Re: To Anyone: Just diagnosed with PCOS and scared-Please help!!

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I also have PCOS.it is important to note that ovarian drilling involves damaging your ovary, which if itwent wrongcould for ever damage your fertility. I would be extremely cautious to do this surgery, which to my understanding is a bit out dated. Just to raise some hope for you..I have never had a period on my own. Am now 20 weeks pregnant after my second cycle with injectables and taking metformin. If I were you I would investigate other medications for your fertility before invasive surgery.

Kim

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>At Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Lynn wrote:
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>>Hx: Went off bcp's last Nov. and was diagnosed as being anovulatory.
>>Two cycles ago I took Clomid 50 mg days 5-9 and ovulated on day 22.
>>During this cycle, I was diagnosed with a 6 cm ovarian cyst on my right
>>ovary and went back n 6 weeks later for another u/s to see if the cyst
>>was functional or not. I didn't take clomid that next cycle and I got a
>>+OPK on day 19 and started period on day 28. Went back to dr this past
>>Monday for 6 wk visit and cyst was still there so I scheduled
>>laparascopy for this Friday. Dr. said he would also do "ovarian
>>drilling" because I have polycystic ovaries. He had never mentioned
>>this to me before and he said I would probably have some fertility
>>trouble and need to take fertility drugs. BTW, my dh and I have not
>>been actively TTC to conceive during this time. I'm just a little
>>confused b/c he has never checked my hormone levels at his office and 3
>>mos ago my GP checked them and everything was fine. From what I've
>>read, PCOS usually involves elevated hormones and PCOS sufferers are
>>usually overweight and have increased body hair. I'm neither. My
>>question is: Should I be concerned that the dr made this diagnosis and
>>is doing "ovarian drilling" before doing any add'l testing and knows
>>that I have been responding to clomid? If anyone could explain what all
>>this means or has been through all this, I would greatly appreciate it.
>>Thank you so much for your time.
>>
>>--
>>Lynn
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