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Re: got a diagnosis - Jodi
From: L. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:32:40 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks for your message. I've already been on clomid for the last 5
months, my gynae is trying to get me pregnant asap so that I can have an
ablation (to stop the heavy bleeding). The only reason they tested me
for PCOS was because the clomid had been unsuccessful. I already have
two children, and with severe pain every month, I need to go for
surgery. I'm taking tramadol for the pain at the moment, which is
basically as strong as morphine, so the sooner I get pregnant, the
sooner I'll have an end to the pain.
So, we're starting metformin this next cycle, along with clomid, and if
after 3 months, and if that fails, there is nothing else they can do. Of
course I am lucky to have 2 daughters, but I feel that they could have
tested me years ago, and then my last two miscarriages might not have
happened, and the last 5 months of clomid would not have been a waste.
Oh well, that's doctors for you!Thanks again,
Lisa
At Fri, 19 Apr 2002, jodi wrote:
>
>well, i guess you use different numbers over there because my
>testosterone tests at around 90... 4.1 looks marvelous to me!
>
>with regards to metformin... so the going theory is that what really
>causes this hideous disorder is a problem with insulin. we have too
>much of it in our blood stream due to the fact that our cells don't use
>it properly, so our body produces more and more to compensate. this
>excess of insulin leads to all sorts of hormonal and lipid abnormalities
>which can be seen in irregular periods, lack of ovulation, high
>testosterone, excess facial hair, etc, etc, etc, etc... not all women
>have all symptoms...
>
>so there are two types of insulin meds being used on women with PCOS.
>one is metformin which works by limiting how much sugar from the foods
>you eat is released into the bloodstream, which in turn limits how much
>insulin your body has to secrete. the other class, which includes actos
>and avandia, works just by directly supressing insulin production. the
>end result is the same - lower insulin levels, better hormone levels,
>improved health and fertility and periods and so on.
>
>this is probably the shortest explanation i have ever given on the
>topic.
>
>now... are are saying you are going to take met for 3 months then go on
>clomid? or met with 3 months of clomid? i'm not sure i understand but i
>am just going to give my personal opinion here...
>
>give the met alone a try for a year. seriously. what's great bout the
>insulin meds is they get to the route of the problem. they are as close
>to fixing the problem as you will come. you will have to take them for
>life... so they are not a cure... but they are the best treatment we
>have. other "treatments" work by putting hormones directly into your
>body to try to make things look better... but in the long run they
>really aren't helping your body become healthy. met alone has helped
>many women get pregnant because it allows their bodies to work and
>function like healthy women's bodies. clomid, from what i understand,
>puts you into a sort of hormonal overdrive to prime you up for
>ovulation... and while i have never taken this drug, well... i have
>heard all about the mood swings and crying jags and weight gain and
>bloating etc etc etc assosiated with fertility drugs... i could be
>wrong here. maybe clomid isn't as bad as all that. BUT if i had a
>choice between fixing my body and concieving almost naturally... or
>taking a ferility drug... i'd pick the former.
>
>i am saying give the met a year because it can take that long - or
>longer! - to work. i have been on it about a year and a quarter and
>only at the year mark did it seem to start working. i have just had 3
>almost normal periods in four months - a record for me. a REAL
>record... in the past i'd have 2-3 a year.
>
>do not expect met to be a quick fix - i really expected it to fix me
>faster than it did and i got frustrated with it. but if you give it
>time, and let your body get healthy on it... i really think that is the
>best way to go with regard to concieving. otherwise you're basically
>pumping an unhealthy body full of hormones to force it to become
>pregnant... or try to. just my opinion. you're only 24, what's your
>rush? :-)
>
>- jodi
>>>
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L. Akrigg
24 years old
West Yorkshire, UK.
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