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Re: Need to know what to do. Please help!!
From: Mandy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 19 Jul 2003 22:31:29 -0500 (CDT)
I too had to go to many doctor's to get treatment. I went 6 years and
felt horrible all the time. I saw a regular endroctinologists that my
pcp sent me too.I hope you can get some help soon!!
At Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Diane wrote:
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>Missy, Jodi is right. I had the same problem that you are having. I
>saw 3 ob/gyns before I took a friend's advice and made an appt. with an
>RE. I have made SO much progress in the treatment of my PCOS since I
>have been seeing the RE! The other dr's were puting me off by telling me
>to "lose weight, take birth control pills, take provera" or whatever got
>me out of their office for a few more weeks. Request an RE that
>specializes in PCOS. Don't give up...I wasted too much time and money
>that way.
>
>Good Luck!
>Diane
>
>At Fri, 18 Jul 2003, anonymous wrote:
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>>Missy:
>>This is a problem that many of us have had. I had visted several
>>doctors who either dismissed me or told me to lose weight. You should
>>try to find a Reproductive Endrocrinologist who will listen to you and
>>discuss the issue.
>>Did your doctor do a vaginal ultrasound? In addition to blood tests, an
>>ultrasound is usually done to see if you have any cysts on your ovaries.
>>
>>Jodi
>>
>>At Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Missy wrote:
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>>>I recently visited my doctor and asked to be tested for PCOS. The
>>>doctor drew several vials of blood and tested me for several different
>>>things. After a few days the nurse gave me my results and told me that
>>>I was insulin resistant but that if I lost weight I would be fine, and
>>>that they wanted to see me in 6-8 weeks. I really feel that I am being
>>>dismissed. Either because the doctor doesn't know much about PCOS or
>>>simply doesn't care. Either way I'm not being treated. I don't even
>>>know if the doctor thinks I have PCOS. There are several reasons why a
>>>person might be insulin resistant. I want to know if PCOS can be
>>>detected by a blood test, or do I need additional testing? Do I need to
>>>find a GYN doctor, or go back to the Internal medicine doctor I've been
>>>seeing? I don't feel like anyone cares, and I'm tired of feeling like
>>>I've been run over. There has to be more to life. I'm too young to
>>>feel this old. Please help.
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