Baldness was Re: Thank U all & A Comment!
From: AdoptASAP (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 30 May 2001 06:16:25 -0500 (CDT)
Balding will ONLY happen if you have baldness in the family. I do not,
I am not losing any hair. I have very thick hair. The only difference
is it used to be VERY curly, now its almost straight as an arrow within
the past couple years. Not ALL PCOSers lose hair or thin. Baldness in
the family still doesnt mean you WILL lose hair but it could happen. Its
a 50/50 chance IF baldness runs in the family.
Wierd how we want hair to grow in some areas but lose it other areas.
Can we just move the skin? LOL.
At Wed, 30 May 2001, Deirdre wrote:
>
>Thanks for all who answered my questions about just being diagnosed! Now
>that I do know for sure I have this disorder/syndrome, I can sooooo
>relate to all of you and the suffering that can come from this. Not
>only physically, but emotionally as well. Being depressed from thinking
>you will be bald soon, gaining weight, and the fear of NOT being able to
>have children. But, if I could give a few words of advice having just
>gone through HELL (as I am sure many of you have, trying to get a
>diagnosis.....I would like to say this...
>
>IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE PCOS...YET YOU ARE TOLD BY A DOCTOR YOU DO
>NOT, BUT STILL FEEL YOU MAY BE, GO WITH YOUR GUT! AT LEAST...DO WHAT I
>HAD TO DO TO GET A DIAGNOSIS! I DIAGNOSED MYSELF (WHICH NOTE* IS NOT
>RECOMMENDED) HOWEVER, READ ALL YOU CAN ABOUT THIS SYNDROME! ASK
>QUESTIONS! MAKE A LIST OF ANY AND ALL SYMPTOMS TO SHOW TO ANY DOCTOR YOU
>SEE, EVEN IF IT IS AN ER DOCTOR...YOU MAY BE SURPRISED, THERE MAY BE AN
>ER DOCTOR YOU SEE (IF YOU HAD TO GO TO ER OF COURSE) WHO IS MORE WILLING
>TO LISTEN THEN A FAMILY DOCTOR OR GYN..THAT IS WHAT HAPPEND TO ME...I
>GOT MORE OF A RESPONSE FROM AN ER PHYSICIAN WHO LOOKED THOUGH MEDICAL
>JOURNALS WITH ME TO TRY AND SEE WHAT WE COULD FIND! AND THEN, WHILE I
>WAS WAITING TO SEE MY GYN, MY FAMILY DOCTOR DID A TESTOSTERONE LEVEL
>TEST IN THE MEANTIME AND WHEN IT CAME BACK WITHIN RANGE, HE SAID "YOUR
>TESTOSTERONE IS NORMAL, SO YOU DO NOT HAVE PCOS." THAT IS WRONG AND
>SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN SAID! BECAUSE YOU WILL ALWAYS RESPECT A DOCTOR
>MORE IF HE SAYS "I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT, YOU WILL HAVE TO SEE A
>SPECIALIST." ....
>
>THIS, UNFORTUNATLY, IS A SYNDROME WITH SO MANY ASPECTS AND ELIMENTS AND
>YOU DO HAVE TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!!!!!! I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH. I
>HAVE BEEN SICK SINCE JANRUARY, BUT HAVE HAD THIS FOR SOMETIME NOW. I
>USED TO JUST THINK THAT MY PERIODS WERE MORE PAINFUL THAN OTHER WOMEN,
>BUT THEY WERE TOO PAINFUL! I SHOULD OF HAD IT CHECKED A LONG TIME AGO!
>WE, AS WOMEN, HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR OWN BODIES AND IF YOU ARE TOLD
>"NO" YOU ARE FINE, BUT YOUR BODY...."YOURS" IS TELLING YOU SOMETHING
>DIFFERENT, YOU MAY HAVE TO LEARN HOW NOT TO TAKE THAT "NO" FOR AN
>ANSWER! TO ALL OF YOU, BE WELL...I TOO NOW KNOW THE THE LIFE ALTERING
>AFFECT THIS HAS...NOT FUN, HUH?
>
>THANK YOU
>
>--
>Deirdre
>
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