PCOS Messages for May, 2003: Re: What about my sisters and PCOS???

Dear Christine,

I fit the same profile as your older sister. Yes your other sisters should all go see an Endocronolgist . He or she will ask them a bunch of questions about family medical history, their monthly cycles and they will do some blood work to see what their testosterone levels and insulin levels are. Good luck and God bless. E-mails always welcome @rumnigurl28@hotmail.com

Michelle

>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Christine)

>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net

>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS

>Subject: What about my sisters and PCOS???

>Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 21:16:09 -0500

>Ever since I was diagnosed last month with PCOS my sisters have been

>asking me all kinds of questions about my symptoms and the tests I had

>done to get diagnosed. I have 3 sisters and they all have a few

>symptoms of PCOS.

>My oldest sister has been told she has cysts on her ovaries, she has a

>very thick uterine lining (not sure if that's a symptom), her periods

>are very heavy but come every month and she has a few symptoms of IR

>like extreme fatigue during the same time of day. She had her tubes

>tied 7 years ago after her 2nd child was born so she's not ttc.

>The 2nd oldest has more symptoms like cycles that are 35 days apart,

>abdominal hair under the belly button, endometriosis, and extreme

>fatigue. She also just started getting break thru bleeding while on the

>pill. Oh, and she also has cysts on her overies.

>My younger sister has irregular periods, sometimes she will get a period

>every 2 weeks for 6 weeks. She's skipped cycles and I think she has the

>abdominal hair that me and my older sister have. She was also a late

>bloomer, she didn't get her first AF until she was 16.

>We all struggle with our weight although none of us would be considered

>obese, just 10 to 30 lbs over our ideal weight.

>I'm the only one considering having more children and that's how I got

>diagnosed because I have always had problems getting pregnant. All

>three of my sisters got pg fairly easily.

>Diabetes does not run in my family, in fact there are no relatives on

>either side that ever had it. So who knows where I get it from. Now my

>sisters have all kinds of questions and they all want to be tested. My

>question is should they be tested and who should they go to for testing?

>Also is it hard to be diagnosed if they are not ttc?

>Thanks for any help,

>--

>Christine

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