Re: You ladies saved my life! (Warning, this will be long!)
From: Maggie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 00:45:43 -0600 (CST)
I actually did not ask about the PCOS and cancer risks. Just not
something I thought about. I am surprised at how well I am feeling. I
didn't realize how rotten I felt, and now that I am getting back to
normal, it feels GREAT!
At Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Chris wrote:
>
>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?
>>
--
Maggie Weber....
If I have had a hysterectomy, does it mean I no longer have
PCOS?
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