PCOS Messages for January, 2002: Re: PCOS symtoms

Re: PCOS symtoms

From: Sally (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:10:15 -0600 (CST)

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Hi C,

Not all women with PCOS have fertility problems, particularly if they have their family while they are still young. Having a period every couple of weeks does not mean that you ovulate every couple of weeks...... there is definitely something going on, particularly if you have most of the other symptoms.

So, you can still have PCOS (or could also be due to thryroid or some other type of endocrine condition).... and if you do that should be properly diagnosed / treated / managed.

Next steps are probably to find yourself a good endocrinologist / reproductive endocrinologist and , armed with all your research, get checked out. If you post where you live and request for advice, some of the other ladies on here may be able to recommend a good doctor.

Don't give up if the first dr. brushes you off as everything being ok (unfortunately that is a common experience here in initial attempts to get treatment) - some drs. are not up to date on pcos or management and some obegyne only consider it if you have fertility problems - but as you probably know by know PCOS has long-term health implications.... and should be managed properly.

best wishes

-- sally

At Thu, 31 Jan 2002, C wrote: > >I have recently ran across an article explaining how PCOS is often >missed by our doctors. I read over the symptoms to look for and >discovered that most of the symptons seemed to apply to me. The one >that did not, was the infertility issues. I have two children and only >took about 1-2 weeks to conceive. Does this mean that the symptons can >probably be related to something else totally different or is it still a >possibility that I could be affected with this? I have very abnormal >periods that usually occur a minimum of 2-3 times per month for 3-5 days >at a time. So obviously, there was not a problem for me to conceive. I >would like to know more about this before I pursue another doctor who >just wants to put me on the pill to try to remedy this. Any input would >be appreciated. > >-- >C Tolliver >

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