PCOS Messages for July, 2000: Re: Excuse me, but do you have PCOS?

Re: Excuse me, but do you have PCOS?

From: Monica (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:58:24 -0500 (CDT)

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Thanks, Belle, you gave me a great approach if I'm ever in that situation again. It was a very non-threatening way of bringing up the supject. I will remember it! :) Monica At Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Belle wrote: >
>You know that I have a big mouth! I talk about medical stuff all of the
>time. Once, even at the table (I was excited about a new surgical
>procedure that I had seen that day - it didn't seem that "gory" to me
>:-}) Anyhow, if I see someone who lookes like they have PCOS, I usually
>start talking about myself - "Oh, I hate these things. I always feel so
>awkward because of - (hair, weight, whatever they have in common that
>seems the least offensive). I have a condition called PCOS that affects
>simply *everything*! My" (liteny of problems) then whisper "my periods
>were even messed-up. Fortunately, they have recently found some help
>for this and I am getting better but it takes a while." If they do not
>respond, they may think you are an idiot but more often than not, they
>have a "sister or a freind" who has the same kind of problem. (hmmmm)
>They begin asking questions and you get the opportunity to talk to them
>about it. I would never just ask if they have PCOS and there is only
>one real reason -- they may not know. How long have some of the women
>here suffered from PCOS before they knew about it. My mom had it
>forever and did not know anything about it until I was in my late 20's.
>My grandmother was the same way! They of course had (shhhh!) "female
>problems".
>
>You are right though that people need to know about this, the risks are
>too great to let it go. Diabetes sounds sedate, but I can tell you that
>it is a terrible, horrible, scary problem and it never becomes easy to
>see someone hooked up to dialysis, or have a terrible infection on their
>extremities. I am happy to have a blister on my heel right now because
>I know that a diabetic may not have been able to feel it coming on and
>may have done some serious damage to their feet that could result in
>amputation. I could go on about this but I try to limit my ranting. The
>heart disease and cancer are not real fun either. :-)
>
>At Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Monica wrote:
>>
> I was at a party over the 4th weekend
>>and saw a woman who looked just like me, apple shaped, hairy, brown
>>patches on her knee caps that looked like dry skin, etc... and I
>>though, "wow, I bet she has pcos, too" It was so hard resisting the urge
>>to go up to her and say, do you have pcos? I was so afraid of offending
>>her and putting my foot in my mouth (along with my low carb snack). What are your thoughts? Did I do the right thing? or
>>did I "let another one slip by..."? Thanks- Monica :)
>
>--
>Hope this helps,
>
>Belle
>

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