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Re: a paranoid ovulation question
From: Tj (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:58:54 -0600 (CST)
> Well, as I understand it; the reason PCOS have so many cysts IS because the eggs don't fully develop (ie: pop out) and the cysts are really just old eggs. That is one of the things about PCOS that really kind of freaked me out. But, I could be wrong. I think that is what the doctor told me or I read on some fertility website. That is why drilling overies is such a big thing. It is supposed to release some "thing" (gee I sound real technical LOL) and make your overies function better. I kind of got this mental image that PCOS overies were like dipped in candy coating and my poor eggs were trying desperatly to break out leaving bumps and lumps everywhere but rarely breaking free. I know NOT how it really is but, that is the menal image I formed when learned that my overies were not doing what EVERYONE else seems to do with great ease. I'm so glad I found this website. It makes me feel so much more normal hearing from other people with the same frustrating things going on with their bodies. BUT here is what I did when I thought about my CANDY COATED OVERIES; I formed an image in my mind that the candy coating was breaking, and my eggs were floating free. It helped me, and I did get pg. I am not saying that is why I got pg but, I think it helped me to de-stress. I always feel better when I can tell someone what to do.. so I decided to treat my overies like a friend. And give them a little advice. (LOL) Really I know in my moments of breif sanity (usually first day of my period, weird huh?) I know that the hardest part of PCOS is getting and keeping a mental grip, PMS on steroids, and every month I know my PMS is saying "I'll be back!" And it usually is.
>There is a new book out on Syndrome X and insulin resistance... it has
>a good section on PCOS. It'a pretty good book and quite cheap, I'd
>highly recomend it to y'all. :) (It's called Syndrome X : Managing
>Insulin Resistance
> by Deborah S. Romaine, et al)
>
>HOWEVER... one little tidbit has got me paranoid.
>
>It says that in some cases, the repeated formation ond reabsorption of
>cysts can lead to the follicular damage... making it impossible in the
>furture for eggs to be released. !!!!!!! So now I have this
>fear/question...
>
>Is it possible to ovulate without releasing an egg???
>
>I know how stupid that sounds. I know that ovulation MEANS releasing
>eggs. But I guess I wonder if... it's possible for an egg to form...
>and to TRY to pop out... but to be unable to do it due to structural
>damage as opposed to haywire hormones like we already have preventing
>their release?
>
>As I understand it... when you ovulate, the egg pops out, and what is
>left is the corpus luteam (sp) ... and that starts releasing
>progesterone to thicken the uterine lining,etc, etc... and that
>progesterone is wwhat is responsible for breat tenderness and other PMS
>signs... True?
>
>So... I ALWAYS have nipple/breast tenderness after ovulation... can
>that happen without the egg actually popping out like it ought to? Can
>the corpus luteam form if the egg isn't actually able to break out of
>it? Can you have all the signs of ovulating but still not really truly
>be releasing eggs?
>
>Has anyone else heard of this, structural damage leading to a physical
>cause rather than a cehmical cause for preventing ovulation?
>
>I hope I havn't made too many people laugh with this question... on the
>other hand, I hope I haven't made any other hopefuls unduly paranoid, as
>I am right now.
>
>(It's becoming consuming how important this is to me... I am finding
>this illness to be something that puts so much of life into
>perspective... ten years ago if you asked me to wish for three things,
>i would have said "a lot of money, a volkswwagen beetle, and a farm."
>now, I would say, "I would like to ovulate, i would like a volkswagen
>beetle, and a farm." I don't think anyone other than you women can
>understand this...)
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