Re: Diagnosed at 13
From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:33:33 -0600 (CST)
and my docs blamed my extra hair was cuz my mother is 1/4 italian. (even
though in every other respect, i take after my 100% Polish father...)
is there any nationality that docs won't use as a scape goat for
explaining hirsuitism???? (other than asian... heh)
:)
i never thought of germans as being hairy, btw. weird...
At Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Cyrilla wrote:
>
>Beth, I was diagnosed with PCO at 19 (I'm 36 too), and when I found out
>earlier this year about the insulin connection, and the possible risks to my
>health from diabeties, hypertension, heart disease, etc., I was frustrated
>too!! All those wasted years that my condition just kept getting worse!
>The funny thing is, I thought all my extra hair was because I'm part
>Portuguese! Pretty funny, huh?
>
>> I was diagnosed with PCOS at 13 and I'm now 25. I never really thought
>> much about it until my husband and I discussed having a child. It's
>> unnerving to me that no one ever educated me on what having PCOS really
>> was. My OB/GYN doesn't see a really big problem with it except for the
>> hirutism and difficulty getting pregnant. But I've also found that PCOS
>> is probably responsible for my hypertension, also diagnosed at 13! I
>> learned 1 in 4 women have it, which makes it pretty common, however more
>> should be done on it in the media and literature because folks like me
>> just thought the hair was because I was German!!
>>
>> I'm not on any meds right now, but I am seeing my OB today and with the
>> research I've been doing I'd like to ask for something that can combat
>> my infertility ... we really want a little one!
>>
>> It's calming to see others out there with the same frustrations ... I
>> always thought I was alone.
>>
>> Beth
>> In the middle of the Pacific
>>
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