Re: What exactly are the right steps to take after being diagnosed?
From: samina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 09 Jan 2001 14:47:27 -0800
Hi,
Is there any particular reason (medically or otherwise) for not wanting to
take BCPs.
My RE has suggested that my PCOS can be treated if we force normal cycles
using BCPs as they will regulate the amount of hormaones the body should
have to create proper cycles. I am on day 5 of provera and wil have to go on
BCP next month so that "my body quietens down and does not produce any more
cysts" (My RE) and the following cycle we will be trying Lupron. My feeling
here is that If i was not so desperate to have the baby NOW, I would
probably go on BCP for a couple of months and get my cycles regular so that
when I stop i should ovulate naturally.
Dont know if my thinking is correct. Everybody Please corect me if I am
wrong.
Samina
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (CureMeFast)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Subject: Re: What exactly are the right steps to take after being
>diagnosed?
>Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:27:22 -0600
>
>I know this is looooooooong and ppl probably don;t want to read it...but
>I need Some HELP people........!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>someone pls tell me what they did and how they approached their doctor
>adn what are the best steps to take........
>
>At Tue, 9 Jan 2001, CureMeFast wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I recently discovered this group and have been reading the posts here
> >for the last 2 days. The info here is great!
> >
> >Last week I was confirmed to have PCOS. My gyno(a nurse practitioner
> >since appts with an actual doctor would take me more than 3 months!!)
> >has prescribed Provera 10mg taken twice a day for 5 days and said I
> >should hv my periods in 2 weeks or earlier. (I havent had my periods
> >since Nov 99) She then wants me to take the BCP Desogen until I decide I
> >want to get pregnant at which point I will be given Chlomid so that I
> >ovulate.
> >
> >I am 24 and me and my husband are thinking of trying to have kids
> >starting July 2002. But I want to get completely back to normal before
> >we start trying and so wanted to get a head start in getting my body
> >under control. I want to fight this out and not ignore it.
> >
> >For yrs I hv had irregular periods and all of my ob/gyns have completely
> >dismissed it saying its very common and nothing to be worried abt. Some
> >even went to the extent of saying I should hv no problems conceiving,
> >something I know is not true after reading the posts here. One gyno
> >said I may have PCOS but even if I did it doesnt matter cuz thers no
> >cure for it...its just a condition. I belived this cuz I didnt know any
> >better and was too young to be worried abt infertility.
> >
> >I would love to get some advice so that I know exactly what I should do
> >from here on. I am thinking of going for my physical to my PCP sometime
> >next week. I currently have very bad dizzy spells at lunch time and
> >then again at 4pm.
> >So what exactly should I tell her? How do I go abt asking to be referred
> >to an endo. Can she prescribe Met or do i need to go a specialist. I
> >have gained 30 lbs in the past yr....getting more hairier on the
> >jawline, chin, chest and belly. I havent lost hair yet and dont hv
> >acne. But the dizzy spells I get are really bad.
> >
> >When I did research on Provera, I found out it was the same as Depo. I
> >called my ob/gyn and she said it will not have the same effects as Depo
> >cuz its a much lower dose. I also suggested that I might hv IR since I
> >hv dizzy spells. She told me that IR is the opposite of low blood sugar
> >which is probably what I have. She said my insulin and dizzy spells
> >have nothing to do with my periods and they are completely unrelated.
> >Its like comparing apples and oranges or like a cold and
> >pneumonia...whatver that means!!!!!!! I want to educate her but dont
> >know the right way to do it. This is the first time I went to her (I
> >change docs a lot cuz they all prescribe BCP and i know that I DONT want
> >to take them) I dunno if I should change. Shes my fourth and they've
> >all brushed it off so far. She is th only one who actually sat with me
> >and discussed my blood work results(I hv high testostrone and low
> >progestron). The others were just too busy and mailed my results saying
> >everything was normal.
> >
> >So should I take the Provera just to have a period and then start
> >treatment with Met and a low carb diet with exercise ? Or should I
> >forget abt the Provera all together. As for the BCP, I dont want to
> >take that so I hv no doubts abt that one.
> >
> >Sorry for making this long and thanks so much for letting me rant. I
> >just needed to get it out of my system.
> >Any advice would me much appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks again......
> >Paula
>
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