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Re: Good Morning America- my opinionFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 5 Jul 2000 13:52:38 -0500 (CDT)
At Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Michele wrote: > >You all are being so nice to this "anynomous" poster. When I initially >read his/her post it left me cold. It did not have the usual concerned >supportive feel to it, which is how most of us post. This poster seems >angry or maybe mean-spirited. I'm sure a lot of us have felt this way >from time to time. So if the person who posted such a negative post is >feeling like that then we are here for you. We hope the info on this >forum gives you some hope. Yes, some of us may never be able to have >children, I think all of us are aware that this may someday be the case >for us, we are not in denial, we are in hope. There are some conditions >where conception will never happen, women who have no ovaries or womb. >PCOS, however does not fall into this category of infertility. Many us >with pcos have had children without intervention and many of us will >have children with some assistance and others might need a whole lot >more assistance. BUT PCOS is a treatable form of infertility. Why >shouldn't the fertility portion of this condition be treated and covered >by insurance in the same way our other symptoms,like High BP, High >Cholesterol, high insulin, diabetes and heart disease, are. Left >untreated, yes we may be infertile, but it may also shorten our lives. >The goods news is that the glucophage also helps with the infertility >and if we get it from a doc other then an re it will be covered by >insurance. > >At Mon, 3 Jul 2000, beckie wrote: >> >>At Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Avalos, wrote: >>> >>>that was very, very nicely put... >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net >>>Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 9:32 PM >>>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS >>>Subject: Re: Good Morning America- my opinion >>> >>>It's wonderful that you have come to the point in life that you can live >>>with your infertility but for those of us only on the beginning of the >>>road, who may have a very viable opportunity at conceiving, the >>>insensitivity arrives when we are told that the ability of a man to get >>>an erection is more important than our ability to become a mother. And >>>that insurance will cover the medication for his needs but that my need >>>to create a human being to love and cherish is somewhere on the ladder >>>below his sexual satisfaction. I for one am not willing to "live with" >>>this. It may have been one persons stupid comment but it sums up an >>>industry's attitude. If the day comes that I find out no matter of >>>intervention will help me have a child, then and only then, through my >>>faith, I will accept it but I don't think that was the point of >>>everyone's outrage. >>> >>You GO girl!!!!!!!!! Having a child call your name is the sweetest sound >>ever to be heared. My oldest son has Autism and has never called me >>"Mom" and that in it self is painful but it is not right for anyone to >>tell me that a man has more right to have an erection than I to have to >>a life of unconditional love that only come form a child. Yes we all >>could adopt an many do, but that is a choice that is for us to make not >>insurance companies. Many will never concieve and we will all handel >>that in our own way. We are all on a diffrent rung of Jacob's latter we >>should not be-little some one who is not where we are. >> >>>At Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Mary wrote: >>>> >>-- >>beckie v.exodus 4:11 >> >-- >michele >
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