PCOS Messages for November, 2001: Re: Please help with with a school project!

Re: Please help with with a school project!

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:57:03 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 28 Nov 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >

>>>---- Original Message ----
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Meaghan)
>To: anonymous@obgyn.net,
>Subject: Re: Please help with with a school project!
>Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:39:51 -0600
>
>>I am doing a project for one of my classes where I am trying to
>>develop
>>a program for schools to educate people about PCOS. The questions
>>that
>>I have for all of you are pretty simple to answer, and I think some
>>of
>>you have answered them before, but I would love it if anyone could
>>answer them again, either on this forum or sent to my email address.
>>Here are the questions:
>>1) How old were you when you were diagnosed with PCOS?

>>2) How old were you when you think you should have first been
>>diagnosed?

Possibley arond 25, but defintily by 28

>>3) How old were you when you first started showing any signs of PCOS?

Not sure (I just thought all these symptoms were normal), but symptoms very much worse as I got older, particuarly the last 2-3 years before I got diagnosed (Finally - after more thana year of tyring to find out what was wrong).

>>and last,
>4) If there had been information available to you in your
>>school about PCOS, do you think it would have improved the quality of
>>your life either at that age or now?

Yes as I wouldhave been aware of what was actually normal and what wasnot. I think this is very important foradolescent girls. My little sister never got her period - she was only diagnosed (with blood tests and ultrasound) at 22 when she got married - but something could /should have been picked up years earlier - and was told to take BCP (and isn't it nice that she doesnt have to worry about the monthly curse! grrrr!) . She didn't want to take BCP and so did nothing - mind you she is not being treated or monitored - as her last obgyne told her she had no evidence of PCOS - though how you could know that without any testing or examination I don't know). I have yet to discuss this with her further - when I am next in Australia.

>>Thank you all so much in advance!
>>

No Problem

Sally Clark

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