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Re: Diagnosed at 13
From: C. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:37:36 -0500
I always wondered why I had hair on my abdomen, when all the other girls didn't...I knew something was amiss...especially when I never seemed to get normal periods like everyone else! I'm 24 and was diagnosed last year.
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (jodi)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>Subject: Re: Diagnosed at 13
>Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:33:40 -0600
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>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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