Re: PCOS by any other name....
From: Alexis (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 8 Jan 2002 18:39:24 -0600 (CST)
Sonnet...
I like the Diabetes Type III theory....would probably make them take
notice! I like that name & other than that I really am not able to come
up with anything else. For my own reasons & when dealing with my
fam...I still refer to it as PCOS....but...with a new meaning...Put
Carbs Out Side!!!
:-)
At Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Sonnet wrote:
>
>Okay, just because I think we need another debate in here!!! (Note I
>said debate, I really don't intend this to turn into a flame war of any
>sort, I'm just trying to generate some discussion on it.)
>
>We have talked in the past about the need to come up with a new name for
>PCOS, because our understanding of what PCOS is and what causes it has
>changed.
>
>People seem to feel very strongly on the subject (I know I do!) and I am
>wondering what all of you, women who have PCOS, think! Do you think the
>name should be changed? What pluses and minuses do you see to changing
>it? What would you call it? (I have heard everything from "Syndrome O"
>to "Hyperandrogenic Metabolism Disorder" to "Diabetes Type III!")
>
>Personally, I think it desperately needs to be changed. You know how
>many women come on this forum and ask about having their ovaries /
>utuerus removed will help them. And women whose doctors insist they
>don't need treatment because they have no cysts. I think we'd all
>benefit from a name change!
>
>My choice of name used to be "Diabetes Type III" just because I figured
>it would make the medical profession sit up and take more notice of us
>if we linked PCOS to diabetes by name, as well. But today I am leaning
>towards HMD, because it accurately describes what's going on with us. I
>definitely don't want Syndrome O, it's just as nebulous as PCOS, with a
>sort of air around it that makes me not want to take it seriously as an
>illness.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>--
>Sonnet Fitzgerald, PCOS Association, Online Community Liaison. Email: sonnet@pcosupport.org
>
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