PCOS Messages for December, 2000: Re: Just found out I may have PCOS

Re: Just found out I may have PCOS

From: amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 2 Dec 2000 22:25:28 -0600 (CST)

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At Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Colette wrote: >
>I have been trying to get pregnant for almost two years now, with no
>success. I went to a new ob/gyn on Thursday to try to get some answers.
>He listened to me intently and told me there is a strong possibility I
>have PCOS. I am on some pre-pregnancy on-line boards already and have a
>few friends who have PCOS, as well as a sister-in-law with it who had to
>finally give up on having a baby and now has two adopted children.
>I have to admit, I am really confused and scared. I have been reading
>the posts here about your experiences, and symptoms, and some of it
>sounds so familiar. My head is spinning, thinking about how my
>difficulty maintaining my weight, my occasional outbreaks of acne,
>extreme sweet tooth, fatigue, and my 5,6,7 month intervals between my
>menstrations could all be related.
>In the next month I will be having tests done to determine if I do
>indeed have PCOS. I am having a sonogram done, as well as glucose
>tolerance and blood tests to check my hormone levels. I was lucky
>enough to have found a great ob/gyn. who listened to me.
>How do you all deal with it? I am still somewhat in shock, and really
>scared that I will always be infertile. I come from a large family, 7
>kids, and have bunches of nieces and nephews. I feel angry, wondering
>why two of my sisters are lucky enough to have gotten pregnant their
>first try, and two years after going off birth control, I am still
>childless. Thank you all for listening, I would appreciate any feedback
>or advice you have.
>
>--
>Colette,

I went through everything you described. I finally took your sister-in-laws route. Fast foreward to today and drs. who are more knowledge and research being done and drs. finally understanding something about pcos. I think you need to find a endo who is rather progressive. The dr. will probably redo all your blood work and then some. The dr may also check for a few other things just to confirm your original diganosis. Hopefully your dr. will then place you on met, and be prepared to have your dosage increased until you have some results. If your endo will not treat you with met then look for another dr. Remember no one wants your body to work right more than you, because you are the one living in it. Try to find info on met, and remember knowledge is power. P.S. I just reread your posting, find a good endo your gyn /oby can only do so much.

>good luck Amy

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