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Re: Hopes shattered by a prominate PCOS doctor (kinda long, sorry)
From: Lakefever2 (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:19:25 -0800 (PST)
Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry to hear this......hugs. What
an awful thing to go through. Why are doctors this
way? WHy be in the medical field if you feel you can't
help others? He's basically telling you that you're
wasting HIS time. Well, I think he's wasting his time
even being a doctor!!!!
--- anonymous <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
> First of all, I have been diagnosed with PCOS for
> about 3 or 4 years,
> though have suffered the effects since puberty. I
> have all the classic
> symptoms: obesity, excess body hair, infurtility,
> acne, etc.. and have
> had an ultrasound which confirmed that my overies
> were polycystic. After
> the intial diagnosis 3 years ago, I was put on birth
> control pills and
> Glucophage XR 1000 mg/day by a reproductive
> endocrinoligist. Two years
> have passed since being put on the meds and I have
> seen no positive
> results and have actually gained weight. At the
> urgeing of my family, I
> decided to make another appointment. The
> endocrinolist who I saw two
> years eariler had moved and I made an appt. with
> another doctor at the
> same health facility. The dr. I was going to see
> is VERY respected and
> (from what I gather) is one of the formost experts
> in the country in
> PCOS. I was very excited to be able to see him and
> held hopes that
> maybe he could help me. Imagine my absolute horror
> when he said that I
> was basically beyond hope, that I would never get
> under 200 lbs unless I
> became "a marathon runner and anorexic" and that
> basically I should
> enjoy my shortened lifespan as much as a could (He
> was entirely
> serious). Trying not to breakdown and cry in his
> office, I jokingly
> said "Well, it's a long, hard road out of hell" He
> just looked at me and
> said that my long, hard road was through hell. With
> my genes, I would
> never actually make it out. He did say that they
> could run some blood
> work and put me back on Glucophage XR but that it
> was probably a waste
> of my time and money. It was very apparent that he
> didn't care if he
> ever saw me again. His attitude during the whole
> visit varied from
> ampathy to outright contempt. I was glad my sweet
> husband was waiting
> for me after I got out. As soon as I got into the
> car, I burst into
> tears. I have been constantly fighting severe
> depression for the last
> five years and this really didn't help. I don't
> know what to do now. If
> one of the leading national doctors in PCOS has no
> hope for me, why
> should I even bother to continue this fight. I pray
> to God that no one
> else has to go through the kind of self-esteem
> shattering, humiliating
> doctor's visit that I endured.
>
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