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A helpful web site---a wealth of info on PCOS
From: Lee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:44:38 -0500 (CDT)
Kristina, I do appreciate your kind words and hope that I can be of help
to you. The site that I found to be the most useful is
http://www.inciid.org/faq. It answers SO many questions and has provided me
with most, if not all, of the information I now have on PCOS. Let me
know if it has helped you or if you know of another I might find
interesting (Google shows a ton of sites that are pretty good. I know
there are a couple more that I liked and will try to find them
again--will let y'all know.
At Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Kristina wrote:
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>I am so sorry to hear about all of your frustration. I do hope that
>your appointment will bring about an end to all of the nonsense you have
>had to go through over the years! I was wondering where you had found
>the information saying that flaky scalp was part of PCOS. I am trying
>to relate to as many syptoms as I can so that I can show them all to the
>obgyn I'm going to see in a week. Thanks for any help you can give me.
>I pray that your spirits are lifted by your upcoming appointment! You
>will be in my thoughts and prayers...
>
>--
>Kristina
>
>At Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Lee wrote:
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>>About a month ago I found an article on PCOS and thought, "Wow, this
>>sounds exactly like me!" Since then I've done as much research as I can
>>and found that I have nine of the symptoms I've come across in the
>>articles. Although it took us seven years to conceive our daughter, now
>>4, I have been unable to get pregnant again. When I tried to breastfeed
>>my daughter, after the second day she would scream constantly, as if
>>starving. I've come to find out that this could be a symptom of
>>PCOS---from what I've read, a PCOS patient only produces 30% compared to
>>other women. I have skin tags around my eyes, tip the scales at 200
>>(5"4'), extremely thin hair on top of head, flaky skin on scalp, to name
>>just a few. I am so tired of people looking at me as if I am lazy and
>>lacking in self control! I consume around 1000 calories a day, if that.
>>I eat mostly fruits and poultry and rarely eat hamburgers, pizza, etc.
>>Although some might not understand, I am actually looking forward to my
>>appointment with an endo. in two days and HOPE that there is some
>>explanation for all this. If I am told that it is not PCOS, I will feel
>>lost---because for the first time in years I feel hope that there is a
>>remedy for me. After my embarassing gyn. appt. yesterday I just want
>>to crawl under a rock (if there is one big enough---ha ha). The nurse
>>practitioner grabbed my stomach and jiggled it!!!---saying that she
>>couldn't tell if my fibroid tumor had returned because of "that fat
>>flap". I am so tired of feeling like an unsightly blight on this earth.
>>I'm sorry this is so long. I just needed to get this off my chest and
>>am hoping someone might respond and let me know I am not alone.
>>
>>--
>>Lee
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Lee
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