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Re: getting better?? menstrual cycle mystery!!!TO JODI
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 15:03:45 -0500 (CDT)
Oops...I meant menstrual period! hahaha :P
At Tue, 15 Oct 2002, jodi wrote:
>
>Well... first, not too important of a detail, but your menstrual cycle
>in not 5 days long. Your menstrual period is. ;-)
>
>As for the period coming back, but not losing all the weight you
>gained... the problems we have are thought to stem from insulin
>resitance, which often leads to obesity, and is aggrivated by obesity,
>but is not in and of itself obesity. Your eating better and exercising
>are no doubt helping your insulin problems... so you can see a return
>in periods with or weight loss. They have found insulin meds to help
>with women even when they don't lose weight... indicating is is not the
>weight but rather the insulin levels causing the problems.
>
>As for the hair... good luck. Some see a lessening, some say once it
>shows, it never goes away... no way to tell what will happen in your
>case... it can take a long time to see a lessening, if there will be
>one.
>
>keep up the excellent work!
>
>- jodi
>
>At Mon, 14 Oct 2002, anonymous wrote:
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>>Hi..A year after I got out of highschool I gained about 10 /15 extra lbs
>>and stopped getting my period and started getting the excess hair
>>problems... then I gained about 70 more lbs over the next couple of
>>years...stil had the same problems of course. Over the last 2 years i
>>have managed to drop about 40 of the 70 lbs I had gained with eating
>>differently and exercising....and I got my period back!!!..and have now
>>been getting it every month for a year. The thing is, I am not back
>>down below the weight I was when I first stopped getting my period and
>>had the hair problems. I still have the hair problems (darker hair on
>>legs and arms...about 10-20 little whiskers under my chin that i have to
>>pluck) so why did I get my period back? It is back to the normal cycle I
>>used to have in highschool...even better in fact because sometimes in
>>highschool i would skip a couple of months (the cycle is about 5 days
>>long with 2 major flow days and then the rest medium to light..with
>>normal minimal cramps etc) it seems the menstrual cycle thing has healed
>>but not the hormone hair problem. Can anyone explain this?....I wonder
>>if I lose the rest of the weight I need to ..which is about 30/40 more
>>lbs, if the hair problems will go away too??!! Its just all so
>>weird!!!!!!
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