PCOS Messages for August, 2003: Re: New PCOS diagnosis

Re: New PCOS diagnosis

From: Janet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:02:08 -0500 (CDT)

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Click here for some good info on PCOS Has info on what PCOS is, what test should be done, and what you bloodwork numbers should be. http://www.inciid.org/faq/pcos.html

Have you considered seeing an endocrinologist? PCOS is a hormonal and not a reproducitve problem. The issues of infertility are a product of hormones that are askew, often becasue of insulin issues. Endos specialize in this. You are trying to have a baby so if there is a reproductive endocrinologist in your area, even better, but not neccessary for proper treatment.As for clomid being the next step, there are many of us out here that have gotten pregnant using insulin sensitizers such as glucophase or avandia. High insulin levels often cause the hormonal imbalances that occur with women that have PCOS. The idea is that you get the insulin in check, the hormones straighten out in the proccess. Doesnt happen over night. Some women can take up to a year for this to occur before they are put on fertility drugs.

Hope that gets you a good start to understanding this compicated problem. Feel free to email me personally if you have any more questions

-- Janet Heller

At Tue, 19 Aug 2003, anonymous wrote: > >I hope someone can help me. I don't know where to begin to educate >myself. 5 months off birth control pills, no period, given preliminary >diagnosis of PCO, given progesterone challenge and will take final pill >tomorrow. Thyroid tests are normal. Assuming that I do have withdrawal >bleeding where do I go from here? We want to conceive. My OBGYN makes >it sound like the only logical next step is Clomid. Is that right? Is >there any other testing that should be done before Clomid? What about >all this I hear about insuline resistance. No one has discussed testing >for that at all? I could really use some guidance, thanks.

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Email always welcome
Janet at JanetHeller@msn.com

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