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Re: Another Just Diagnosed
From: Donna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:07:21 -0600 (CST)
I wonder if maybe you have just pco and not pcos. The s just stands
from syndrome which is all of the other symptoms associated with having
polycystic ovaries. If you do not have the symptoms such as weight
gain, hair loss, etc, you may just have polycystic ovaries.
At Tue, 7 Jan 2003, natalie wrote:
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>At Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Leslie wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>I am 22 and also was just diagnosed. My periods were always normal but
>just a little bit far apart until suddenly a few months ago I had 3
>periods in one month as well! The doctor found cysts and quickly
>diagnosed me but didn't do any blood work or other tests. In fact, I'm
>wondering if I even have the syndrome because I haven't had any problems
>with weight gain, body hair, or anything. Is it possible it could be
>something else? What is Metformin supposed to do--should I get a serious
>treatment rather than just the low-dose birth control I'm on????
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Natalie
>
>>Hello there,
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>>I'm 28 years old and just diagnosed. I have had erratic periods my
>>whole life but never was concerned until October when I had 3 full
>>cycles in 1 month time period. My obg ran a few tests and sent me to an
>>endo.
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>>I've been surfing the net and reading info on all this. The one thing I
>>can't seem to find an answer on is How exactly a diabeties med works
>>toward regulating PCOS? I have been on Metformin for just over a week
>>and I feel like my emotions are on a rollercoaster. I'm up, I'm down,
>>I'm sad, I'm happy. I feel like I'm on double PMS. Not to mention the
>>addition Nasty side-effects on my stomach. I'm only taking 500Mg a day
>>and am supposed to up it to 1500 Mg over the next month.
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>>I've been reading up a storm and still have several questions so I am
>>glad I found this site. I will keep going through the archives to see
>>if I can find more answers.
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>>Thanks,
>>Leslie
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