Re: A big thankyou! - To Iain
From: Kate (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 18 Oct 2001 06:39:06 -0500 (CDT)
Iain
Hi. I'm Kate and I am from the UK (Midlands).
Fire away if you have queries about the UK slant!
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Kate
At Wed, 17 Oct 2001, iain wrote:
>
>I just wanted to thank all of you that have chipped in with advice and
>support.
>
>We (my fiancee and I) had another one of those evenings tonight, so
>after we'd got past the upset and crying stage, we had a good long chat.
>I told her about coming here and we talked all about her PCOS.<P>
>
>As I thought, and as you guys helped confirm in my mind, the only
>problem we have at the moment in our relationship is that she doesn't
>know whether she's coming or going emotionally. She's getting even more
>upset because she feels like she's hurting me all the time and her mum
>keeps telling her off for being nasty to me.
>
>It's helped me a great deal to know for sure that she doesn't want to be
>acting in the way she is and that although i can be an idiot sometimes,
>I'm not actually causing anywhere near as many of our arguments as I
>thought I was. Our plan now is to see if her mood swings stabilise over
>the next month or so - she feels they may be bad due to her taking the
>pill for 3 months without a break. She has promised me that she will
>see her GP if this doesn't resolve though.
>
>I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders and we both
>now feel an awful lot happier. I'm really really grateful to all of you
>for explaining some things to me and helping me deal with this.
>
>I do have another question though, are any of you here from the UK? One
>of the topics that did come up tonight was whether there is anyone who
>has a UK perspective. My finacee feels that the US could well be a bit
>more advanced in healthcare than we are in this area. She was diagnosed
>by a Consultant Gynaecologist but she has never had an insulin
>resistance test or any further advice other than to regulate herself
>using the pill. She also still feels that she'll get nowhere with the
>medical establishment.
>
>Anyway,
>
>I'm rambling now, so thanks again :-)
>
>--
>Iain
>
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