Just Diagnosed ... don't know what to think

KayKay536 · 09-23-2009, 07:14 PM

Hello-

I was just diagnosed with PCOs this week and i am overwhelmed. I am 31, 5'2" and weight 120 lbs. I am married to a wonderful man and trying to decide if we want kids. We have been busy working, traveling and enjoying life so far

, but time has come to make the decision. So, I went off the pill. I have always female problems. 8 years ago, I had a ectopic pregnancy and it has been all down hill from there.

I had surgery to fix it. 2 years later I got intense pans in the left side on my pelvis (where my incision scar was) and had a second laproscopy. A year or so later the pains came back. Yasmin has helped to control the pain but gave me other issues. But I have always known something was wrong with me. I have had many tests, many drs (who think I am crazy), and no diagnosis of anything until now. I went off the pill and no AF for 60 days, then provera (which worked). And then I find his out. I have relatively no acne, I suppose I carry my weight in my stomache, but have never been heavy. I have always had headaches. The first thing I am wondering is what symptoms have I had all along that I didn't know where caused by this. Anyone have weird leg pains, migraines, asthma, difficulty losing weight unless on low carb diet? Ectopic pregnancy? Severe pelvic pain?

Right now, I do not want to take any meds. They usually cause me more problems then they help. I am following low GI diet, taking a multivitamin and some recommended suppliments - B Complex, Vitex, Biotin, L_Carnitine, Alpha Lionic Acid, Probiotics. I am pretty active... Any suggestions of other things I can do? I am looking at this as a chance to feel better and sort of glad to find something that has been wrong and may be at the root of my troubles.

Sorry for long post. I am so overwhelmed with things to think about. What if I have waited to long to decide about kids, now too late?

I am open to any advice anyone may have. Interested in others expereinces.

Happy Wife · 09-23-2009, 07:35 PM

I had some of the standard symptoms of PCOS weight issues, facial hair growth, acne, etc. I never knew there was anything wrong with me. My husband and I beacn ttc two years ago. I have regular cycles (28-30 days) had positive opk tests and all the normal signs of ovulation but after 18 months nothing. We thought it might be him because he raced bicycles when he was younger and has been on various cardiac meds since he was 24. He was tested and fine just a little bit low volume. I began blood tests and was diagnosed with pcos in August. At first I was devistated but then my doctor told me there was somewhere to start now and there were medications that could help me. I spoke to a friend about it the following evening (It took 10 years for her to conceive her first at 40) and she told me that's what she was diagnosed with but it took almost 10 years for them to figure it out she was put on metformin and concieved within months. I was prescribed met and my first round of clomid and I am hopeful again for the first time in months. I have lost 10 pounds, my acne has cleared up and my facial hair growth has slowed down. You have been diagnosed already now your doctor can begin treating you. If you are afraid of met becuse stories of side effects everyone is different I did not really have any at all just one day of gi distress and immodium solved the problem. You did not wait too long it is not too late. I wish I had been diagnosed at 31, I am 35. You found a great place to talk, ask questions, get information and make friends. Welcome.