Re: (CLAUDIA) I need some answers (or educated guesses). PLEASE HELP ME(long)
From: Cindy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:10:07 -0400
Chrystal.
I had my thyroid checked in Nov of last year and it was just fine. By march
my thyroid was out of control and I had hyperthyroidism. It can change very
quickly.
Good luck in getting answers.
--
Cindy
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From: crystal <anonymous@obgyn.net>
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Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: (CLAUDIA) I need some answers (or educated guesses). PLEASE HELP
ME(long)
> had my thyroid checked back in 96 and it came out normal but this was
> right after my first son was born and i wasn't having too many problems
>
> At Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote:
> >
> >You need to keep appt with endocrine doc. Have you had your thyroid
> >and/or adrenal hormones checked?
> >
> >At Thu, 5 Oct 2000, crystal wrote:
> >>
> >>Hi I am a 26 yr old female who over the years has had many problems with
> >>her female organs. I just asked to be sent to a endocrinologist to see
> >>if they can help me but I'd really like to go in at least having an idea
> >>of what may be wrong with me.
> >>I don't expect anyone to have the answers but I would love to have your
> >>opinions as to what I may be dealing with.
> >> here's a breif history.....
> >>
> >>i have always been real regular up until i was 19 then I started getting
> >>severe stomach pains that were paralizing. they came and went sometimes
> >>even making me nausiated , lightheaded or dizzy. this went on for years
> >>no one knowing why.
> >>at 20 I had such pain that I'd have to leave work so that I could seek
> >>treatment. One day a nurse at a free clinic I was passing noticed I was
> >>in pain and asked me to come in. she sat me down and we talked for a
> >>few minutes about how i had lost my cycles and was having sharp pains
> >>and then she gave me some anti inflamitory drugs and told me to go to
> >>planned parenthood for a work-up. I went the next day and had a pap
> >>done and left because the anti inflamitory drugs seemed to be easing the
> >>pain. while on the drugs the pain completely went away and I got
> >>pregnant. 2 days later i got a note in the mail that my pap looked
> >>funny and I needed to go see an obgyn. went there and had a caloscopy
> >>due to being pregnant i couldn't do a bio. it came back as reading a
> >>little funny but he said it wasn't bad and could be monitored.
> >>after my son was born i returned for a pap and an ultrasound. the pap
> >>was normal and the ultra sound showed @ 1 dozen small cyst on each
> >>ovary. they said it was nothing to worry about and sent me home. the
> >>next month (4 months after having my son) my cycles went away again.
> >>@ age 22 i was put on bc pills to regain my cycles, it worked for almost
> >>a year. then i started getting a strange swelling ( gain 30 pounds of
> >>water litteraly over night) and was put on water pills... they worked
> >>too. one day i was cramping real bad and had to go to the er. he said
> >>i had a high white blood cell count in my urine but that he couldn't
> >>find any signs of infection in my urinary tract (never found out what
> >>caused this).
> >>at 23 I went off all meds and was trying for a second child, it took
> >>forever. it wasn't until the doc put me back on anti inflamitory pills
> >>for the pain and swelling in my stomach that I finally got pregnant,
> >>again after having received back a bad pap.
> >>this prgnancy like before went off without many problems other then an
> >>excessive weight loss while pregnant (40+ with first child, 100+ with
> >>second),and on both ocassions my cervics dialated at least 2 months too
> >>early causing me to have them both a month early.
> >>now we are almost up to date. after having my son my cycles returned
> >>for 3 months. then they just disappeared (not that i miss them much)but
> >>after they left all sorts of weird things started to happen.
> >> my bladder kept having slight leakage
> >> my pain in my lower stomach returned
> >>I instantly gained 80 pounds in under 3 months AFTER HAVING LOST MY
> >>CYCLE
> >> my hair started falling out
> >> my mood swings so much that even I can't tollerate me
> >> the swelling returned and worse
> >> still having high white count in urine
> >> ovaries still very sensitive
> >> no sex drive, and on ocassion i do .......IT HURTS
> >> puss being excreted from vagina
> >> and now i have hair growing on my upper lip---what's that about?
> >>
> >>what could be wrong with me.. I need some ideas so that i know what i
> >>need to research and what i need to ask my doctor to rule out.
> >>
> >>see i haven't gone back for a pap since just after my son was born and
> >>lost my cycle that month..that's right , no cycle for almost 15 months.
> >>can cry if someone says my name wrong and a total mess.
> >>
> >> I need some answers or a gun... can I get any help at all?
> >> now we are almost
> >>
> >>--
> >>crystal
> >>
>
> --
> crystal
>
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