Re: New Member
From: Sally (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:33:11 -0600 (CST)
Hi Sarah,
welcome! You will learn heaps here. Good that you have been diagnosed.
Make sure your doctor gives you a good trial with an insulin sensitiser
BEFORE you try any fertility drugs. A good trial would be 6 - 12
months. An insulin sensitiser is metformin (first choice - if you can
tolerate side effects) or avandia etc.
Also diet (low carb) and exercise (as much as you can manage) should all
help.
Best wishes
--
Sally
At Thu, 31 Oct 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Hello fellow PCOS'ers :)
>My name is Sarah, and I have just recently been diagnosed with having PCOS.
>I'm 20 years old, and thank goodness she caught it so soon. I have been
>married for a year and a half now. No children yet, we didn't start trying
>until just a few days ago. I haven't started any treatments yet. I am
>awaiting for the arrival of the fertility drugs (forgot the name) to the
>Dr.'s office, and planning a trip abroad all at the same time. So that will
>delay the treatments another month. I'm not really sure how to introduce
>myself this being my first e-group not involving religion, lol. Which I may
>include somewhat in these posts, not to offend or anything, but because I
>believe that nothing happens but by the will of God, no matter how horrible
>it may be, and He never gives us more than we can handle, no matter how much
>we want to disagree.
>Anyways, I have abnormal LH and FSH levels, but everything else is fine n
>dandy. I have very fine hair and have lost alot recently. I litterally can
>pull out handfuls daily. At first I thought it was just my crazy hair type,
>but it's reached far more than I've ever lost. Have any of you ladies tried
>Rogaine for women? I have bad acne, and thought that it was just my skin
>being ultra sensitive, but the tests proved that otherwise. I gained 30
>pounds within one year, but thought that was a side effect of the BC pills I
>was taking, and, of course, the test proved otherwise. I have tried dieting
>(but that never lasts long, I love food), exercise (which leaves me
>exhausted) and Xenadrine (which left my stomach turned inside out, so that
>didn't last long either). Any tips?
>Let's see, I have alot of mood swings. Poor DH hates that part, lol. And I've
>experienced alot of pain and discomfort lately from the lovely cysts. One
>woke me up in the middle of the night, and I swear it hurt SO bad!!!! I
>couldn't get to sleep until I finally cried myself to sleep (and I never cry
>from pain! Granted I am a wimp, but I never cry!). Oh, and I haven't had my
>period since April, when I stopped the BCP.
>Okay, I am sorry I bored you, but I guess we're all here to share experiences
>and all. Do any of you have tips or ideas for a new PCOS'er, anything that
>you have experienced in your PCOS days that might help me? Something you
>did/didn't do that you regretted, or had bad effects to? I'm all ears to
>anything you gals have to say! Thanks!
>
>~Sarah
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