[tri-med] Re: growth/pcos

I'd just like to add that Molly is a very beautiful young woman.

At 11:20 PM 8/04/2009, you wrote:
>Hi Michelle.  I wish I had some advice to give 
>but I'm still trying to deal with it.  At first 
>some of my facial hair eased up but it seems to 
>have come back.  I go to the doctor next week 
>for my yearly physical and will have her check 
>my blood again.  Yaz is very expensive which is 
>why I have to have the generic - my insurance 
>won't pay for the name brand.  Period.  My 
>doctor doesn't have any samples of it.  As for 
>losing weight, I was told to watch what I eat (I 
>do as I put it in my mouth lol) and exercise a 
>lot.  I am not an exerciser so that's not going 
>to happen.  I recently had to give up caffeine 
>which means no chocolate and none of my favorite 
>pops due to my heart - I have PVCs which are 
>extra heartbeats.  I have lost some weight in 
>regards to that.  I suppose my husband is going 
>to start making me walk when it gets nice 
>enough.  Anyway, tell Molly to keep her chin up 
>and even if she does have a little meat on her 
>bones there are lots of guys who like that.
>
>
>
>Kim
>
> > From: jwaite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [tri-med] Re: growth/pcos
> > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:39:58 -0400
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kim Ihlenfeldt" <kimihlenfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > The doctor put me on Ocella, the birth control generic of Yaz or something
> > like that.
> >
> > Molly was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovaries nearly 1 year ago. She was
> > having some of the unpleasant symptoms. :-(
> >
> > We went to the dermatologist (for hirsuitism).
> > He had her start on Yaz (thank goodness I can get it for free---samples at
> > work. That stuff is expensive!!!). Because it is a BCP that contains
> > spironolactone.
> > That we had to see the family doc because the dermatologist doesn't deal
> > with that end of the equation. lol
> >
> > Then 3 months later he started her on spironolactone itself.
> > This drug blocks the androgen receptors, androgen being a male hormone.
> > Ovaries produce it but in PCOS they can overproduce it; apparently due to
> > the cysts.
> > There are multiple side effects when that 
> happens, hirsutism being just one.
> >
> > At the 6 month visit Molly has less of the facial hair growth and the hair
> > was less coarse. We go back in another 6 
> months and he'll decide if we need
> > to up the spironolactone.
> >
> > The weight loss thing with this is also 
> something that Molly struggles with.
> > We just had some fun (NOT) shopping for a prom dress in departments that
> > cater to the size 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 set where I 
> saw tears escape in the dressing
> > room.
> > Luckily we found a gorgeous cocktail dress: 
> ballerina length very full skirt
> > of black lace over a cream underdress, that 
> she can actually wear for other
> > events, that looks A+ on her and she adores.
> >
> > Any tips for living with PCOS would be appreciated as we are in the early
> > stages around here.
> >
> > Michelle mom to Alex (21, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (18)
> > MichiganUSA
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