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Re: Just need support
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 Jul 2002 15:05:33 -0500 (CDT)
A hysterectomy is NOT going to solve your PCOS. It may make things much
much worse for you. Your doctors are right - that is a very drastic
step and one that doesn't have any real benefits, at least as far as
PCOS goes. The only way we really have to treat PCOS now is insulin
sensitizing medication. Metformin/Glucophage, Avandia, or Actos. If
you didn't like metformin, try one of the others. It takes sometimes
quite a long time to see results on metformin, I would say about 6
months for most of the symptoms to really start changing. You have to
stick with it. You also have to find the right dose. 1500mg may work
for most women but not for all, some need much higher doses than tat. I
don't know how much you were on or for how long but this is really the
best way of getting your health back. Also there are many low carb
diets out there which arenot as strict as ATkin's. Look around, try
other things.
At Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Grainne wrote:
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>Hi everyone,
>This is the first time that I have come on to this website and it has
>been interesting to hear your views and experiences. I am a 26 year old
>woman who was diagnosed 5 years ago and has shown symptoms since I was
>19. I am on Dianette (the pill), I have tried Metformin with no
>success. I have been on the Atkins diet which was great as far as
>weight lose but after a year I stopped eating as I don't really like
>meat and eggs and although veggies are great you can't really have them
>for breakfast as well and can't really be dealing with an eating
>disorder as well. (Metformin did not increase my weight lose while on
>Atkins.)
>I have tried supposed treatment from 2 countries, where I live now and
>where I am originally from and I feel so frustrated and angry that no
>one seems to give a damn. I suffer from weight and hair, I can hide the
>hair situation but not the weight aaand unfortunatly I am ones of those
>people who finds it really difficult to function because of my weight,
>ie not wanting to go out because I am ashamed of how I look!!
>I am just so frustrated and angry about the lack of care or support and
>even when I have said to my consultants that I would have a hystarectomy
>if it meant that I would be 'normal' and I do really mean I WOULD, they
>still won't or don't try and help offering other things, they just say,
>"well that's very drastic." But I am desparate and if it takes drastic
>then that is what it takes. Please if anyone has had any success on
>other diets, drugs, surgery, anything or just feels the same way, please
>reply.
>Thanks for listening to my frustration. Grainne
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