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

Re: Please help with with a school project!

From: Claire (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:24:42 -0600 (CST)

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1) How old were you when you were diagnosed with PCOS? 18

2) How old were you when you think you should have first been diagnosed? 16-17

3) How old were you when you first started showing any signs of PCOS? 14

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. At that time it was a completely new concept and I felt like a freak. i was teased for my excessive hair on my face and made excuses for not going swimming due to the hair on the back of my legs and bikini line. As soon as I started finding out about other people with PCOS i felt so much better. Obviously as you get older (I'm now 27) you can deal with things much better. But at that age being different is awful. I now realise it could have been much worse but at the time I felt like I was the only person with this horrible disease that made me different from everyone else. Things were different then and the only info I could find in five years of searching was a 4 page leaflet on PCOS from the hospital. Information is so important.

good luck with the project Claire - from the UK

At Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Jude wrote: >
>1. I was diagnosed at age 30.
>2. Should have been dianosed at 27
>3. 26
>4. Yes, I think having the information would have helped. It would
>have helped me understand the changes that were occurring and also
>better prepared me to find a physician that would pay attention/deal
>with me properly. If I had the information sooner, I would be closer to
>finding a treatment plan that works for me.
>
>Good luck with the project!
>
>At Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Meaghan wrote:
>>
>>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?
>>3) How old were you when you first started showing any signs of PCOS?
>>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?
>>Thank you all so much in advance!
>>
>>--
>>Meaghan
>>
>--
>Jude
>

--
Claire

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