PCOS Messages for May, 2001: Re: period lasting forever!!!!

Re: period lasting forever!!!!

From: Zowie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 7 May 2001 12:36:07 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi Trista, Like the other woman said, you NEED to go to the Dr. I had this same problem, except I bled VERY heavily every, single day and it went on for an entire YEAR before getting help. I'm also anemic and hypoglycemic--so you can IMAGINE how I felt losing all that blood. You NEED to have the BCP. It will help regulate your period so you will have a "regular" cycle. It took a few months for mine to finally get evened out, and my bleeding was still so severe. I was on BCPs for about 2 years before getting a shot of Lupron Depot, to chemically induce a menopausal state (no periods). I am VERY thankful for this because even on the BCPs, my periods would NOT be tolerable by any means. Try going through your pads every 15 minutes, and not having the great option of using tampons! I was continually clotting and was often bed ridden because of it. Please, DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!! The Dr's still have no idea why I bled so terribly or for so ong without medical intervention, that's why I'm taking this shot every 3 months to NOT have a period. Please, get over your fears and go to the Dr. immediately. The longer you wait, the more you risk your health even more. I, too, am overweight (about 340 lbs!) >:( but I still went. Please ger yourself treated right away. I don't know if there are other treatments, but the BCP WILL help you to at least get you regulated. Please go to the Dr. immediately. You risk anemia and hypoglycemia as well, and then more severe problems if you don't.

At Sun, 6 May 2001, Trista wrote: >
>I was diagnosed with pcos about 5 yrs. ago. I have went from 130 to
>260 pounds over the last 8 yrs. with hardly any change in my eating
>habits. I have almost all the symptoms of pcos (except hair loss) &
>seem to have them in extreme form. I am not on any meds as both doctors
>that I have seen (one a gyno. & one an endo.) both told me to just lose
>weight (I won't even begin with how IMPOSSIBLE that is).
>My problem right now is that i have been losing menstrual blood since
>October 2000. Somedays it is light, most of the time it is medium & a
>few days of the month it is EXTREMELY heavy (like I need to change my
>pad every 30-60 minutes and sometimes have blood running down my legs).
>I am afraid to go to the doctor, cause I know that she will just put me
>on the pill. I am afraid to do this because of my obesity & other
>health problems.
>
>Has anyone else ever had their period for this long, and is there any
>other solution besides birth control pills?
>
>Thanks for sharing!! :)
>
>--
>Trista
>

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Good luck! -- Zowie :)

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