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HEY MIKE P! Re: Links for us guys...
From: bluebonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:02:54 -0600 (CST)
found a link, for partners of pple with pcos...only one, but maybe it'll
help. http://www.pcolist.org/lists/partners.html
good luck :)
At Tue, 30 Jan 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>Mike,
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>First of all, I think your wife is very lucky to have you. You obviously care
>about her very much and are frustrated and scared about her health and
>apparent unwillingness to try and help herself. The frustration, fear, and
>anger are all normal emotions that any dealing with this goes through. (I
>have PCOS and have cycled through these and others repeatedly over the years)
>Get yourself some support so that you have at least one person whom you can
>truly confide in, so that you don't start to resent/hate your wife. At the
>same time it really does sound as if your wife is depressed and could benefit
>from treatment for depression. I'm not saying that getting the depression
>under control will make everything else better over night. However, once the
>depression is being treated and under control (this can take several months
>or more) your wife shouldn't be feeling as hopeless and apathetic as she is
>now and that very well may let her start fighting this. If you're going talk
>to her dr. I would talk to him/her about how depressed she seems to be and
>that you're worried about. Hope this helps and we're here if you need us.
>
>Laura
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