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Re: possible pcos and thyroiditis
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:44:27 -0600 (CST)
Hi! You're the first person that I've run across that has had RAI. I
did in 1988, misery ever since, weight, etc. I think I have PCOS, my
periods have totally flipped out.
I get so angry about having the RAI, I was totally uninformed about the
consequences!!
I'm off to the doc next month to get all this straightened out.
Dawn
At Tue, 27 Feb 2001, anonymous wrote:
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>In 1996 I found out I have Graves (Hyper)approx. 1.5 years later I
>received radioactive iodine to distroy my thyroid..so now I'm hypo (the
>joys of life!).Anyway a couple of months ago I found out that I have
>PCOS as well..wouldn't surprise me if there was a connection..but I
>don't believe that's been proven (yet?. It was actually my thyroid
>specialist who requested the bloodwork which showed that I also had
>PCOS. I thought I was still complaining about my thyroid...hair loss,
>weigth gain etc....Sometimes it's hard to tell the 2 (hypo and PCOS)
>apart. When I asked my gyno if there could be a conection he said
>'they're all conected'! Good luck with the doc...Rose
>
>At Mon, 26 Feb 2001, J wrote:
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>>At Sat, 24 Feb 2001, anonymous wrote:
>>>i have the sam thing. both are autoimmune disorders. once you have one it's more likely you'll have another
>>>I am in the beginning stages of being dx w/pcos and thyroiditis. Not
>>>sure if there is any connection. Anyone else have both going on at same
>>>time? Thanks.
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