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I am feeling super overwhelmed right now and it's like I haven't had any time to process anything, either as it's been a very busy few months for us between visitors, planned weekends away, my chorus competition, my husband's father breaking his hip, losing two of my family members within 2 weeks of each other.....oh, it's been a nightmare. My food habits have suffered hard, too.
But anyway.
I have been trying to get a definite PCOS diagnosis out of my GP for over a year - in fact, it was last year while going through some of the blood tests that the diabetes was found which halted other tests for 12 months. I finally was referred to a Gynaecologist at the hospital, and all he would talk about was IVF. Ok, maybe this part belongs under the pregnancy header and not here, so I do apologize. I do not want IVF unless it's a last resort. I want to work out why my body isn't ovulating and see what can be done to fix that before resorting to IVF. The Gynae didn't seem to care, but sent me off for an HSG and ultrasounds.
The first ultrasound was horrible. The TV one was painful (even with valium!) and the tech stopped without me telling her to and wrote in the letter to my GP that it was stopped due to patient discomfort. My left ovary was deemed okay, but my right ovary "couldn't be seen". Then, I had the HSG...which left me screaming (literally!) on the table. My husband and a nurse waiting with him outside actually wanted to bust the door down I was screaming so loudly. But, it got done and the upside was no blockages.
I went in to see my regular GP (male) and he basically told me those results but there was nothing else he could do other than schedule me to see the Gynae again. He also told me that I would be no longer diabetic if my next HBA came back normal. This did not sit well with me at all. A few weeks later, I had a nurse appointment for a blood draw. The nurse asked me how I was doing and I burst into tears. Between her and one of the other nurses (actually, my diabetic nurse) they got the whole story out of me, and suggested I make appointments to see one of the female GPs at the practice who would be a bit more sympathetic to my situation. So I made the appointment.
Female GP referred me for another TV ultrasound. This took ages to get scheduled (since it was no longer escalated) but when it happened I explained to the (different) tech the problem with the last one and she decided to only do the TV one and just get it done with. I told her no matter how much it hurt to just keep going because I absolutely needed images of my right ovary.
And guess what? Ring of pearls.
Meanwhile, my Hidridenitis Supporotiva flared up so I made an appointment and had it with the other female GP at my surgery. She took one look at my history and told me I had Metabolic Syndrome and she was shocked that my regular GP hadn't twigged on that yet. The way to treat Metabolic Syndrome is apparently Metformin, so I'm now on Metformin with a checkup in one month where I will be weighed to see if I've lost any weight.
Even odder is that the GP I am now seeing thinks the Type 2 was a misdiagnosis and it was always PCOS. Really? So....a year could have been avoided AND I could have saved the NHS from sending me to all those diabetic specialists if my original GP had just carried on with testing me for PCOS? ARGH!! (though for now, she is still calling me Type 2 or at the very least, pre diabetic as it DOES run in my family, so it's inevitable at some point)
I am feeling super overwhelmed right now and it's like I haven't had any time to process anything, either as it's been a very busy few months for us between visitors, planned weekends away, my chorus competition, my husband's father breaking his hip, losing two of my family members within 2 weeks of each other.....oh, it's been a nightmare. My food habits have suffered hard, too.
But anyway.
I have been trying to get a definite PCOS diagnosis out of my GP for over a year - in fact, it was last year while going through some of the blood tests that the diabetes was found which halted other tests for 12 months. I finally was referred to a Gynaecologist at the hospital, and all he would talk about was IVF. Ok, maybe this part belongs under the pregnancy header and not here, so I do apologize. I do not want IVF unless it's a last resort. I want to work out why my body isn't ovulating and see what can be done to fix that before resorting to IVF. The Gynae didn't seem to care, but sent me off for an HSG and ultrasounds.
The first ultrasound was horrible. The TV one was painful (even with valium!) and the tech stopped without me telling her to and wrote in the letter to my GP that it was stopped due to patient discomfort. My left ovary was deemed okay, but my right ovary "couldn't be seen". Then, I had the HSG...which left me screaming (literally!) on the table. My husband and a nurse waiting with him outside actually wanted to bust the door down I was screaming so loudly. But, it got done and the upside was no blockages.
I went in to see my regular GP (male) and he basically told me those results but there was nothing else he could do other than schedule me to see the Gynae again. He also told me that I would be no longer diabetic if my next HBA came back normal. This did not sit well with me at all. A few weeks later, I had a nurse appointment for a blood draw. The nurse asked me how I was doing and I burst into tears. Between her and one of the other nurses (actually, my diabetic nurse) they got the whole story out of me, and suggested I make appointments to see one of the female GPs at the practice who would be a bit more sympathetic to my situation. So I made the appointment.
Female GP referred me for another TV ultrasound. This took ages to get scheduled (since it was no longer escalated) but when it happened I explained to the (different) tech the problem with the last one and she decided to only do the TV one and just get it done with. I told her no matter how much it hurt to just keep going because I absolutely needed images of my right ovary.
And guess what? Ring of pearls.
Meanwhile, my Hidridenitis Supporotiva flared up so I made an appointment and had it with the other female GP at my surgery. She took one look at my history and told me I had Metabolic Syndrome and she was shocked that my regular GP hadn't twigged on that yet. The way to treat Metabolic Syndrome is apparently Metformin, so I'm now on Metformin with a checkup in one month where I will be weighed to see if I've lost any weight.
Even odder is that the GP I am now seeing thinks the Type 2 was a misdiagnosis and it was always PCOS. Really? So....a year could have been avoided AND I could have saved the NHS from sending me to all those diabetic specialists if my original GP had just carried on with testing me for PCOS? ARGH!! (though for now, she is still calling me Type 2 or at the very least, pre diabetic as it DOES run in my family, so it's inevitable at some point)
