The Newbie Road Map

[etuc]

The old thread got too long so here is a new one -

The Newbie Road Map

Here are some questions with answers to get you started on your PCOS treatment journey. Kat (the owner of this site) has been researching PCOS for years, and these links are mostly ones she has posted. Since most newbies have the same questions, I thought a road map might help.

What do all these abbreviations and medical terms mean?

http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...tions-newbies/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...e-soulcysters/

I don't have all the symptoms of PCOS; do I still have it?

http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-5-types-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=diagnosis
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=diagnosis
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=diagnosis
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ess-confusing/

Who do I need to go to to get a diagnosis and what tests will my doctor do?

http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...fic-test-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...e-levels-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=diagnosis
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ied-endo-gyns/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...get-diagnosis/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...one-disorders/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-results-pcos/ (http://www.inciid.org/faq.php?cat=co...arymed&id=2#81)
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...k-your-doctor/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=diagnosis
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...vary-syndrome/
How to diagnose Insulin Resistance: http://www.medreviews.com/cme_progra...q.asp?nav=6#02

I don't have cysts, can I still have PCOS?

http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=diagnosis
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=diagnosis
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...l-dysfunction/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ssic-patterns/

I have fertility problems. Can I get pregnant? What do I need to know before I get pregnant?

http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-increase-age/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...eduction-hair/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...arriage-rates/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...outcomes-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...en-pcos-mentd/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...uff-check-out/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...come-pregnant/
http://www.soulcysters.net/trying-conceive/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...y-given-my-ob/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...re-term-labor/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=proges%2A
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=proges%2A
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...breastfeeding/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...bular-breasts/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...t-milk-supply/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ne-cream-info/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...e-information/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...sk-women-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-12-metformin/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...s-when-ageing/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...vulation-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...nce-pregnancy/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...sy-read-chart/
IR causes misscarriage? http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ange-women-ir/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-get-pregnant/
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi...full/19/6/1323
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/358/19/2003

What medical problems are women with PCOS at risk for? Do I still need to treat my PCOS symptoms even if I am not trying to get pregnant?

http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...obesity-found/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...genetic-links/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-consequences/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=diagnosis
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...liver-disease/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...sistance-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...liver-disease/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...cular-disease/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...vary-syndrome/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ity-have-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-linked-study/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...pcos-patients/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...d-risk-cancer/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-up-threefold/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...vary-syndrome/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...rs-there-link/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-inflammation/
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/86/3/1175
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ight=proges%2A
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...osed-part-2-a/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-cardiac-risk/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...cular-disease/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ies-core-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...t-infertility/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-effects-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...une-disorders/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...on-pcos-study/

How did I get PCOS?

--Prenatal theories:
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...l-development/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...w-birthweight/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...rian-syndrome/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-birth-defect/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...cos-daughters/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...cos-discussed/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...d-babies-pcos/

--Genetic theories:
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ng-girls-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...out-labyrinth/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...rian-syndrome/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...649-gene-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...vary-syndrome/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...vary-syndrome/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...e-gene-defect/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...vary-syndrome/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ort-easy-read/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...hers-diabetes/

--Medicines:
Moms who took DES: http://www.obgyn.net/displayarticle....icles/des_1013
Grandmoms who took DES: http://www.desaction.org.au/overview.htm
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...os-some-women/
http://www.cdc.gov/des/consumers/abo...offspring.html
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...y-medications/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...rian-syndrome/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...cos-mentioned/

--Obesity:
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...atric-surgery/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...uffering-pcos/

--Other:
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...xistence-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...vary-syndrome/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-old-syndrome/

I'm worried about my child having PCOS. Is there anything that can be done for them now?

http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...parents-guide/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...upport-thread/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...olescent-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...hters-cysters/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...rs-women-pcos/


My doctor says I should get my tubes tied or get a hysterectomy or use birth control pills to cure PCOS. Is this true?

http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...1-type-2-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ycystic-ovari/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...my-read-first/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-hysterectomy/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-hysterectomy/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-hysterectomy/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ol-pills-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-manage-syndr/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-hysterectomy/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-hysterectomy/

Many days worth of reading (lists of links about PCOS):

http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...cs-everything/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ons-tons-tons/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ot-pcos-links/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...pcos-articles/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...articles-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ast-few-years/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...arch-articles/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-pcos-studies/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ism-emedicine/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-up-date-pcos/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...rsity-toronto/

Board features:

http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ing-receiving/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ature-tickers/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...-instructions/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...ur-post-moved/
http://www.soulcysters.net/showthrea...rivacy-issues/

[ortegapeppers]

Hope some of the information will help me; I am stuck and frustrated with PCOS!!

[nath5212]

What about eating yams?

[drea_]

Thanks for this!

[aussienic]

Thanks for this. I'm a newly diagnosed thincyster at 37 and so glad that I found this forum. Now I just to figure out how to post on the subforums that I want to...

[karenalexandra]

Thankyou for these! Recently diagnosed so I'm trying to find out as much information as possible!