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To Drill or Not to Drill?From: a.l. (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:30:35 -0600 (CST)
Hi everyone, I'm an on again off again participant of this board and I'm a long-time sufferer of PCOS (diagnosed age 12, now am 35) and I've had it all. In 1985 I had a big cyst removed from my right ovary. While the surgeons did not remove my ovaries - he did do a "wedge resection" of them. It was supposed to make me regular - it didn't. But apparently wedge resections can leave lots of scar tissue on your ovaries and also adhesions, where the ovary is stuck by the scar tissue to the abdomen or bowel. Anyway, I've run out of options. I've tried Met and have also tried every BCP under the sun (including Yasmin). Couldn't tolerate any of them. My doctor now wants to operate, use a laser to remove the scar tissue and any adhesions left over from my old wedge resections, and then use the laser to do some ovarian drilling while he's there. The important thing to consider here is that I'm NOT TTC!! This drilling would be done purely to see if it would make me regular, reduce the ovarian testosterone output and give me some relief from symptoms - even if its only temporary. (My worst symptoms are hair growth on the chin, depression, anxiety, irritability and the long irregular bleeds. I'm not that overweight, but am still a good 20 pounds over what I should be and can't seem to shake it.) Anyway, I want to know if anyone out there has had drilling done - if so did anyone notice that it had either a positive or negative impact on their mood/hair growth? Did anyone else have it like me who wasn't TTC? How long did the results last? Thanks for any feedback you guys! Its nice to know that if I have to go through this, at least I'm not totally alone.
-- A.L.
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