acoustic_kitty

I've known for awhile about the associated health risks of PCOS, but my doctor has NEVER brought these up to me. None of the doctor's I've had, have ever brought it up.

Does this happen to anybody else?

I'm just so pissed that my dr. just wants to treat the menstrual cycle, and she's somewhat open to treating insulin resistance with Met, but she's told me that she'd "rather" have me lose weight first since that "tends to fix it"

Well, I AM losing weight and I'm not going to stop because I want to be healthy....but losing weight, and having lessened PCOS symptoms is NOT going to lessen my risks for heart disease. Even thin women w/PCOS are at a much higher risk for it and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Granted, obese women w/PCOS are at an even greater risk....but still. This article gives some info on it: http://www.scienceblog.com/community...200004918.html and also the article recently posted in the "research articles" forum on how "Young, Obese Cysters Need Agressive screening for asymptomatic heart disease"


I'm not a scientist or doctor, but I read lots of articles and studies in medical journals about what's going on w/PCOS...so correct me if anything I've said is wrong. I hope I've said something wrong...


But I'm really pissed. I've talked to my doctor about this a few times and I just get the old, tired out, "lose weight, lose weight"

But I AM. I can't lose it all overnight, honey! I've gone from a 36 BMI to a 30, and I'm still working on getting down to the normal BMI range...but from everything I've read, even when I do get to a normal BMI I will STILL be at a much higher risk than "normal" women w/o PCOS. Even normal weight cysters, according to many studies, have high LDL cholesterol, high triglycerides, and often hyperinsulimia--at least after meals they tend to exhibit this. Still, granted, not as high as obese PCOSers, but still higher than that average population.

What the hell are we supposed to do to make doctor's realize the long-term health implications of PCOS and also work on PREVENTATIVE MEASURES????? Do any of your doctor's talk to you about this and help you with this??? What are their recommendations??

Rawr! I'm just really feeling mad at the world about this right now.