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Re: Noticing Other Women With PCOS...
From: JoBeth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:46:51 -0600 (CST)
Personally, I would introduce myself to her and strike an aquaintence,
then maybe she'll be open to suggestions from people, esp if she knows
that you have it and that there IS a treatment for it. Everyone should
be an advocate for treatment, it is the best thing and we need to get
this out in the public for EVERYONE to see. Keep the faith.
Joan
At Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Joanne wrote:
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>Hi Chris, I would leave her the info. too. If it makes you feel better
>leave your phone number like Koolaide mentioned. Whats the worst that
>could happen? that she does nothing about it, or the best thing is that
>a light may go on and she goes and gets treatment and feels better about
>herself. Joanne At Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Chris wrote:
>>
>>Hi Ladies-
>>
>>I remember a thread about this quite awhile ago...I was out yesterday
>>and saw a woman who could have been a poster child for PCOS. Thinning
>>hair (she was nearly bald), hirsutism, pitted skin, very overweight...it
>>looked to me like she has probably had PCOS forever and has never had it
>>treated in any way. This woman seems to be the ideal Metformin and
>>spironolactone candidate. I was so conflicted. On one hand, I wanted
>>to tell her about PCOS and tell her to see a doctor about it...I thought
>>maybe she has no idea all of these symptoms she has are related (after
>>all, I didn't for a long time) and maybe she'll get to the doctor, get
>>on meds, change her diet, and feel at least a little better. On the
>>other hand, I didn't want to offend her by "noticing" her physical
>>traits. Plus, maybe she'd never get treatment anyway and I would have
>>just offended her for nothing. I actually considered going back to the
>>store where she works and secretly leaving a printout about PCOS on her
>>desk. But then I worried she would be freaked out/hurt that someone who
>>worked with her had left it, and I wouldn't want to make going to work
>>everyday uncomfortable. Ugh! What to do? What do you all think about
>>this?
>>
>>Curious-
>>-Chris
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Thank you for listening! Joan
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