Re: update on pcos? (long, but worth it-i think)
From: carrie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:41:34 -0500 (CDT)
thank you, thank you, thank you. you guys rock. i just needed
confirmation that i wasn't completely off-base. i'm so glad i found
this list...
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carrie
At Fri, 9 Aug 2002, carrie wrote:
>
>i was diagnosed with pcos nearly 15 years ago, when i was just 14. since
>then, i have wandered from dr. to dr. trying to find answers AND some
>sort of interest or compassion for my condition. i have found the
>medical community to be...shall we say...lacking. my latest encounter,
>however, was the worst i have ever experienced. i am currently a member
>of group health, which i have been very happy with in the past. i have
>been aware for a long while that some doctors believe there to be a
>connection between hyperinsulinemia and pcos. from what i can see, it
>seems to be growing in acceptance as the years pass. so, i talked to my
>new dr. about taking glucophage or similar. after the first
>appointment, where she seemed very stand-offish and kept insisting that
>i just ate too much and needed to lose weight (even after i had
>vehemently stated that i watched what i ate-only whole grains, no
>sugar,lean meats, lots of veggies), she sent me through a battery of
>tests to check my fasting blood sugar and liver and kidney functions.
>the results came back normal. so, i went with high hopes to my next
>appointment. i thought she would do further tests to ascertain whether
>or not my insulin/sugar levels were normal (since i'd had a glucose
>tolerance test a few years ago and my levels were VERY high-almost
>diabetic). but she did not. instead she threw a tantrum (okay, i'm
>exaggerating a little, but not much). she growled at me, "i told you
>last time, that i was not going to prescribe this. it is a policy of
>group health's to not prescribe medications for conditions other than
>that which they were intended for. there are no studies to indicate
>that these medications are viable for treating pcos, blah, blah, blah".
>needless to say, i hate her.
>
>but, my questions are...what is the position of the medical
>establishment towards treating pcos with insuling sensitizing drugs? is
>she right that there are no studies to support doing this? what are
>people's experiences with low carb diets/metformin-glucophage/other
>treatments? what do you think of my expereince with her? any other info.
>you find pertinent would be helpful too.
>
>thank you...
>
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>carrie
>
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carrie
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