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Re: You ladies saved my life! (Warning, this will be long!)
From: Chris (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 10:18:57 +1000
Dear Maggie,
I'm sorry to hear of your cancer, but very relieved for you to hear it is
all gone and you are feeling so well! I have heard somewhere along the line
that women with PCOS are actually at higher risk of ovarian cancer than the
general population, did your doctor mention this at all? I'm not sure if it
really is the case or not.
Good luck with everything,
Love Emma
>----- Original Message -----
From: Maggie <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 9:55 AM
Subject: You ladies saved my life! (Warning, this will be long!)
> I have not written this before because I was pretty wrapped up with
> medical stuff, but back in August I found this support group. I have
> had PCOS for 25 years, and never really gave it much thought, was taking
> progesterone to handle the symptoms that bothered me. I read about
> insulin resistance here, and metformin to treat it. I went to my doctor
> because that sounded like it may have been the cause of my post meal
> sleepiness. It was, I was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic, not just
> insulin resistant.
>
> Taking metformin, really didn't think about the reversal of infertility,
> just glad to be handling the blood sugar. Hubby talked to ob/gyn one
> afternoon (They are best friends) and told him of this. The Doc asked
> hubby what form of birth control we were using. (We are both mid
> forties, and no desire to start a family) Ok, so I made an appointment
> to talk about alternatives. Doc did his yearly pelvic, since it was
> only 3 months away, and I was there. As usual, he felt for ovaries, and
> thought they were normal, but did feel fibroids, and sent me off for an
> ultrasound to get baseline pictures.
>
> Ultrasound confirmed fibroids, and also HUGE ovaries, and after a ct
> scan I went in for a complete hysterectomy. My ovaries were malignant,
> but all was removed, and no spreading of the cancer.
>
> All this because I read about insulin resistance here. I am doing very
> well now, and recovered from surgery, diabetes well under control, and
> feeling great to be alive. I just wanted to say thankyou to all, and to
> suggest that you should be aware that just because you have lived with
> cystic ovaries all of your lives, you are NOT immune to ovarian cancer,
> and should get an occasional ultrasound to check for it, because most
> doctors cannot feel the ovaries when they are enlarged, they just can't
> (three docs have told me this now) because they often squish out of the
> way when they try.
>
> --
> Maggie Weber....
>
> If I have had a hysterectomy, does it mean I no longer have
> PCOS?
>
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