2000 PCOS Journal

10/22/00 - I woke up to AF... which ended up being the second time this year it had arrived. The first time was back on May 25th, 2000 thru June 3rd... which happened to be my entire vacation down in North Carolina... talk about timing... ugh!!!! Anyhow back to October's AF visit... on the 4th day I got up and took a shower like normal and got ready to go to work. I have an hour drive/ride I guess I should technically say as I ride to work with my BF. We were halfway there and I made a face and he questioned what was wrong... I just told him that I seemed to be very heavy which usually my day 3 is heavy but not to this extent. By the time I got to work, I went to get out of the car and it just gushed out of me... I thought it was very odd... but proceeded to walk into the building... before I even got halfway down my hallway every step that I took AF was literally pouring out of my body.... the entire front of my pants were covered. Thankfully I only stayed at work long enough for my BF to come back and get me.... and I went home... the entire day it proceeded to be like that... every time I got up, every step I took... it was horrid!!!! The next day it was the exact same way.... thankfully it ended on October 29th.... and I was never so happy!

10/26/00 - I called my GYN to tell them what was going on as this is very abnormal for me.... my regular GYN was out of town on vacation... but they set up an appointment for November 3rd, 2000 with another GYN that worked in the office that they claim is very very good. So I said I don't have a choice I think I need to see someone so I'll take the appointment.

11/3/00 - My appointment was for 9 a.m.... I got there and being a new doctor she naturally asked me all the normal questioning. She ended up doing a pap to see if anything looked abnormal to which she said everything looked good (hard to believe... that is what I always here on any tests I ever have done) BUT... then she said I think you might have what is called PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) YOU THINK??????? HELLO!!!!! I had been telling my regular GYN for the last 8 years that I thought I had this. Of course her answer was no every woman has a little bit of PCOS even I myself do.... and she would just pat me on my head and push me out the door. Then the next time I would see her I would say something about it again... and she would be like I can't believe you would honestly complain about getting a period 2 to 3 times a year... you should be grateful...how I managed to contain myself from shaking her senseless every time she said that to me is beyond me... my bigger question now is why in the world did I continue seeing her for so darn long... ugh!!!

Anyhow Dr. Butler says I would like to have some blood work done up on you and see what the results say and then do a vaginal ultrasound and then get back with you and discuss the results and where we will go from here. She said I might put you on birth control pills for 3 to 4 months to try and regulate your periods... which I didn't honestly want any part of that. So I left her office with the paperwork to go and have blood work done at the hospital... and also scheduled the ultrasound for November 20th.... which was the earliest they could squeeze me in....

11/20/00 - I went to the hospital for the vaginal ultrasound... when I walked into the room the doctor looked up at me and said have you ever been test for PCOS??? I said that is one of the reasons this is being done supposedly. She proceeded with the ultrasound and said that my ovaries were perfect sizes... but that my endometrial lining was pretty thick for just having the period that I just had... so she was concerned about that.... she stated that I did have some follicles present... and that everything looked pretty good.

12/5/00 - Had an appointment with Dr. Butler to go over the results... said that everything is pointing to me having PCOS... geez you think???? But my numbers aren't really all that bad for any of my tests from all the blood work and all... most everything was either in the normal range or in the high normal range... so she said there is a medication that seems to be really doing well with treating PCOS called Glucophage... And I said yes I know I have been doing a lot of research on PCOS for years but no one has ever listened to me or wanted to do anything to treat me. So then she says... well before we go and put you on this, we probably should have your boyfriend do a semen analysis and make sure that he is fine first. Sure why not I have waited years what difference does a few more days make??? Ugh!!!!!

12/11/00 - BF and I went to the hospital for his semen analysis... we got a phone call later that afternoon from Dr. Butler stating that his count was a little low, and that his forward mobility wasn't the best. Granted though my BF has 2 children from a prior marriage... but she wanted him to go and see an urologist and then once he sees him, then we will work on you.