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Re: pcos but had radical hyster. some years ago now. Is there anyone out there?
From: angelaj (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:18:37 -0500 (CDT)
I'm sorry you are having such a difficult time now. I had a radical
hyst a little over 6 months ago and my pcos symptoms are as they were
before the surgery, I just don't have the extreme painful periods that
couldn't be controlled with medicine.
Has your dr done any recent bloodwork on you? Last Tuesday, my dr did I
think it was called a menopause panel to see where my horomone levels
were. Maybe you need to have some adjustments done with your meds? Hope
this helps.. Remember it's ok to vent here, there are many of us here
with good listening ears.
At Mon, 29 Jul 2002, diana wrote:
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>ok i was young foolish and desparate. i don't regret the fact that i
>can't have kids of my own but the fact of the matter is HRT is almost as
>bad. I had have/had every symptom that goes along with this lovely
>syndrome. I never got relief from spirolactin and bc pills made my
>blood pressure sky rocket so i was taking 20 pills a day.. no joke.. to
>combat the pcos and then side effects from the medicine to fight the
>pcos. finally, i got sick of it all and since nothing was getting
>better and my weight was skyrocketing no matter what i did... i pushed
>for and got a total hyster. well, yes, the hair growth stopped
>increasing finally after a couple of years but it didn't fall out.. so
>i still have to wax often.. the weight wasn't helped.. but i now have
>that under control when i took matters into my own hands and had surgery
>once more. I only wish i had had this done before the hyster. maybe
>then i wouldn't have needed to go that far.. anyway.. my moods are
>still as uncanny as ever. its frustrating as i am not a pill taker and
>most things don't work so i have not had much relief from
>antidepressants and finally i found one that seemed to help but it
>messes with the estrogen i take. not to mention all the stuff going on
>about taking estrogen as it is.. i feel like i'm a drift in the world
>that no one understands.. most pcosers use bc and spiro. or are
>actively trying to get pregnant.. neither of which i will ever do
>again. yet i still have all the side effects other than i don't have my
>inerds and i have to take estrogen which if you never have to do that
>don't!! estrogen is the most wicked hormone i have ever encountered.
>While i am mostly at a weight i am happy with i still have a few pounds
>to go and for the life of me i cannot. i realize there is another forum
>for that .. i'm trying to go with a higher protein diet but my stomach
>hates it.. even though i feel better mentally eating this way. so,
>once again i'm adrift. i must be in one of those funky places.. i
>guess i just want to know that there is someone out there like me. hmm,
>i'm more than funky.. i bet my estrogen is low... here come the tears.
>ok well, this is way too dark even for me. its not that i'm really this
>messed up but estrogen flux is hell on wheels .. anyway.. i just
>needed to vent i suppose... thanks, d.
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angela
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