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Re: update on pcos? (long, but worth it-i think)From: Janet (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 13 Aug 2002 18:16:28 -0500 (CDT)
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... > >-- >carrie > Hi Carrie, I have one thing to say to you. Run don't walk to your phone book and get another doctor. Why do you want to see her when she obviously has no resect for you as an intelligent human being. I've been dealing with the symptoms of PCOS for 25 years. I didn't even know I had something until I was in the hospital for a blot clot in my lungs, and my resident doctor was an endocrinologist.(By the way, I got the blood cloot from taking "the pill" to try to regulate my mentral cycle.)SInce then the only info I could get is what I dug up myself at the library. I just got my computer 3 mos ago and am shoched by the amount of people with this problem, as well as infomation availble on it. Be your own advocate. Don't let her or any other doctor push you around. feel free to write me back.
-- Janet at JanetHeller@msn.com
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