Re: diagnosed at 16, now undiagnosed!!!!!
From: Callisto (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 10:25:50 -0600 (CST)
Hi,
You really should see a specific clinic really try and get reffered to
Dr Conway at UCH - Middlesex Hospital in London.
Try and make sure that the docter really understands how distressing it
is for you do not wait another 6/ 12 months
Hugs
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Callisto
At Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Elena wrote:
>
>I am very confused at the moment. I went to a new gyn yesterday who
>said that according to the blood tests done about three months ago, I do
>not show signs of PCO. When I asked him teh reasons for havig been with
>no period for nine months after stopping Diane, he said that I am
>probably a case of "pill amenhorrea" and that I should wait at least 12
>months without a period so that they can look into why is it that I
>don't get one. The thing is, I was diagnosed when I was 16 with having
>PCO,precisely through blood tests, I have acne which doesn't seem to
>respond to any topical treatment and which was not there while I was on
>Diane (And the gyn said that acne is something that "just happens" to
>some people...and that at my age (25)it is normal for hormones to be
>flucuating and thus get acne!!!!Frustrating, because he only gave me as
>an alternative wait for a further six, or twelve months to see if I
>don't get a period, and then do another set of tests to rule out
>something else.
>Now, my question is: is is possible to stop having PCO? If so, why is it
>that I still have acne and increased body hair (maybe my partly spanish
>genes, ha!! I've heard that excuse before thank you!), and why is it
>that even though I have a reasonable weight, I still have to be extra
>careful and I put on weight really easily...
>If anybody knows of a good doctor here in Britain, preferably either in
>London or Manchester, I'd love if you could tell me about her (or him).
>I am fed up of being told that I am fabricating my condition and that I
>just should keep on going on looking like a hairy spotty creature.
>Sorry about the lenght and whinginess of the message, but I had to get
>it off my chest, a long history of clashes with doctors...
>Hope you can share with me similar experiences and what you did to sort
>out your problems.
>Many thanks, you are all wonderful and supportive!
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Callisto
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