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Re: Am I just imagining it?
From: Koolaide (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 7 Apr 2002 22:45:55 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Angie....doesn't sound like you are imagining all this, sounds pretty
real to me. If your mom won't let you go to a gyno, ask your family
doctor on your next visit to refer you, and tell him why, ask him to do
blood work to check your insulin. Keep reading up on pcos and go in
prepared. You may want to print off some stuff and show your mom, there
is no denying it, you do have many of the symptoms and if you can get
some treatment that would be great.
Good luck to you, and you have stumbled across the best group of women I
have ever met, they are not only helpful and knowledgeable, they are
nice people. Glad you are here.
At Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Angie wrote:
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>Lately I have been doing a lot of research online to try and figure out
>why I am having problems with my menstrual cycle, etc. I came across a
>lot of PCOS websites and I was shocked to find that I have a lot of the
>signs related to it. By the way, I am only 17 (well I will be in a
>couple of weeks). I am overweight, have been since I was younger,
>though. I have excess hair on my body and face. For the most part it
>is blonde hairs, but they have been getting darker in areas. I have
>acne, my menstrual cycle is not a monthly thing...they ranges anywhere
>from 3-14 months apart without having one. I have also read skin
>discoloration and skin tags are also a sign. I have discoloration
>everywhere on my body (neck, armpits, between thighs, and other place).
>I have skin tags in my arm pits and on my elbows. I have been tested
>for diabetes, but was told I do not have it. Oh, and also, I lose a
>huge, not normal, amount of hair off my head everyday. I dye my hair
>quite a bit though, so I am not sure if that has anything to do with it.
>It is extremely thin. The reason I came here is to ask if it IS a
>definate possibility that I might have this disease or if my symptoms
>are so common...that they can't necessarily be linked to PCOS. My
>mother refuses to take me to see a gynocologist, so I am basically in a
>bind and I don't know what to do. She says it's only because I am a
>teenager and I am overweight. It still worries me, so any advice would
>be very much appreciated! Thanks a lot!
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