Hello everyone! I'm very new to this site but I love what I have seen so far! I have a couple of questions (more like 20 questions lol) and I thought I'd put my stats out there.
I've never to my knowledge been pregnant at all. My husband and I have been "trying" for 3+ years with no luck. I have all the symptoms of PCOS...
Migraines
hair loss
facial hair (thank the lord for tweezers!)
dark colored skin around my waist line and under arms
obesity with weight gain even on a moderate diet
I can go months without any sign of a period and I can actually have a period that lasts for months and is very heavy
skin tags, etc
I've had the tests done to diagnois PCOS. I had a really uninformed dr who insisted I was just heavy and did not even want to do the tests. She did not inform me that some had to be done while not on a period, some were fasting tests, etc. My ovary size was very large but she said they were at the last point for normal for the hospital where I had the tests done. I had an internal ultrasound and the tech gasped when she saw the screen and told me she was not allowed to say anything but I should look into PCOS because my ovaries were covered in lemon sized cysts. We lost our insurance for about a year so I was not able to retest with another dr. I have been to the ER several times for the heavy bleeding though.
I just recently got new insurance so I have an appt. with an ob/gyn on the 17th and I had an appt with my family practitioner tonight. He gave me a prescription for a very small dose of glucophage that he said I should take until my appt. with the obgyn and then discuss it with him (they work within the same medical group). I'm thrilled because I really feel like I have PCOS. I've heard that the glucophage can help with weight loss, facial hair, skin coloring, etc. I would really appreciate it if any of you have any experience with it would be willing to list some of the ways it has or has not helped you, how soon you saw/felt changes, what your dosage is, if it made you feel sick, etc.
Thanks so much!
- Elizabeth
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I've never to my knowledge been pregnant at all. My husband and I have been "trying" for 3+ years with no luck. I have all the symptoms of PCOS...
Migraines
hair loss
facial hair (thank the lord for tweezers!)
dark colored skin around my waist line and under arms
obesity with weight gain even on a moderate diet
I can go months without any sign of a period and I can actually have a period that lasts for months and is very heavy
skin tags, etc
I've had the tests done to diagnois PCOS. I had a really uninformed dr who insisted I was just heavy and did not even want to do the tests. She did not inform me that some had to be done while not on a period, some were fasting tests, etc. My ovary size was very large but she said they were at the last point for normal for the hospital where I had the tests done. I had an internal ultrasound and the tech gasped when she saw the screen and told me she was not allowed to say anything but I should look into PCOS because my ovaries were covered in lemon sized cysts. We lost our insurance for about a year so I was not able to retest with another dr. I have been to the ER several times for the heavy bleeding though.
I just recently got new insurance so I have an appt. with an ob/gyn on the 17th and I had an appt with my family practitioner tonight. He gave me a prescription for a very small dose of glucophage that he said I should take until my appt. with the obgyn and then discuss it with him (they work within the same medical group). I'm thrilled because I really feel like I have PCOS. I've heard that the glucophage can help with weight loss, facial hair, skin coloring, etc. I would really appreciate it if any of you have any experience with it would be willing to list some of the ways it has or has not helped you, how soon you saw/felt changes, what your dosage is, if it made you feel sick, etc.
Thanks so much!
- Elizabeth