Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Support Group
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Hi all!
I am only new to this group (as of today) and was wondering if you ladies could offer me some words of advice on the topic of PCOS.
I have endometriosis and recently had my second surgery this year for it.
I went back to get stitches taken out at my GP before my post op appointment as desired by my Gyno and the GP informed me that the internal pictures of my Laps show I have cysts on my ovaries. Now this is VERY new to me.. in all my time of dealing with all this I have only heard it mentioned to me once before. I have had ultrasounds for cysts and nothing has shown so why am I being told now?
I am going to investigate this with my Gyno but I was wondering if you ladies could tell me.. what would I be looking for? Symptoms? etc.. Im very lost on this topic!
There is a family History of PCOS with my cousin (she was told she could have no children and is now pregnant with her second!). I am the first to be diagnosed with endometriosis in my family.
Thanks, any thoughts, advice, anything would be so much appreciated!
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I am only new to this group (as of today) and was wondering if you ladies could offer me some words of advice on the topic of PCOS.
I have endometriosis and recently had my second surgery this year for it.
I went back to get stitches taken out at my GP before my post op appointment as desired by my Gyno and the GP informed me that the internal pictures of my Laps show I have cysts on my ovaries. Now this is VERY new to me.. in all my time of dealing with all this I have only heard it mentioned to me once before. I have had ultrasounds for cysts and nothing has shown so why am I being told now?
I am going to investigate this with my Gyno but I was wondering if you ladies could tell me.. what would I be looking for? Symptoms? etc.. Im very lost on this topic!
There is a family History of PCOS with my cousin (she was told she could have no children and is now pregnant with her second!). I am the first to be diagnosed with endometriosis in my family.
Thanks, any thoughts, advice, anything would be so much appreciated!
XX
1. Depending on where you're at in your cycle, and how your hormones are balanced (or un-balanced) you might not necessarily always have cysts. So that could be why they haven't always been on every ultrasound you've had.
2. There are many different signs that someone has PCOS, but I imagine you're already having them if you've already been diagnosed. Some of the many symptoms are as follows...
-Lack or complete absence of menstruation
-Lack of ovulation
-Excess hair growth
-Acne
-Oily skin
-Dark patches of skin
-Skin tags
-Unexpected weight gain/loss
-Mood swings
-Odd levels of certain hormones
I'm sure I'm leaving out quite a few of the signs/symptoms, but these are just the ones that I could remember right off hand. I hope that this has helped a little, and if you have any more questions please feel free to ask away!!
It was my GP who said this.. not the gyno..so I don't know how 100% it is. Apparantly they were visable.. but I can't be honest in saying I saw them..I think there was something on my tube that looked like a cyst. Who knows??
I'll keep you updated - thanks so much for your help and time. =)
And just because you've had cysts a few times in your life doesn't necessarily mean that you have PCOS, at all! You really just need to talk to a gynecologist and have them run the proper tests, that way you'll know for sure one way or the other.
I go to the gyno tuesday for my follow up post op appoint. and plan on querying the GP's comment with him!
Thanks for your time =) Appreciate it so much!