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Re: NOT hereditary- anyone else?
From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 19 Jun 2000 23:39:59 -0400
My fathers aunt (now deceased) was an extremely heavy women, never able to have
children and had many other symptoms of PCOS. Not positive that it came down that
way...but sounds like it. Unfortunately, PCOS was not heard of back then so there
was no type of treatment available to her.
:-) Alexis
Helen H wrote:
> At Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Annetta wrote:
> >
> >Same with me. I have asked both my mother and father and they had
> >nobody with any of these sort of problems in either of their families.
> >No diabetes either. (I even jokengly asked my mother if she had
> >something she needed to tell me about my "real" father. :-) )
> >
> >Take care
> Hello Friends: I too am an original within my family tree. I seem to be
> the only PCOS sufferer. In fact, all the other women were extremely
> fertile, thin, and 'normal' from a hormone perspective. I, on the other
> hand, am the PCOS poster child. I am unable to have children (after
> many years of trying every hi-tech approach available...), so I will not
> have the opportunity to determine if this is something that can be
> passed on. The blood line ends with me.
>
> >Annetta
> >
> >At Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Jen wrote:
> >>
> >>Hi everyone, and as always thanks to all of you for sharing so much!! I
> >>have a question for everyone....
> >>
> >>I have searched and bothered all of my relatives, and can find
> >>absolutely no signs of PCOS on either side of my family. Since most of
> >>us believe that this is a genetic syndrome, I'm just wondering if I am
> >>not alone in wondering where this came from for me? Granted, it is
> >>possible that somehow it existed in my family way back, but even asking
> >>everyone about their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents has
> >>given me no clue. Anyways, just wondering....
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Jen
>
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