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Re: PCOS by any other name....
From: alvaro's (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:47:24 -0600 (CST)
My vote is for diabetes III
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>Sonnet...
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>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!!!
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>:-)
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>At Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Sonnet wrote:
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>>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.)
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>>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.
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>>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!")
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>>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!
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>>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.
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>>Thoughts?
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>>--
>>Sonnet Fitzgerald, PCOS Association, Online Community Liaison. Email: sonnet@pcosupport.org
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