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Re: possible pcos and thyroiditis
From: Rose (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 2 Mar 2001 13:06:44 -0600 (CST)
Dawn...Go get him girl!let me know what he says...I'm curious about a
possible (real) connection. We may as well give up the idea that we'll
ever be thin again! RAI and PCOS what a combination.....Rose
At Tue, 27 Feb 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>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
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>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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