PCOS Messages for June, 2001: Re: Sonnet

Re: Sonnet

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 26 Jun 2001 02:50:45 -0500 (CDT)

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*hugs* no no Jennifer, it's the other way around!! Your PCOS is causing the weight gain, not the weight causing other problems!! It's all too common that doctors say such uneducated things but it's still wrong. I hope you can maybe consider finding a new doctor or maybe educating the one you have - it makes no sense to attack your PCOS in a backwards way! BEsides you'll still have PCOS even if you are a perfectly 'normal' or slender weight. It sucks, doesn't it!

Disclaimer to the above statement: in a way, yes losing weight WILL help your symptoms improve. The whole thing is kind of a vicious cycle. BUT the endocrine problems that are the root of PCOS caused the weight in the first place and will never entirely go away. They just get better with proper treatment like Metformin.

The whole thing sucks, doesn't it!! It's frustrating but I hope maybe we can save you some frustration and guilt. Good Luck! Let me know if I can help -

-- Sonnet

At Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Jennifer wrote: > >Thank you for all your advice. I can't beleive that my absolute >cravings for sweets have to do with my insulin levels. Here all this >time I thought I was a person with an obsession problem or somthing. Yes >my doctor put me on Meridia, she said she wanted me to take off at least >30 pounds and that losing at least 30lbs should lower my insulin levels >enough to get me back on a normal cycle. She told me that my body was >producing too much insulin because I was overweight. I started at >220lbs., I have lost 17lbs. now, but I need to be down 50 more if I >want to be at a healthy weight for myself. My doctor said she would be >satisfied if I lost 15lbs more. I hate the idea that I will be dealing >with this for the rest of my life. I thought if maybe I lost my excess >weight that everything would go back to normal. Oh well. Thank you so >much for your words of wisdom. :) > >-- >Thank You, >Jennifer >

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