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Re: A helpful web site---a wealth of info on PCOS
From: Kristina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:24:18 -0500 (CDT)
Lee, thank you so much! I'm at work so I couldn't look too much through
the site, but just the section on the syptoms is amazing - it offers
more than I've seen so far on any other website. I think it will
definitely help when I go in for my appt. next week. Thanks again and
good luck with your appt.! Let us know how it goes:)
At Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Lee wrote:
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>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:
>>
>>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:
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>--
>Lee
>
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