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Re: Please, can anyone help me?
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:19:49 -0600 (CST)
Hi,
also forgot to mention, your last scan was two years ago, so maybe
another one should be arranged.
Take care
At Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Kate wrote:
>
>I have all the symptoms of PCOS - hirsutism, horrific weight gain, all
>my weight on my abdomen (I look 8 months pregnant), insulin resistance
>(we know because I was a gestational diabetic), lipid problems (I had
>gallstones), acne, depression, irregular, heavy and painful periods and
>general, constant abdominal discomfort.
>
>But, I have had three children without difficulty (and realise how lucky
>I am) and no cysts were detected on my ovaries last time I had a scan (2
>years ago). Nine months ago, when my gynaecologists checked my hormone
>levels they were normal but he says I am verys ensitive and that
>'normal' for me might be very low.
>
>All my adult life I have suffered from problem periods and erratic
>weight gain. Although I weigh 230 lbs at 5'6" I go jogging, cycling and
>walking and I am generally active and a busy mum of three. The latest
>bout of problems started after no 3 was born and has been truly
>horrific. the doctors who have been treating me have witnessed the
>terrible speed at which I put on weight and have also seen me suddenly
>drop 30lbs (only to have it return and then some). They all agree that
>there is something wrong with me but they don't seem to know what. If I
>don't have cysts I don't have PCOS even though I am a textbook case in
>every other way.
>
>If I can't get a diagnosis, what do I do? I don't want to live the rest
>of my life like this; I feel so ashamed, and so ugly, and so desperate.
>Does anyone know of a similar case? My gynae says he will put me on
>Metformin but I don't know if he means only if the tests this time show
>PCOS.
>
>My life is in tatters - I feel terrible, have lost my job and just want
>to be 'me' again. If anyone has any useful advice I would be so, so
>grateful. I still exercise but have stopped dieting as it was hopeless
>and made me so unhappy. Have not really decided what to do about my
>eating as I don't know what is wrong with me and it amkes no difference
>what I eat, anyway. Or don't eat!
>
>I am posting here from the UK. I have waited two and a half years to
>get anywhere near a diagnosis and now I am really scared I won't get
>one. The endocrinologists I saw here humiliated me, then had to admit
>that they had made mistake - I was hypothyroid. But they didn't look
>for anything else and so it has been such a slow process. i take
>Thyroxine now so that problem is coped with.
>
>What should I do? Please help.
>
>--
>Katie
>
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