Re: me again-not much of an update though!!
From: tobey (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Aug 2001 23:18:37 -0500 (CDT)
oh and to add on to what i just wrote about vaginal ultrasounds it
doesnt matter at all what size you are.... AT ALL!!! so dont worry
about that... and pap smears are a piece of cake... you dont even feel
them really. they should be able to check your endometrium during the
ultrasound and a pelvic exam...
--
tobey
At Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Emma wrote:
>
>Hi everyone
>
>I posted last month about the problems I was having with my endo, if
>anyone remembers. Anyway I thought I would post an update, though there
>is not a whole lot to report! Well first of all I now have about half a
>ream of articles printed off the internet!I have found some good
>articles about blood levels etc, and they are all from recognised
>medical journals, so I think they are reliable. I have decided to
>definately get myself another specialist; either an endo or gyno. I
>have asked around for names of specialists in my area from a nmber of
>sources, including Australian PCOS site, Womens Hospital and other
>doctors but no-one seems to know of anyone who specialises in it. I
>can't even find a GP who really knows about it. So Im just going to
>have to go to my normal GP and give her all the info and tell her the
>story and hopefully she'll find someone. Though somehow I don't think
>my GP is too good as she always receives updates from the endo and has
>never said anything about his treatment!!!! I think I will go to a
>completely new GP as well and make a clean start, and hopefullly I will
>get somewhere.
>
>Also I'm going to insist that whoever I see does all the tests I need.
>The blood tests I think I need are: blood sugar; cholesterol (lipid
>panel); LH/FSH; testosterone (free and total); prolactin; progesterone;
>thyroid stimulating hormone; DHEAS; sex hormone binding globulin;
>androstenedione; and most important the insulin resistance test!!!
>I also think I should ask for a vaginal ultrasound, a pap smear and a
>check of the endometrium. All of which I have never had done!!!
>If anyone thinks there are more things I should be tested for, or there
>is anything I have mentioned that I don't really need to have tested,
>please just say so.
>
>Whilst on the subject of the vaginal ultrasound, I am a little concerned
>because a) I have never had one before, nor a pap smear, and b) I am
>really big, I weigh about 165kg/355lbs. Will all the bulk make it
>difficult for the operator? I read all the posts earlier in the month
>about vaginal ultrasounds, but no-one really mentioned being really big.
>
>Oh and also I might mention that the fool endo that I have been seeing
>prescribed me Spiro, which I have been taking since May. Alot of women
>here seem to be on Spiro and find it helps with the hair. Its not
>working for me! I think its not working for me because he has only got
>me on 75mg/day! The first month I only took 50mg/day!!! I noticed that
>most women are on at least 100mg/day, and up to 200mg/day.
>
>Thanks again everyone. Hope to hear from you all again, I really
>appreciated your replies to my last post, it made me feel better and
>more hopeful.
>
>--
>Emma
>
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