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Re: Please Help! I'm NEW..many questions!From: anonymous@obgyn.netThu, 27 Feb 2003 16:08:33 -0600 (CST)
At Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Lodema wrote: > >HYPOTHYROIDISM..sorry.. bad morning..lol > >At Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Lodema wrote: >> >>Hello all!! Glad to have found this forum..ok here we go... >> >>I had blood work done 2x's by two diff dr.'s who have said I didn't have >>PCOS. I've found this new dr. who seems soo great!! He really wants to >>help, but without even doing bloodwork he says he doesn't care that the >>blood work says I DON'T have it..he says "If it walks like a duck, it's >>a duck" lol The other dr.s just said that I don't have it..and that was >>it.. didn't try to help with all my symptoms!! Now this new dr. is >>starting me on Loestrin FE to start my periods, Glucophage to help >>w/weightloss and we're going to try Clomid in a few months to help >>w/ovulation and pg. Here's what I've been thru.. >> >>My period started at 12. Never had very many problems w/it growing up. >>But had my first miscarriage at 22. Then my periods just stopped. Dr. >>had me on Provera every three months to start it. I had another >>miscarriage at 23. (the first was a blighted ovum, the second mc the >>baby stopped growing at 2months) Still used Provera for periods. I got >>pg at 24 and had our baby boy 4 days after turning 25 :) (i had >>emergency c-section because my placenta abrupted, but our son was >>ok..thank God!) Still had to use Provera to have periods! Got pg again >>at 29 and had another MC! (blighted ovum AGAIN!) Well, since my last MC >>in 2001, My periods were actually coming w/no meds..every other >>month..but I was happy they were coming! I just went to my new dr. >>because I havent' had a period since OCT!!! :( It's FEB! Now, I'm so >>scared. Because I've read not to go longer than 3 months at a time, >>because of heightened risk of cancers. He did a Pap and it came back >>ok. I just started my BP 4 days ago, so waiting to see if my period >>will come in about 3 weeks. He said I can start my Glucophage next >>month, after my first period comes. Then we can try the Clomid when we >>are ready. We would love to have one more child. Then we're done. I >>don't have excessive facial hair. But do have many skin tags. (and >>just read that on the symptoms) I'm overweight by about 50 pounds. I'm >>only 4' 11" My main problem area is my stomach. I don't want to have >>PCOS, but am just so happy that somebody finally cares!! Has anyone else >>been told they have PCOS, w/out the blood work?? I'm hoping to get some >>insight on others experiences. Thanks so much in advance!
-- My sister and I both have PCOS (she did not have the usual symptoms, but I do), and she also has Graves disease. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists recently changed the normal rates for TSH levels from the 1-6 range to .3-3.0 range, which is a huge difference. If you have not read the news yet, the article is on the About.com website. The actual page is http://thyroid.about.com/library/weekly/aanewTSHrange.htm Both problems made it very difficult for my sister to get pregnant, but she eventually did and just delivered two healthy babies (Twins!) in January. Glucophage made a huge difference for her (clomid alone did not work). Keep trying and God bless you!
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