Hi,
Let me know how it went with getting your approval. I am also in Atlanta. What MTF are you using?


Thanks,
Diana

Ok this is for my daughter inlaw she is with my only son she is 26 with PCOS She was but on BC about a year ago. From my understanding the pill regulates the period so how long before she should stop taking the pill and try and concieve? I would love to be a grandma! Any comments welcomed. Sincerely Dolly

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Interesting...I don't know much about Depo...accept that it's a shot every 3 months. Does it work like other birth control (using estrogen and progesterone)? I have heard that after getting off of birth control (all sorts) sometimes your body has to readjust.

Endometriosis can also cause problems with regular menstrual cycles. Taking birth control with those hormones (especially the progesterone) has been shown to help alleviate symptoms (pain) of endometriosis (since there is no real cure).

Are you trying to conceive right now? Do you have any pain with your endometriosis? If you are not trying to conceive, and you want regular periods, and don't want the pain with endometriosis I would talk to your doctor about birth control. I think it could help in more ways than one...

Here is a link from the Mayo Clinic about treating PCOS:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/polycystic-ovary-syndrome/D S00423/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs

And a link (also from Mayo) about treating Endometriosis:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/endometriosis/DS00289/DSECT ION=treatments-and-drugs

Good luck to you - I know how frustrating it can be.

Wow thanks, I never heard that before. I did have regular cycles before I was on the Depo. I was once I got on the Depo that I didn't have a period, then once I got off it became very irregular. I went to my OBGYN and he did a lot of tests on and that's when they found out I possibly had PCOS then they did a exploratory surgery and found that yes I did have it. Then 2 years later I was still having a lot of prbolems, and they did another surgery and found the endometriosis. 
But thanks for all that info. It makes a lot of sense.