Re: PLEASE help... could I have PCOS?????????
From: click (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 31 Aug 2003 23:18:04 -0500 (CDT)
It doesn't sound like a classic PCOS case. Sounds like you might have
some other girl-problems--find a good gynecologist in your area or near
your area--call around and find someone with excellent credientials.
Because you have regular periods and are underweight, I really wouldn't
think you had PCOS. I'm 5'7 and 200 lbs, a good example of alot of
people diagnosed with PCOS on this board.
Good luck to you.
At Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Kelle wrote:
>
>After being sent home from work today from the most unbelievable
>abdominal pain from menstruating, and after years of suffering with this
>and other symptoms, I decided to do some research. I've read a lot
>about PCOS, and I was wondering what the chances of me having it are...
>I know that it's impossible to tell if someone has it or not over the
>internet, and I am making a doctor appointment next week to find out,
>but I can't wait through the long Labor Day weekend without some kind of
>information.
>
>Anyway, I am 19... I started menstruating 10 days after my 12th
>birthday, and I have had nothing but trouble with it since. I've read
>that PCOS often causes missed periods or prolonged cycles... what if
>you have cycles too often and they are too heavy? Can PCOS cause THAT? I
>went through a period of time from the day I started my period until I
>was 15 where it came every 3 weeks... it would last 7 days, and be so
>unbelievably heavy and PAINFUL... not just, "Oh, I have a 'cramp'..."
>It was, "OH GET ME TO THE HOSPITAL, I THINK I AM GOING TO
>DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I would go through 10 or more maxi pads a day, and
>by the time I started to use tampons, I would have to wear both a tampon
>AND a maxi pad because it was so heavy. And whenever I would sleep,
>blood would ALWAYS end up in my PJs and on my bed. I remember one time
>I wore TWO EXTRA LONG maxi pads one-in-front-of-the-other, three pairs
>of shorts, and laid on top two thick blankets and a towel... 6 hours
>later when I woke up, it had filled up both pads, gone through the
>shorts AND the blankets and towel and stained the mattress. Then when I
>was 15, it started coming less frequently - every 6-7 weeks... then it
>started fluctuating from 2 weeks to 7 weeks, and in this time it got
>much lighter, but still painful. Then it came back full force and
>averaged every 4 weeks. I've been sent home from school and work
>several times... a few months ago, I ended up in the E.R. because of
>explosive pain in my abdomen 2 days after my period ended... it had
>started the day before lightly, and I woke up the next morning screaming
>in pain. I didn't know what was going on, so my mom took me to the
>hospital where they gave me a pelvic exam... the doctor found that my
>right ovary was VERY swollen after he pushed down on it (which caused me
>to scream because the pressure hurt), and he said I may have had a cyst
>RUPTURE on my ovary (which has happened to my sister), but he didn't
>really care about it so he just prescibed me Vioxx for the pain and I
>went home. I spent the next three weeks in terrible pain.
>
>Anyway, I've recently started having acne problems, which I've never had
>in my entire life... there's not A LOT of acne, it's just that I get
>very large and extremely painful infections on my face... I get a few
>of them a week, and I have to 'pop' them to make them go away, because
>they will stay there for as long as 5 weeks if I don't, and I can't bear
>the pain from them (it will be so swollen and painful that the area
>AROND the infection will be NUMB). This causes scarring, and it's very
>frustrating because I wash my face 3-4 times a day. I have tried every
>over-the-counter medication, and I even ordered ProActive, which was
>$50. Nothing helps. My face is so unbelievably oily... I use
>Clean&Clear's oil sheets, and it takes at least 3 sheets to soak up most
>of the oil, even just an hour after I wash my face. I only use oil-free
>makeup and moisturizer, and it is still so oily. I seem to break out
>much worse right before my periods.
>
>I have also been diagnosed with Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) caused
>from very high insulin levels. I have low blood sugar attacks like
>crazy, and they have worsened lately.
>
>I am not overweight, however. I am 5'8" and weigh 122 lbs... I have,
>however, gained 5 lbs in the last 2 months from my overeating because of
>my low blood sugar attacks. I have the appetite of someone twice my
>size... however, unusually high metabolism runs in my family.
>
>My blood pressure level isn't high either... it's actually very, very
>low.
>
>And my hair has been falling out since 9th grade... I have very
>unusually thick hair, and it's probably about 1/2 as thick as it should
>be... I have no balding spots, but I can run a brush through my hair
>and run my fingers through it after and will pull out a handful. My
>bathroom floor is always covered in hair. I also have to use dandruff
>shampoo every time I wash my hair because if I don't, I get SEVERE
>dandruff. Flakes everywhere...
>
>I have severe bloating problems, and I retain water like crazy. I've
>had dark facial hair since I was in 4th grade... it's not REALLY dark,
>but it's a lightbrown color and is a little bit noticeable if I don't
>bleach it. I've also noticed breast hair, stomach hair, lower back
>hair, and finger and toe hair.
>
>I also have severe clotting when I menstruate. I know that *some*
>clotting is normal, but I have a TON.
>
>If anyone has actually taken the time to read my novel here, I thank you
>very much... if anyone can give me some insight, it would be very much
>appreciated.
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