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Re: IR...my thoughtsFrom: Kristy (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:57:49 -0700 (PDT)
Jodi, You yourself said it when you said, "This disorder is soooo baffling and soooo frustrating." And that's the problem here is that there are several variables with PCOS and one of those variables is that there are women with PCOS that aren't IR. One of the articles I found stated that about 50% of the women with PCOS don't have IR. In the survey at PCOSupport.org they have added this particular category b/c they know that there are indeed women with PCOS out there that don't have IR. It seems to me, and this is what I was telling Sonnet, that when this issue of IR comes up and those of us without IR answer as well letting everyone know that we aren't IR you all who are IR get all upset about it and tell us that we are wrong. Maybe I'm not understanding right (and I truly hope that's the case) but it's like you all who have IR own this disease and think that if you all have IR that everyone with PCOS is supposed to also and that's not true. As for being adamant about not having IR well, it's b/c we know what we are talking about. Those of us with just PCOS that is. I know enough about IR now thanks to you all to know that the dr that diagnosed me with PCOS made the right call. Even though I was diagnosed with PCOS in 1996 I still had regular periods, but in addition to those regular periods I sometimes had spotting so I knew that something wasn't right. If the dr that I had at the time I was diagnosed with PCOS thought for one second that I had IR he would have treated me for it. What is the point of treating something that you don't have? I am not on medication except to treat what symptoms of PCOS I do have and it's more important for me to treat them than to go on a medication regimen for something that I don't have. Also, I don't know if you remember but I think that Barbara C has IR too but she can't treat it with the kind of regimen that is commonly used for it b/c of her extensive health problems. She is not treating the IR with the medication regimen b/c those medicines would make her other health problems worse. It's not that she's refusing to treat it. Well, the same is true with those of us that don't have IR. We are not treating for IR b/c we don't have it. Yes, I understand what you are saying about the lab values and that they aren't always accurate but our drs know. Jodi, I have no symptoms of IR, I never did. And I definitely don't have IR now. And like I said the PCOSA recognizes that there are women with PCOS only. It's not fair that you all think that we who don't have IR are wrong. We aren't wrong, it's just that we have a different variable when it comes to PCOS. And at this time we don't know the exact cause of PCOS. One of the other studies I found says that there are a significant number of women with IR as you all have mentioned but at the same time there are other articles to prove what I'm talking about. I will get those links later. This has been an interesting debate for sure. I'm sorry that you think that those of us refuse to treat the IR that you think we have but it doesn't make sense to treat something that we don't have. It's not the cause of PCOS for every woman that has PCOS. Also, Metformin doesn't work for everyone that takes it. ===== Kristy :) http://www.geocities.com/sokokl/kristyspersonalpage.html Hoping to be a nurse soon but for now just a Medical Secretary who does a lot of learning from reading on the Net, books, my dr(s), as well as sharing my own personal experiences. Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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