Re: PS Re: ANY thoughts/opions?Jodi
From: Jenn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:18:45 -0800
Thanks!
Monophasic, finally after reading up on it.
My main PCOS doc is so far away that I had a local NP draw my blood just so
I could see what changes have occurred in the last year and more
specifically to see how my liver has reacted to the Gluc.
I NEED MY BC PILL! When I'm not on it I have HORRIBLE acne. Like
"I-can't -leave-the-house-acne".
> My non-professional opinion is ... something very strange is going on
> with you.
LOL! It's like you know me or something! :-)
All kidding aside, thanks for giving me so much feedback and sorry about
not mentioning the pill...nowadays it just seems like all cysters are on it.
I wonder how doctors take into account for being on the pill when going over
the hormone results. I don't meet with my doctor until the spring (to give
the meds time to work) so I'll ask her more then. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU!!!
--Jenn
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From: "jodi" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: PS Re: ANY thoughts/opions?Jodi
> Whoa... you didn't SAY you were on the pill! That changes everything, i
> think... if you are on a monophasic pill, your cycle wouldn't have ANY
> phases... it should be pretty much flatline, and then you'd have a
> withdrawal bleed a few days after stopping the pills (and the intake of
> progesterone). Since the pill pill puts the body in a state akin to
> pregnancy, MAYBE it would be safe to say it is like the luteal phase...
> but I am really not sure. I don't know if pregnant women are said to be
> in the luteal phase, or if there is another name for the phase they are
> in...
>
> My non-professional opinion is ... something very strange is going on
> with you. Of course, I have never had blood work done while on BCPs but
> my understanding is that the pill lowers both your LH and your
> testosterone... giving a lot of women "false normal" blood work
> results. Your LH and T are still high. Plus, it seems odd that your
> progesterone would be low, given that the pill contains progesterone...
> (or maybe what the pill contains really just acts as a progesterone and
> therefore wouldn't show up as such on a blood test... not sure here...)
>
> I don't know that day three testing is really critical if a person is on
> the pill. Like I said, your levels should be pretty consistant
> throughout the pill cycle. Day 3 testing might conceivably offer more
> abnormal results, since it would follow a non-pill week, when your
> screwey hormones might take over again. I'm really not sure. For a
> non-pill taking non-PCOS woman, I think the LH:FSH thing is kinda
> like... menstruating week, FSH is higher than LH, then LH starts to
> rise, peaks (ovulation), and falls back down... drops below FSH again
> near the end of the cycle. So during the first three days of a cycles,
> if a woman has higher LH:FSH, it's indicative of PCOS. On BCPs, I don't
> know that you can really tell anything.
>
> Are you on a monophasic or triphasic pill? which pill? what kind of
> doctor are you seeing? have you considered going at the glucophage
> alone? i have also tried many different pills... finding one that is
> tolerable can be tricky. glucophage alone worked well for me... until
> i siwtched to generic. i'm looking forward to getting back off the pill
> and seeing if it works again.
>
> Your situation sounds like quite a humdinger... i'm afraid that's about
> all the input I have!
>
> - jodi
>
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