i have a gynocologist appt tomarrow and im 15 yrs old n i hace pcos, thats y i have to go, what will they do?

Question

..what will they do to me, im really nervous

Answer 1

Well, I don't know how they diagnosed PCOS without a gynecological exam. Do you mean they *suspect* PCOS? Because you really can't determine that without closer inspection.

The way I was diagnosed with PCOS was:
- gyno exam--Undress, lie on a table with your feet in stirrups and your legs as far apart as possible. Skooch your butt all the way down to the end of the table. You won't fall off. But it'll feel like you're about to. There'll be two of them, for insurance purposes--like, a doctor and a nurse, or a nurse practitioner and a nurse. The doctor will glove up and lube up--the lube is water-based but gross and ooky. Oh, they might also want a urine sample before all this gets started. They'll tell you what to do with that. The dr. will do a quick look-see on the outside, then will put a couple of fingers inside you. The dr. will press on the outside of your abdomen and press up with his/her fingers--this is to check your uterus (and I guess your ovaries if they're enlarged.) Then, the dr. will give you a pap smear (HPV, human papilloma virus--genital warts. Ugh. Don't get them.) This is where the dr. puts in a speculum--don't think about it too much. Speculum goes in cervix and opens it up so the dr. can see (speculum, like spectacles? Get it? Ugh. We all hate the speculum!) Then, the dr. swabs a sample of cervical cells, puts them on a slide for testing, pulls out the speculum, and it's the...
- breast exam--You can skooch your butt back up and put your feet down. Open the paper jacket. The dr. will tell you to put your arms up and down as needed. Pushing, rubbing, poking a little bit--somewhat unpleasant but not painful.

If warranted, you'll probably need:
-blood tests. I had a BUNCH. I don't know what they were all for. But if you have PCOS, your hormone levels are all screwy and they're going to check for thyroid, cholesterol, testosterone, estrogen, maybe liver function or something like that. It'll be a few vials. Hold your arm up afterwards.
- Ultrasounds. Ugh. Highly unpleasant. Drink a GALLON of water and hold it. For the external ultrasound (like the ones they do on pregnant women), they lift your gown (oh, yeah, undress and put on a gown) and squirt the goopy gel on your abdomen and press...hard...oh, god, want to pee soooooo bad...press...ouch...it sucks. It sucks. I'll just go ahead and tell you it sucks. They had to press really hard on my gut to see my ovaries and it was painful.

Then, you might need an intervaginal ultrasound. Go pee, and they stick a tampon-sized doohickey inside your vagina (but at least it's not your cervix, like the speculum.) Not bad. Not good, but not bad.

If you have insulin resistance, prepare for:
-glucose testing. Ouch. The little fingerstick thing isn't too bad. But the glucose tolerance test...not fun. Don't eat anything the night before, go in the testing place at about 6 am, and drink the nasty too-sweet glucose syrup stuff. I drank orange. They also might have cola or cherry or grape--I think they're all bad. Then, you sit. Bring a book (a fun book that doesn't require much thinking, because you're gonna feel like sh!t and you won't be able to concentrate), a couple of magazines (it takes a loooong time--one won't be enough) or an electronic game (but not a cell phone because if it's in a hospital, cell phones and anything with cell-phone capabilities are NO-NOs. Don't bother taking it inside.) They test your blood eight times over four hours to check how well your body handles glucose on an empty stomach. This shows how well your insulin is working. That means they draw eight big vials of blood. It SUCKS. My arm was sooooo sore afterwards. Don't even try to go to school afterwards. Eat something with protein in it afterwards--you'll be weak and sick and light-headed if you have insulin resistance. It's a common symptom of PCOS. It SUCKS. The test really does suck, I can't lie. Try some whole grains, but NO sugar--ugh.

Aside from usual physical exam stuff, like, say, height-weight, blood pressure, breathe for me, say ahhhh, that's about the rundown. You'll probably be put on birth control pills to keep you from having a period (no period, no further cysts from eggs not getting released properly) and maybe diabetes medicine if you have insulin resistance.

Don't be scared--some of the stuff sucks, but you need to know what's going on and you just have to be tough about these things. There isn't any lasting pain from any of the tests...you'll be OK right after most of them are finished. The glucose tolerance test will leave your arm pretty f*cked-up, yeah. But the rest aren't too bad.

Just one of those things you have to do--you'll be stronger when you go through it and you'll feel better when your condition is treated properly. Relax! Hope you get plenty of answers at the doctor! And ask if you don't!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

what is "i hace pcos"? I want to help you, but I am not understanding your question. I will update my answer if you update your question and clarify what you are asking.

Answer 4

It will be a normal appointment.