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Re: New to board From: gracie (anonymous@obgyn.net) Tue, 4 Jun 2002 23:09:19 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Lindsay: "Re: Laser hair removal" Previous message: Jeanette: "Re: Link between Type II diabetes and pcos" In reply to: gracie: "New to board" Next in thread: Sonnet: "Re: New to board" At Tue, 4 Jun 2002, gracie wrote: > >Hi everyone - just wanted to introduce myself. I was diagnosed w/ PCOS >10 months ago. Like many of us, I had never heard about PCOS b/4 being >diagnosed. I have had facial hair since I was 18, but I never had a dr. >ask me about it until I went to an endo. Unfortunately, what brought me >to the endocrinologist was thinning hair. During the past 1-2 years I >have lost a tremendous amount of hair. Of course, it was probably going >on for years, but I had really thick before, so I didn't notice. Now, I >have about 1/3 of my hair left - it's thin all over, but thinnest right >in the front and I have a hairline that looks a lot like Matt Lauer's! >I've been on spiro since October. It has definitely helped with the >facial/body hair, but I am still losing head hair. The shedding has >decreased, but I think that's due in part to the overall loss in volume, >and the shafts continue to thin. My endocrinologist has not put me on >glucophage. My bloodwork doesn't indicate I/R so she doesn't think that >it would help that much. Has anyone been on glucophage w/o I/R? Anyway, >I have been monitoring this board for a little while on and off, and I >really appreciate all of the information that all of you share. I will >try and do the same. > >-- >-gracie. > -- I just realized that there is someone who posts to this board named grace. In order to avoid confusion, I'm changing my username to gigi. Next message: Lindsay: "Re: Laser hair removal" Previous message: Jeanette: "Re: Link between Type II diabetes and pcos" In reply to: gracie: "New to board" Next in thread: Sonnet: "Re: New to board"

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