Polycystic ovary syndrome: insulin resistance as the shared mechanism, ovulatory and menstrual outcomes reported on treatment, androgen changes, and contraception considerations during rapid weight loss.
Anovulatory for most of my adult life with PCOS, told repeatedly that conception would be difficult and would need assistance. Five months into treatment, having lost…
Diagnosed with PCOS at 24, now 31, BMI 34. I have been told for years that losing weight will improve my symptoms, and separately that insulin resistance is the…
My laboratory results are from the same laboratory each time, drawn fasting, which I gather matters. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told…
Baseline, before starting treatment: total testosterone 2.6 nmol/L, SHBG 22 nmol/L. After eight months and 16 kg of weight loss: total testosterone 1.9 nmol/L, SHBG…
I have three data points across nine months, which I hope is enough to see a trend. I can parse the result. I am less sure what it licenses me to conclude. I have…
I have the full paper rather than the abstract, and the supplementary appendix. This is a planning question. I know what my options are; I do not know how to weigh…
I have the full paper rather than the abstract, and the supplementary appendix. I want to understand what this actually establishes, as opposed to what it is being…
My laboratory results are from the same laboratory each time, drawn fasting, which I gather matters. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told…
My laboratory results are from the same laboratory each time, drawn fasting, which I gather matters. This is one of those things that everyone repeats and nobody…
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