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Re: Help, need words of wisdom!!!!
From: kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:26:00 -0400
Looks like little rice crispies on your skin (neck, underarms, bikini line, thighs etc). Lovely little things - not!
KIM(30 SOMETHING)dh SCOTT- JUST A BABE AT ONLY 30 
DX - PCOS/IR, hyperinsulinenmeia, thyroid failure, depression, infertility with repeated m/c.
7m/c's 8 babies. TTC#1 - forever!!! Last 6 straight with IF meds till May 2002. Finally O'ing with met alone!!
Meds - Metformin 2500, synthyroid, wellbutrin, 81mg asprin, 1mg folic acid, vitamens C&E&daily.
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (anonymous)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS
>Subject: Re: Help, need words of wisdom!!!!
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:52:30 -0500
>
>what are skin tags?
>
>At Wed, 25 Sep 2002, kim wrote:
> >
> >Skin tags = insulin resistance.
> >
> > KIM(30 SOMETHING)dh SCOTT- JUST A BABE AT ONLY 30
> >
> >
> >
> >DX - PCOS/IR, hyperinsulinenmeia, thyroid failure, depression, infertility with repeated m/c.
> >
> >7m/c's 8 babies. TTC#1 - forever!!! Last 6 straight with IF meds till May 2002. Finally O'ing with met alone!!
> >
> >
> >
> >Meds - Metformin 2500, synthyroid, wellbutrin, 81mg asprin, 1mg folic acid, vitamens C&E&daily.
> >
> >>From: pcos1971@yahoo.com (Amelie)
> >>Reply-To: pcos@obgyn.net
> >>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS
> >>Subject: Re: Help, need words of wisdom!!!!
> >>Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:32:53 -0500
> >>
> >>Wow, that sounds a little like me, only, they sprung my diagnosis on me
> >>while I was driving in the car talking on my cell phone. (I take great
> >>comfort in the fact that when I typed in "PCOS Support" into google, it
> >>took me nearly directly here.) And that was before all the tests that
> >>came out normal range. I am normal. My insulin reading was an 18.
> >>Normal. My glucose was a 97. Normal. So really, you are sort of like
> >>me, as I got diagnosed before I got the normals. But I think you are
> >>fabulous, anyway. I had a glass of wine tonight.
> >>
> >>My doc is convinced I have it, I'm pretty convinced I have it (due to
> >>the fact that hello, I do not respond to hormone therapy very happily,
> >>and gain weight on pills like crazy. Also, I have insane periods. I
> >>will not lie, they are oligomenarchic, and EVIL from HELL. Also, well,
> >>I just have to have it because nothing else do I have.) But everything
> >>so far in normal range, though they seem to be a very HIGH normal.
> >>Anyway,
> >>
> >>Get another doctor asap. Something is up, I tell ya. You may have
> >>something else going on, there are apparently serious endocrine probs
> >>that present with similar symptoms.
> >>
> >>Much love and good luck to you,
> >>
> >>Amelie
> >>(who has skin tags on her neck. Does that mean anything? I read on some
> >>homeopathic site it means your "colon does not work properly". Man. My
> >>colon, now? I need more?)
> >>
> >>At Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Barlow wrote:
> >> >
> >> >Ok..here's my story. I started researchng PCOS several years ago when I
> >> >noticed some irregular things happening to my body. I have many
> >> >symptoms common to PCOS...skin tags, dark patches of skin, thick dark
> >> >hair growth on arms and face, thinning hair on head, overweight,
> >> >irregular periods, etc. I finally decided to go to a doctor last month.
> >> >He is a fertility doctor specializing in endocrine problems. I told him
> >> >my symptoms, he ordered blood work and an ultrasound. Now the story
> >> >gets strange...no one called me with results after 1.5 weeks. I called
> >> >and the nurse said "All your tests were within normal limits." I was
> >> >like, uhh ok, then can you explain why I have no periods and unnatural
> >> >hair growth. She asked me to hold, came back and told me my ultrasound
> >> >showed that my ovaries showed a PCOS pattern or something andthat some
> >> >hormone, male I presume, is on the high end. So then they ordered a
> >> >Glucose tolerance test, insulin tolerance test. So I drank the 100 mg
> >> >of Dextrose or whatever and went home. That was yesterday. I just
> >> >checked my messages, and there she is again telling me my tests are in
> >> >normal range, and that if I have any questions, I should call. Of
> >> >course, I still have the same questions. duh. Why do I have these
> >> >symptoms? Has anyone out there experienced this? Does this mean Ido not
> >> >have PCOS? I need some words of wisdom, as many as possible. Please
> >> >help!
> >> >-Worried
> >>
>
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