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Re: (DR L.MONTGOMERY) I need some answers (or educated guesses). PLEASE HELP ME(long)
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:58:15 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Cyrstal,
Just a few thoughts - I'm not a doctor but hopefully this might help.
You can have PCOS and have normal blood levels, it happens all the time.
Why dont you go to the PCOS forum and ask the ladies over there if your
history matches PCOS. Best of luck=)
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,
>>Based on your history, I have serveral observations:
>>1. By your history, it sounds as though you have polycystic ovarian
>>syndrome (i.e. the loss of periods, the weight gain, the hair growth,
>>etc.) It is good that you are going to see an endocrinologist.
>>2. You need an evaluation of your cervix to assure that this pap is
>>normal.
>>3. You need to have at least three-four periods per year to maintain
>>uterine health. Talk this over with your endocrinologist.
>>4. You need a urologic evaluaion to determine why you have persistent
>>white cells in your urine. This could be very significant...
>>Lynn
>>
>>--
>>Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
>>Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>>Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
>>Missoula, Montana
>
>>I had at first thought it was PCOS but I do not have the hair growth on my chest chin or neck, just my upper lip.
>I asked my gp about it yesterday and he said that he's not convinced
>because he took test back in early 96 after my son was born and all
>blood work came back ok. he never bothered to find out why i have a
>high white cell count in my urine at all. as a matter of fact he hasn't
>paid much attention to anything, better then the obgyn i saw who was
>kind enough to say that i was fat, lose weight. i've tried and to no
>gain. i even drink 1 1/2 gallons of water a day to flush my system and
>i still keep gaining...does water have calories that i don't know
>about???
>
>--
>crystal
>
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