i just got diagonosed!!! - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Message Board

Michelle1032 · 03-15-2008, 10:01 AM

i am 19 years old and i have just got diagnosed with pcos. i really have no idea what i am to expect or anything. My boyfriend has been very helpful even though he really does not understand it.
I would just like some advice on what i should do. When the doctor told me that i had pcos he didn't recommend anything or try telling me what to do next.
Pleas please please could someone just give a direction to go as i am very scared.

Sezzy0109 · 03-18-2008, 05:25 PM

Hi Michelle,

Get a better doctor for one, You need to be able to sit and talk to your doctor about whats going on. My doctor was useless so I changed and now I feel like someone actually wants to help me sort this out.

I was diagnosed last year, My doctor put me on dianette pill and its got everything back into action as normal.

Best thing to do is read lots of information from the web on PCOS, that's how I really learnt about it. It's also comforting to know that there are other women out there going through it too.

It is a bit scary at first but you learn to live with it, I promise... I just think of it as yet another challenge!

Sara

Michelle1032 · 03-26-2008, 10:08 AM

thanks sara,
that really helped, i am now in the process of changing doctors to get some advice about what i should do.
thank michelle

Noturningback · 03-27-2008, 09:04 AM

*HUGS*

Ditto - getting another doctor!

I remember being diagnosed in my late teens and I had a horrid OB/GYN. She looked at me and announced I had PCOS and that I would never have a child.

That was it! Well, I forgot they wanted my insurance co-payment.

Thankfully the valuable information about me never having a child is NOT true. As you can see from reading the boards many successfully have children and not everyone with PCOS have fertility problems. Obviously, we had a doctor uninformed about PCOS.

I would suggest going to the library and/or local bookstore to pick up a book on PCOS and perhaps insulin resistance if you are having difficulty maintaining your weight. There is a wealth of information on the net as well.

~Danielle

Michelle1032 · 05-06-2008, 11:07 AM

Thanks danellie i have got loads of information about PCOS now. i have alos been to another doctor and they will not lat me have any medication until i lose three stone ( which i think is totally rediulos). i am still fighting with my doctors and i have been in contact with a diatech to help me with my diet. as my doctor just told me to eat the right foods (what are they exactly?).
thanks Michelle