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Re: please help me, pcos seems like a very expensive problem to deal with... (long)
From: PJ (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:35:34 -0500 (CDT)
At Mon, 9 Jul 2001, rebecca wrote:
>Rebecca,
I would suggest checking with your local Social Services Department to
see if you qualify for any medical coverage with them if they can't
help, ask them if they know of any clinics, or doctors that could help
you. Also, try your city's local web page their might be something in
there about low cost clinics for women. Good luck in your search, and
don't give up!!!
>let me first introduce myself. my name is rebecca and i am almost 22
>years old. i really do think i have pcos. i have been reading about
>pcos for about two years now, ever since a (male!) friend of mine told
>me he thought thats what i might have. i had never even heard of it
>before then.
>
>i have many of the symptoms, almost all of them. the problem is that i
>really do want to know for sure, but i am basically poor. how can i get
>tested and get the medical help i know i need if i have absolutely no
>money? it hurts me emotionally to think that i would need MONEY to get
>the help i deserve! i have been dealing with the snide comments about my
>appearance since i was 12. i am sure many of you can understand how
>this can effect a young girl. all the years of pain and emotional
>trauma. many people will not and CAN NOT EVER understand. i need help.
>i need to know how i can get help even though i have no money.
>
>and before anybody asks, my parents are very broke. my grandparents are
>as well. nobody in my family will help me as they are to concerned with
>their own lives. my friends are young and i would not ask them for what
>little, if any money they have. i am not a street begger, but i am
>considering going downtown with a damn styrofome cup and planting my ass
>on a curb and begging for change! i can't bring myself to get a day job,
>or even a night job. i am very depressed. the actual physical act of
>waking every morning an hour early JUST to shave my face so people won't
>be horribly cruel to me when i go out destroys my will. it kills me. it
>hurts me. so i just stay in most of the time. sometimes i don't leave
>the house for up to three months at a time. not at night (and i LOVE
>being out at night. the cosmetic problem seem so much less noticable.),
>not to be with my friends, not to even get the mail. so what can i do?
>
>is there anybody here who is in a situation like i am? are you basically
>poor? have you been able to get the medical help you need despite your
>situation? do you know anyone who has? please, i am asking anyone to
>help me in any way they can. i am in tears, in total distress. please
>help me.
>
>--
>-rebecca
>
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