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Re: At last a possible diagnosis!
From: Diane (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 28 Apr 2001 10:00:49 -0500 (CDT)
I have fibro too, was told I had it long before I found out about pcos.
Makes you wonder about it.
At Fri, 6 Apr 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>At Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Linda wrote:
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>>Hello Ladies - After 16 years of telling my doctors that I have a
>>hormone imbalance, they have finally decided that I may have PCOS. I
>>see the endocrinologist on April 17th. Like many of you, have I have
>>been told in the past that I just need to lose weight or take
>>anti-depressants even though I wasn't depressed. Finally, my symptoms
>>have gotten bad enough (facial hair, skin tags, glucose intolerance,
>>heavy periods, obesity, skin pigmentation and rashes) and PCOS has been
>>publicized enough that they started listening. Have any of you also
>>experienced joint and muscle pain? I think it is directly linked to the
>>glucose intolerance in my case. Linda
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>Linda,
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>I have not recieved the diag. of PCOS yet, but have so far, been diag.
>with hyperinsulemia, and unterine hyperplasia. I also have the skin
>tags, overweight (notice I don't use the "O" word),heavy periods,
>increased facial hair, acne, cysts on ovary.... But this is the first
>time that I heard of someone else with the joint/muscle pain. I too
>have that, and was diag. with Fibromyalgia about 3 mo. ago. I asked
>my endro. if they were related, and he blew it off. Anybody else with
>the Fibro as well??????
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