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Ok so I go to the doctor today because I have been having pelvic pain. Thinking it is due to my PCOS, and maybe the hope that I am pregnant. What do I get ? An hour and a half lecture from not just the intern but from the doctor as well on how I need to lose weight and how to do it. Like I don't f'ing know how to lose weight! It isn't like I haven't tried every diet in the book, or that I was anorexic in HS. No that must not count! Or the fact that I haven't had a bit of bread, pasta, or potatoes for over a month now doing a low carb diet, and lost close to 10 lbs! You would think with the way they talked to me that I was morbidly obese and ate crap all the time, and not 40lbs according to their chart over weight and trying my damnest to not be!!!! It is the same ole crap, You know your PCOS would be better if lost weight. Blah,blah, blah! Well this PCOS is what made me fat! It wasn't like one day I just decided, "Hey I think I will eat everything that crosses my path and get fat. Then I my ovaries will stop working and I won't be able to get pregnant! What a wonderful idea! " I am sorry y'all but I am just sitting here bawling in a fit of rage and frustration for the lack of kindness or consideration these two doctors had. Isn't going months without being about to get pregnant enough of a beating, without someone else throwing it up in your face that if you would just care enough then you wouldn't be going through this! I do care, and I do try! I try so much that I wear myself and my pocket book out trying everything possible to make my dream a reality! How dare they come and slam me down even further! Thanks for letting me vent!
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Can anyone please tell me about PCOS? How is it detected? I have been trying to get pregnant for 7+yrs now and nothing :o( I have gone to the doctor and had the HSG. They said my right ovary was partially blocked and the left side was fine. They said next is the lap but I am scared. Please help, anyone!
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I am unsure who had the terrible Dr's Appointment... But I totally feel your pain! I went that with 2 separate doctor's before I finally found one who truly understands PCOS and the fact that noone I know eats better than I do and yet losing weight is virtually impossible for me. I actaully had one doctor tell me that starving myself was the only way that I could lose weight!!! The other wouldn't even talk about my PCOS-I spent maybe 5 minutes in his office while he told me that being overweight caused my PCOS (even though I have never in my whole life had a regular cycle and I have steadily gained weight since my early teens). And he wouldn't even think of prescribing Metformin until I lost weight. So I was just newly married then and I didn't go back to him for awhile-when I did, I got in trouble for not losing the weight and sent away to try again. So you can only imagine how many tears were shed and how I felt like noone cared... no doctor even explained PCOS to me. My regular MD has been sending me for periodic ultrasounds to monitor my cysts and they found a dermoid cyst as well as the regular PCOS ones... so when I finally asked to be sent to a SPECIALIST she did. I was so nervous of getting berated again-I took my husband with me-but the doctor turned out to be fabulous!!! He really took his time and explained PCOS very thoroughly but in terms that we both understood. He then prescribed Metformin for me to gradually get up to 1500mg/day. He explained that it helps with the insulin resistance that plagues PCOS sufferers. I go back to see him early in January and he'll schedule my surgery to remove the dermoid cyst, and then we'll start working on baby-making! He was great and told me that he fully understood my weight loss frustrations... It was so great to finally talk to someone who knew what he was talking about!!! And who wasn't mean... Already on only 1 week of Metformin (and so far only at 500mg/day) I have lost 3-4 lbs. Now not sure how much is thanks to the Met, and how much is a renewed sense of faith that everything will work out. My suggestion--- Ask to see a specialist or a Reproductive Endocrinologist. And don't quit until you find one who is willing to work with you... Noone deserves to be treated like that! And God knows how badly we all feel when other people have babies so easily and we have such a struggle to have that same joy... Good luck!!! Sorry for the incredibly long post!
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Tracy-Thanks! It was me who had the lovely visit last week. :( I had posted it on another thread, and then reposted it here. I appreciate your advise and I am sorry that you have had to go through the same thing as well. I unfortunately haven't found an RE I liked. Tried one and it didn't turn out as I had hoped, so I am taking things into my own hands. Take care and baby dust!
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Staci- Good luck to you and lots of *baby dust*! How long have you been TTC? I don't ovulate and I understand all about your shooting pains... :o( No fun!
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We have been TTC close to a year now. I have had like 4 periods total for this year, and I don't I ovulated during any of those cycles! Sucks doesn't it?!?!
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I agree... It does suck! I don't have a period at all if I am not on the pill. Or should I say VERY rarely... I am hoping that the Metformin helps me jump start the weight loss and hopefully that will help things get more regulated. Good luck to you.
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i have been there i have pcos bad fill like i am dieing taking 2000mg of metformin and i am cramping so bad i want a kid so bad but my periods are not kicking into shape at all but i fill like i am dieing i mean littery been on metformin six months and my stomach herts
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