >HI
> >ladies.. Well I spent the past three days on the phone with every doctor
> >within 200 miles that treats PCOS.. I called the referals I got from some
> >of you, the family physicians, found we have no endos in the area, and
> >in as a last attempt called a well known doctor that happens to live here
> >that specializes in endomitriois.. I got the same reply "birth control
> >pills, no met or similiar type drugs unless I'm TTC." What's the
> >deal here? Everything I'm reading is saying that the bcp is gong
> >to make me worse. This is SOOOO confusing!! I would keep
> >looking, but I have no insurance and it's getting spendy now, I can't afford
> >to go in to another doc for awhile. I'm on week three of my period,
> >and from my last period (stopped with pregesterone), I know this one isn't
> >going to stop without the aid of some kind of hormone. I have 2 months
> >of triphasal that I've been hesitant to start then, but I'm now getting
> >really dizzy again from this period. Does anyone know of a good site
> >online that I can documentation that the pill does more harm than good
> >with PCOS'ers? I was thinking of just going to one of these
> >of docs that say "no", but I need some sort of documentation to back me
> >up when they start writing out prescriptions for the bcp. Right
> >now, from the posts on this board, I'm under the impression that if I go
> >on the bcp, when I go off of it the change n hormones could make me worse,
> >and that the bcp does not treat the IR, but only suppresses the symptoms
> >of it. Is that correct, or have I misunderstood? From all of
> >the different opinions I'm getting, I'm thnking I have to have misunderstoond
> >someone, somewhere! any
> >good sites on treatment would be wonderful.. especially those discussing
> >the long term effects of the bcp. Thanks ladies!Lisa
> >
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