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Re: heat flashes fatugue foot cramps ok just feeling miserable
From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 18 May 2003 14:15:15 -0500 (CDT)
Amelia
visit the pco board and ask these questions there.
At Sun, 18 May 2003, amelia wrote:
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>hi all um I am a 32 yr old woman with 4 kids ever since the birth of
>baby#1 I have just not felt well It al started with a very painful low
>back ache worse upon waking in the morning and such extreme fatigue i
>could hardly get up outof bed but then who isnt tired with a new baby it
>progressed into extreme heat flashes and weight gain ( i gained about 75
>after birth) even though i watched what i ate and walked every day for
>yrs i have felt horrible this has gone on for yrs then i started
>breakingout in boils all over my body still feeling awful i had three
>more babies my fatigue is actually better but the heat flashes and boils
>contiinue added with severe cramping and diareaha after eating I am
>still very tired and weak all over i dont know if this is related but i
>have not felt good since before preg#1 now my periods have gone into a
>perpetual state of bleeding all month long. and i am growing a beard
>drs checked my thyroid was normal april my period lasted the month and i
>have these extreme foot cramps I am not aware of anything that would
>cause all these symptoms and all my dr does is put me on antidepressants
>I am not depressed just tired and feel generally icky. when i was
>bleeding in april i asked the dr to check my homone level but all he did
>was the thyroid and set set me up for a D&C I have only had prolonged
>bleeding for a month is there anything else that the dr may be missing?
>I am desparate I am so tired of feeling this way. any help would be
>greatly apprecialted
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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
Pregnancy and Birth Section
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.
*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.
*These comments are for educational purposes only. They are
not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
health care provider. They are not intended to be the start
of a physician-patient relationship.
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