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Re: Normal ovaries? Stupid question...
From: SusanR (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 26 Apr 2000 15:24:46 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks Belle!!! I have heard so many conflicting things regarding Dx of
pcos...and my Dr. seems to think that since my u/s was 'normal' nothing
is wrong...(I am looking for another dr...again...:)
At Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Belle wrote:
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>You do not have to have cysts on your ovaries in order to have PCOS. You
>could have perfect ovaries and still have all of the other symptoms of
>PCOS.
>
>On the other hand, I had "normal" looking ovaries but I was having so
>much difficulty that my dr did an exploratory and he found over 100
>cysts on each ovary. Ultrasounds (or their readers) cannot pick up on
>everything.
>
>At Wed, 26 Apr 2000, SusanR wrote:
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>>Sorry if this is just plain stupid..I am still new to all of this :)
>>I had an ultrasound (pelvic) a few weeks ago...and they said it that one
>>ovary was rounded and had five follicles and that that was normal, and
>>my u/s was all normal. Is this normal? Is that what they are supposed
>>to look like? I have not had a period in 15 months so I am a bit
>>skeptical.
>>Try not to laugh too hard at my complete lack of understanding here :)
>><smile>
>>Thank you again!!!
>
>--
>Hope this helps,
>
>Belle
>
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