Re: Scared....advise??
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 02 Oct 2000 16:01:58 -0400
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Hi Kate - I am glad you found this forum - there are some really wise women here
who can give you allllll sorts of info ... I, personally, have only had to deal
with my OB/GYN whereas a lot of the other women here have gone to an Endo ... Here
is some good info to look at (I think) .. Best of luck to you!! XOXO Amy
Official Website of the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association
Kate wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm really scared because after ignoring an increasing symptomology for
> several years, I finally think there is actually something really wrong.
> Flipping through Cosmo in my eye doctor's office this afternoon, I hit
> upon a checklist of symptoms for PCOS and my chest tightened. Suddenly
> all my little "secret" problems, the things I've been stupidly too
> embarrassed to talk about w/ my Dr., were laid out in a list. I'm 22
> years old. About 4 years ago I started developing excess hair growth on
> my breasts. This embarrassed me to no end and I began plucking but it
> has just been getting worse and worse and more unmanageable over the
> years. In the past year to year and a half I've experienced growth
> above my lips, chin, sometimes cheeks and stomach. Also in the last
> year I've developed terrible acne for the first time in my life. In the
> last year I've also begun having strange menstrual cycles. Some months
> I would only bleed for a day and then a week or two later the same thing
> would happen. I missed my period completely last month. I'm also
> extremely tired all the time and can sleep for extreme lengths of time
> (this is actually the only symptom I've sought treatment for).
>
> Now, I'm really scared. I'm a very private person and for reasons that
> seem really dumb now, I've been to embarrassed to talk to a doctor about
> these problems. I've just let them accumulate and worried about them in
> secret. I felt SOMETHING was askew with me hormonally but I kept
> waiting for it just balance itself out.
>
> I was hoping you guys could tell me what kind of doctor should I see
> about diagnosis? An endocrinologist? A gynecologist? Does this sound
> like PCOS to you or could it be something less significant?
>
> I'd really appreciate your insight.
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Kate
>
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