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Re: Spice Girl Reveals She has PCOS
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 07:48:06 -0600 (CST)
She also just revealed she is pregnant again......
At Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Mel wrote:
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>Hi
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>She has PCO not PCOS, and they ahve cleared since she gave birth to her
>son
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>Mel
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>At Sun, 3 Mar 2002, anne wrote:
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>>This post was great for a bit of light relief, but I mean surely not? I
>>suppose PCOS is a spectrum of disorders or whatever, so it might be
>>possible, but do you really imagine they actually have PCOS as opposed
>>to PCO? And why can't I have the rather subtle type of PCOS that
>>involves looking like Victoria Beckham or Jules Oliver- as in thin,
>>hairless, full head of hair, normal skin, looking in fact like normal
>>women but more attractive than average? I mean I am not by any means
>>suggesting that the infertility/difficutly conceiving aspect isn't
>>extremely distressing, but this seems to be the only problem they would
>>have. And hello, is it really likely PCOS is going to make you thin?
>>This sounds like Victoria making up some old nonsense. I know it is
>>possible to be very thin and have PCOS, god knows our bodies seem
>>capable of any strangeness, but this really doesn't seem very likely. I
>>suppose one ought to be glad PCOS is beginning to get some coverage, at
>>least. (Darn it, why didn't this happen even just a few years ago? I
>>mean it took me months to find out what was wrong, then I was totally
>>misinformed and didn't get it treated!)
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>>At Sat, 2 Mar 2002, anonymous wrote:
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>>>Spice Girl Reveals She has PCOS
>>>In a January interview with British Interview Michael Parkinson,
>>>Victoria
>>>Beckham, also known as Posh Spice, has let the world know that she has
>>>PCOS.
>>>Since that time, PCOS has received a lot of coverage in the UK. Beckham,
>>>27, was diagnosed last year after she tried to concieve her second
>>>child.
>>>She is not the first famous British person to admit to having PCOS. in
>>>the
>>>last year, Jules Oliver, wife of the Naked Chef Jamie Oliver, and Kym
>>>Marsh,
>>>former singer for Hear'say have also come forward about having the
>>>condition.
>>>List of Recent PCOS Articles in British Media
>>>The Guardian
>>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4364656,00.html
>>>Feelingfat.com http://www.feelingfat.net/articles/dietart24.asp
>>>BBC Watch Dog
>>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/reports/reports_hcpolycystic.shtml
>>>Spice Girls Asia http://sgasia.tripod.com/spicegirlsoct67.htm
>>>Wellbeing Newsletter
>>>http://www.wellbeing.org.uk/pdf/newsletterspring2001.pdf
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