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Re: A Positive PCOS Story - warning - rambling long...
From: vicki (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 8 Nov 2000 13:08:56 -0600 (CST)
Good to hear a success story, and that staying postive does work! Way to
go Girl!! Take care! Enjoy!
--vicki--
At Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Jen wrote:
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>HI there all, I am a classic PCOS case. Symptoms unmasked at puberty
>with crazy periods and explosive development (sixe C chest at 13 & 1/2
>years old, acne. Thank god for my OBGYN who put me on BC then, not even
>knowing it was PCOS, bc that did mask the symptoms for many years. Abot
>4 years ago I went from 140 lbs ( my normal) to almost 200lbs in only
>several months. For the past 4 years I have battled this weight thing.
>(Interestingly enough I met my husband pre-PCOS diagnosis and at @160+
>lbs... he is wonderful and has never made me feel fat or unsexy). Well
>I knew something was really wrong and I finally broke down and told my
>obgyn about the hirsutism once I had a 3 & 1/2 week wacko period
>experience. He sent me to a great RE. Since September I have been on
>MET, since my diagnosis in August (in August had all symptoms including
>MANY cysts crowding my ovaries and IR of 20.5 :() I have lost 20 lbs.
>And I had AF on 9/17 and 10/15 - holy ovulation batman! And I am now
>awaiting a hopefully ++++ preg test this Friday (too early to tell yet).
>
>Anyway, my bottom line reason for posting all of this is not to gloat or
>be 'sally sunshine' in the face of other's need to vent frustration.
>
>The first week I was told about this by my obgyn I was SO depressed,
>started eating badly, basically like F*** it, you know? Especially when
>I found out my grandma Dorothy probably had it, she had diabetes,
>hirsutism, and died of Breast Cancer in her early 50's...But I decided
>last month that I don't want to be like my Grandma Dorothy, refuse to be
>a statistic, and I went to my RE and told him to treat me like I can be
>his BEST CASE SCENARIO. For the past month I have been religious about
>my meds and eating changes, and am seeing a nutritionist,and I actually
>had 2 normal cycles.
>
>SO I hope this helps inspire some other cysters out there to try to take
>what CONTROL WE CAN this problem and beat some of the odds here. My
>best Karma goes out to you all, please wish me good luck in my preg
>test!
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