PCOS Messages for May, 2001: Re: cysts

Re: cysts

From: Trudy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 11 May 2001 09:18:57 -0500 (CDT)

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Thank you very much for giving me your advice/opinion on th matter. I am making an appointment today with my doc. I just hope that he is able to give me some answers. After going through and reading a LOT of peoples posts and being able to find out what other women are going through I feel a little relieved. I guess everyone thinks it's only them...it's kind of weird that ANYONE would think that being how many peole there are in this world. I now know that if I am diagnosed with PCOS that it's alright. I know that no matter what I can always get on here and talk to all of you. It's a little scary to think you may have a disease that your intire life has revolved around. And you know, it makes me so happy to know that I have had my children and hadn't planned on having any more so I don't have to worry about not being able to conceive. However, I have a dughter....and now, I have to make sure to watch and see if she has symptoms later. Right now she's only 5, but that has got to be the sacriest part of the whole thing. Now, my daughter has problems coming from my side and my husbands side, my mother in law had some problems the last few years with her plumbing too. I'm guessing that PCOS is possibly a little hereditary, my mother is also going in for the same thing and so is my sister. Since I told them about find out this information they have finally told me about the different things that are wrong with them. I wanted to just tell EVERYONE, thank you for this site and all of the valuable informative things you all put on here. I now know three women who possibly have been helped by all of you and this site! Well, I'm calling the doc now, wish me luck and cross your fingers that he will be able to give me some answers!! Thank you all!!! Take care and talk to ya soon!!!

At Tue, 8 May 2001, jodi wrote: >
>At Tue, 8 May 2001, Trudy wrote:
>>
>>My body is malfunctioning! The docotrs that I talk to say I'm too young
>>to have anything wrong with me. I talked to a woman on another chat
>>site like this one and she refeered me to this site. Is it possible for
>>me to have PCOS? How do I get a doctor to test me for these things? You
>>tell them you did some research on the internet and it seems like they
>>get mad and tell you that you can not diagnose your self on the
>>internet..I'm not, I'm just trying to get any kind of info I can on why
>>all of this could be going on with MY body. I would really appreciate
>>some feedback on this matter. Thank you sooooo much!
>>
>>--
>>Trudy
>>
>ooooh.... i know what you mean about doctors saying you're too young to
>have something wrong... and i know about how they get mad if you say
>you found some stuff on the internet that sounds like you.
>
>from your symptoms... it SOUNDS like PCOS, but you would have to have
>blood tests to know for sure. elevated testosterone is one thing to
>look for, as is an LH:FSH ratio that is >3. also, insulin levels should
>be checked... a fasting insulin:glucose ratio that is < 4.5 (i think?)
>is indicative of insulin resistance, thought to be the root of PCOS. you
>can also have an insulin glucose tolerance test which is where they take
>your levels, give you glucose, and measure your levels again over the
>next few hours. (is that correct? i never had this test, just the
>fasting ratio test...)
>
>of course all of this hinges on finding a doctor who isn't an idiot!!!
>
>tell them you read some medical journals, studies, and books instead of
>the internet, maybe. :)
>
>there are scads of research articles on the net... your doc doesn't
>need to know if you read them in a journal in a medical library or on
>your home PC. ;)
>
>- jodi
>
>ps- i am sure people can give more detailed info than i have... but i
>am flitting between writing a research paper (not on PCOS) and
>procrastinating (largely by reading/posting to this board...)

--
Trudy

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