PCOS Messages for June, 2001: Re: Help for wife and I

Re: Help for wife and I

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:46:49 -0500 (CDT)

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Thanks for posting John, that's sweet of you - I can understand your concern at the suffering your wife is going through and hopefully we can help!

PCOS is about so much more than cysts - it's an endocrine disorder that effects hormones and metabolism. If your wife has PCOS she probably has other symptoms like weight gain, acne, or facial hair. Metformin is the best way we have of treating PCOS - it is very important she be on this drug or one like it to protect her from heart disease or diabetes.

I don't know too much about the very large cysts or their rupturing, but I know it does happen. Maybe someone else here can help you solve that part of the problem.

Is it possible to get your wife to come and post online? I don't know if support groups are an option in your area, but the friendships formed on this board are a great source of strength and knowledge. It might help her to see she's not alone!

There is a LOT of information out there about PCOS. Don't feel overwhelmed or alone in fighting it. Please feel free to email if I can help you with anything!

-- Sonnet

At Fri, 29 Jun 2001, John wrote: > >Hi, >I hope that someone reading this can give some answers or shed a little >light on our prob. My wife is currently in bed suffering and I'm not >sure where to turn. In April after having pain so bad that she couldn't >walk we entered the hospital. Her Gyn. and surgeon after opening her >up and removing 1/4 of her left ovary informed us that she had PCOS and >that one of her cysts had ruptured. Up until three days ago she has >been doing fine. Now, she is in bed again (for the last three days) and >having similar pains but not quite as bad as before. We have been also >trying to conceive and she has been on all kinds of drugs (clomid, >metformin, dydrogesterone). She has just had an u/s and it does show a >rupture but they don't know if it is a released egg or another cyst. Are >the pains similar? I read that maybe she shouldn't be on metformin >because she has PCOS. Does anyone know if this is correct or where I >can begin to search for info regarding this? We are both very worried >with what's going on. She's in pain and doing a lot of crying and I >just feel so helpless. Were living abroad right now and I wonder often >how good the doctors and medicine is over here compared to that back at >home. Thanks for any help. JT

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Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com

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