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Re: Books on PCOS? From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net) Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:18:55 -0600 (CST) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Lakefever2: "Re: Question for Jodi or anyone else who has experienced this...Sonnet..advice????Renee??" Previous message: JIJI: "Books on PCOS?" In reply to: JIJI: "Books on PCOS?" I'll copy something I put in another reply recently (re: Please help!). "Have you been doing any reading up on PCOS? (You say syndrome, I say disorder... it's the same crummy illness.) If not, get cracking! Do an internet search on "PCOS and insulin resistance" and/or check out some books. Samuel Thatcher's "PCOS:The Hidden Epidemic" is a good one for a medical overview - medical, but very readable. Colette Harris's "PCOS: A Woman's Guide to Dealing with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome" is a good one for making you feel that you CAN take steps to overcome this problem. A lot of people have torn this book apart in reviews on Amazon. It sort of dismisses medical treatment and it DOES contain a good deal of things I feel are hokie - aromatherapy, for example, and drinking filtered water and eating only organic, vegan foods (which is noble, but not too realistic, in my opinion) - but overall, I like the fact that it is written by a woman with PCOS who took control and won. I think it contains enough sensible advice and wonderful explanations of the problem to make it a great book. Avoid the Boss-Best book... it is VERY basic and you won't learn anything there you can't learn in Thatcher's book which is bigger and more complete (in my opinion... by the time I bought this book, it was a total waste of money, I knew everything and more!)" There aren't really that many books out there devoted to just PCOS. Those are the main three and of them I think 2 are good. A number of diet books now give mention to PCOS and the diet link... the age-free zone, and the Schwarzbein Principal, for example. There are also any number of books on hormonal disorders in women that give passing mention to the problem. - jodi At Wed, 20 Nov 2002, JIJI wrote: > >Greetings: > >Please advise on which books to read regarding PCOS. > >Thank you. > >Elaine > >--- Sonnet <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote: >> Metformin does work to correct the hormonal problems >> of PCOS, but it >> does so over a period of months (and even years >> sometimes, when your >> body is being stubborn!) So I would say that the >> period is just a >> coincidence. >> >> At Thu, 24 Oct 2002, RAE wrote: >> > >> >I was given Metformin to treat PCOS. I began >> taking it on Monday, 500mg >> >twice daily. It is now Thursday, the 4th day, and >> 6 pills later, and I >> >woke up bleeding. I guess it is my period, but is >> it normal to bleed >> >this soon by only taking 6 pills??? Should I be >> concerned? >> >> -- >> email always welcome: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com >> > Next message: Lakefever2: "Re: Question for Jodi or anyone else who has experienced this...Sonnet..advice????Renee??" Previous message: JIJI: "Books on PCOS?" In reply to: JIJI: "Books on PCOS?"

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