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Re: cna i have prevented this?From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 28 May 2001 08:21:51 -0500 (CDT)
Claire: In answer to "Can I have prevented this..." I think the answer is maybe yes, maybe no. I can certainly look back on my life and think of a LOT of things that I could have done differently that would have probably resulted in my PCOS being less full blown than it is. Most of us are probably in the same boat. The thing is, those things we could have done differently are usually things we either had no control over, or no knowledge to lead us to believe they were the wrong choices for us. Things like following a low-fat, high carb diet... I am certain that this has made my PCOS worse, but if you're told by people who are supposed to know these things that this is the way to eat... well, what should you believe? I am sure my eating patterns were not the best for someone who would eventually develop PCOS. The fact that I was bulimic for many years certainly didn't help. But I didn't know then what I know know, and I just have to remind myself of that fact. PCOS is thought to be hereditary. Assuming you are not adopted, look at your family, both sides. I can pin the insulin resistance dsown to my father's side. Miscarriages, heart attacks, overweight, early baldness in both men and women, dry icky feet... it's all there, on his side. I probably would have had problems to a degree no matter what my diet or what I did. Environmental factors can certainly worsen PCOS. But most of us have no knowledge of this until our symptoms have already developed... you know how they say hindsight is always 20/20? There's probably a lot I could have done to prevent this, but no way I could have known I had to worry about such things! As for the doctors... doctors are painfully ignorant of this disease. Most of us spend years knowing something is wrong with us, only to have doctors tell us not to worry... lots of women have irregular periods... lots of women have excess hair... They just don't know about PCOS and what really causes it. Maybe some day, all doctors will know better... until then, I don't know that we can really blame them, either. I know, that's hard... I still seethe over the idiot doctors I've encountered... "PCOS is only a big deal for really overweight women, you don't need to worry!" or "We can't find any cause for your hirsuitism, you just have high testosterone..." etc... All you can do is start where you are, and get treatment, and treat yourself the best you can... - jodi
At Sun, 27 May 2001, claire wrote:
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