Hi I am posting for my sister who really needs advice.
My sister is 21, she was diagnosed with poly cystic ovaries and insulin resistance last year. I will give you a brief history:
She started her periods at 10 and quickly put on a lot of weight. She was constantly hungry, craving carbs and sleeping a lot. When her periods came she was in agony and had to take days off school.
She also suffered with depression since starting puberty, at 15 she finally saw a psychiatrist who told her she couldn't be depressed because she wasn't suicidal.
Ever since then she has been plagued with anxiety and depression, too scared to go to the docs incase she gets fobbed off again. She really believes her MH issues are hormone related as she suffers with crippling panic attacks around when her periods are due.
She was put on Metformin and oestrogen patches after being diagnosed insulin resistant, previous to this she had thrush two weeks of a month (again she believes it is hormone related) the Metformin and patches seemed to clear that up BUT she has now been left with reoccurring cystitis and kidney infections (on antibiotics all the time). She was hospitalised for a kidney infection and taken off Metformin as docs believe it was wrecking her kidneys, so all the weight she lost has now been put back on because of her carb cravings and dodgy insulin levels.
Recently (since july) she has been getting pelvic pain, a lot of vaginal discharge, painful sex and abdominal pain. Her periods were already painful and heavy so we are unaware if this is a symptom too. she is awaiting a scan to see if she has endometriosis. She says if she has it she will ask for a hystorectomy because she can not live like this anymore, she says she is on the verge of suicide. I know this seems like an overreaction but she is in constant pain and is taking tramadol, co trydomol and naproxen (which has given her stomach ulcers) just to get through the day.
She has no previous children, and I am worried she will regret having a hystorectomy. But she really is having such a shit time. It's taken since july for her to get a scan because docs have fobbed her off and tested her for chlamydia and other stis because of her age, all clear. One doctor told her she had pelvic inflammatory disease without even examining her!
Any advice would be so appreciated, right now she feels so ignored by doctors and I am so worried about her. After 9 years of being ignored by nhs doctors she got out a loan to go private to be diagnosed with poly cystic ovaries and insulin resistance and is now in debt so added pressure for her. I feel so sad for her.
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My sister wants a hysterectomy at 21, no previous children. Advice please?
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ShavingPrimateRyan · 31/10/2012 03:10
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