SPOTS / GREASY SKIN AND BACK ACHE

[malinki]

Hi, does anyone suffer from spots, greasy skin and backache when ovulating.

Yes to spots & backache. Get spots at time of af too.

Bluestar, I've been trying for over a year for #2 (already got dd aged nearly 4), been taking clomid at an increased doseage for polycystic ovary syndrome - well to regulate my cycle and to help with ovulation, this morning I woke up and my skin was greasy and had spots on my forehead, never suffered with greasy skin, on CD16 today. Could this be the right time, had a slight creamy mucus discharge as well.

malinki, could well be signs of ovulation so better get in some action this evening! Good luck.

Me too! get spots etc

Hi Malinki,

I hope I am wrong here but clomid can cause a thickening of cervical mucus so this may be actually a side effect of this (nothing to do with ovulation).

With regards to the other problems it sounds like PCOS is rearing its ugly head again.

Have they checked to see if you are actually ovulating whilst on this form of treatment?. They should certainly not leave you on clomid without any sort of monitoring.

HTH

Hawaii

Hi 808, yes being monitored nearly every week for the last 2 months when they 1st started me on it. Been on it before 8 years ago. (My gynie said that last time, it didn't work, I might as well have been taking smarties) but had some positive signs this time, AF came day 43 instead of day 70, scans show follicle activity especially on left ovary, having CD21 blood test tomorrow morning , I hate needles. Have a strange sensation in my stomach this morning, like I've strained something, but all I have done this weekend is drink spritzers and watch football with DH and DD, if period hasn't come by CD43, then I have to have those tablets which force a period and then go from 100mg Clomid to 150mg, if nothing happens next month, then I'm off to see Tony Rutherford at LGI in Leeds for IVF.

Hi Malinki,

I wish you well with your day 21 test tomorrow - when do you get the results of same?.

Day 43 is still late and could also be a sign that the clomid is not successful. Sounds also like they are going to give you provera to bring on a bleed. Cannot quite understand why you were put on this drug treatment this time around as it was not successful 8 years ago. It is not always suitable for all PCOS patients to take anyway as some become clomid resistant.

May I ask why IVF has been suggested?. I ask this as IVF on its own (i.e no male factor problems) is not an immediate indicator for IVF. Women with PCOS who do undertake IVF are at greater risk of ovarian hyperstimulation and must be carefully monitored.

I also wonder why other possible avenues like injectible drugs and ovarian diathermy surgery have not been mentioned to you.

Do let us know how you get on. Best of luck!!

Hawaii

I conceived my dd 4.5 years ago after 5 years of treatment for PCOS, 2 of those years they didn't actually know what was wrong as I also had blocked tubes and endometriosis, oh yeah I had the full bag of worms. They only tried me on 50mg of Clomid last time round and I went on this for 6 months, each time, my AF dates kept coming nearer and nearer each other until I came down to 26 days. They gave me metformin for nearly 2 years, I had 2 lap & dyes, ovarian drilling and my tubes blown, because of my age (34 on Sunday ) they don't want to waste anymore time pussyfooting around having 6 months of this treatment, 6 months of that treatment, my Gynie is sending me to her boss at LGI (he got her pregnant through IVF, well not literally, but he did the bits that the husband didn't do), he is one of the best in the field and he may want to do something else, maybe not definate about IVF, but in the longterm I have decided that seeing this guy may result in IVF. I'm not very well at the moment, I have this awful pain in my ovary area on my left hand side and aching in the top of my left leg and the bottom of my back, left hand side. I felt sick this morning, but I don't think its pregnancy, I just feel like I want to stand up all the time. The blood test results come back next week sometime, so I have to phone and make an appointment. In reality other than being on drugs (fertility), I have never had a period in 28 days, they have always been around 36 - 70 days, or unlike before, I didn't have a period in nearly 18 months, before I was diagnosed with anything. I really just wish it would all go away and I woke up pregnant. (some wish, I dreamt I had a nice fathers day present for my dh - same day as my birthday this year). In reality its my age that goes against me, I was 25 years old last time this all kicked off.