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For Emma: Re: me again-not much of an update though!!
From: Jaime (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:09:35 -0500 (CDT)
I would also recommend having thyroid autoantibodies tested, for a lot
of women with PCOS have autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's
thyroiditis). Also, I'd recommend a three hour oral glucose tolerance
test with a 100-gram glucose load. This can often give more information
than just the fasting glucose/insulin test.
At Tue, 28 Aug 2001, tobey wrote:
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>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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