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Re: Noticing Other Women With PCOS...From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 22 Jan 2002 03:53:45 -0600 (CST)
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 You aren't a specialist,and you are not in any postition to selectively chose someone and inform them that they may have this syndrome. Just because this woman has thinning hair and is obese and some excess hair,does not mean that she has the syndrome. Possibly ,she can have some thyroid abnormality,she can have another illness. So she has some pitting on her face.???//So do alot of people! This is getting to be ridiculous. Some women now are going to go to shopping malls and pick and chose whom to diagnose?Half of the women in my town are obese and have thinning hair-do I assume that all have this syndrome? I would say,'keep your nose out of it'. If it were a friend or a collegue,then by all means,it wouldn't hurt to suggest the disorder,but we cannot go around and misinform people. I am certain that this woman has a doctor,and if she looks like the poster child for PCOS,then I am certain that her doctor is already looking at the causes. There is nothing worse that being told you have some syndrome. Women with hairloss,obesity,acne,hirtuism-have enough low self esteem. To start to go around and tell people that "you noticed that she has some hair loss",can be devestating. You should know better than that. To leave a mysterious print-out on her desk is obsurd.This can cause alot of conflict in the office.It is like getting a note saying you have body odour in a nice way. I found this message very disturbing-as when I had cancer,the last thing I wanted people to ask me about,was my hairloss. Just leave her be please!
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