Re: Thyroid & PCOS (To Sue - Sorry a bit long)
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:10:27 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Sue,
a RE should be just as qualified to treat Hypothyroid as a regular E.
ALso many women with PCOS also have hypothyroid - so your RE should also
be up onj that. Yes, quite a few of the symptoms can overlap!
Get armed with your info and then work with him so that you can start
feeling better.
Best wishes
Sally
At Wed, 4 Sep 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Hi Sally--
>Thanks so much for your post. I found some really good info on that
>Mary Shomon site--not like some of the flotsam and jetsam on the net. :
>)
>
>I have multiple symptoms of hypothyroidism, but it confuses me where
>they overlap with my PCO symptoms. I truly just want to have more
>energy--my 7 mo. old sleeps about 16 hours per day and I feel like I
>could join him most of the time. I love my RE and don't anticipate
>having any problems getting him to run more than just TSH on me, but I
>don't know if he'll want to treat it (assuming there is a legit problem
>with my thyroid) or if he'll send me to a regular E, in which case, I'll
>have a whole 'nother time to tell my medical history and tx history to a
>dr who's not up to speed on PCO.
>
>Anyhow, I'll let you know what turns out--Mary Shomon's site has good
>references for values on the blood tests, and I've bookmarked it so I
>know what we're talking about. Here's to more energy and feeling a
>whole lot better!
>
>Thanks again!
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