Karen! Congrats on the weight loss!
FunkyWoman: When your first diagnosed it is soooo scary and worrying and you have no idea what to do. Trust me, I felt the same. Just make sure your GP is up to date with PCOS, mine wasnt and I had her research it.
One GP told me the only thing I could do was go on the pill, I found out there was so much more like glucophage is the metmorfin the Americans are on. Its used for diabetics.
As for the hair, mine was really really bad in front. I went to 'The Hair Clinic' in town, there are ones all over the country, you should check it out. You can have a consult for free. Its 6 months treatment using there shampoo, serums and tablets and once a week a half hour session under a lazer head thingy, it looks like a dryer from the hairdressers but makes no noise. It costs a lot though, usually 2,000.
Since finishin my treatment (the 6 months) they asked that I keep taking the tablets,using the shampoo etc, but I fell pregnant and couldnt take them anymore. I went to the Health Shop and bought Wella shampoo, its orange and ginger smell. The reason I got it is because its
SLS (Sodium Laurel Sulfate) free. This is the chemical that stops us from growing our hair. The doc might tell you to keep away from washing it everyday, but honestly, I couldnt go a day without washing it (at night, our hair follicles secreate some kind of greasy like substance - thats what blocks the follicles from growin) so washing every day gets rid of that. But the shampoo I use now, I get like 4 days out of my hair! It looks fab now.
As you can tell Ive done a LOT of research on this lol!!
As for the one cyst, that is a little amount. Are they sure its PCOS and not just a regular cyst? I had an ultrasound and the lady didnt tell me anything, it was internal and very mortifying! Its easier to diagnose with an internal one, so maybe you should ask for that. Reading my report, I was diagnosed with more than ten there.
You should try nurofen for your period pain, its an anti inflammatory, and our wombs get inflamed during our periods. The only thing that would work for me was painkillers and a hot water bottle. Mine were deadly, I would be crippled in pain, and couldnt leave the house I was staining my clothes etc.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask! There are no gynies in cork really, the one I went to just berated me for my weight, told me the only way to fix my symptoms was to lose weight and stop being fat... but its hard to lose weight, he wanted me to drop 10stone in 3 months. I was too upset to go back. So make sure to find out if your doc could schedule a gyny with a history of treating pcos