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Re: Overweight for 20 yrs...
From: Anna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:16:44 -0500 (CDT)
I'm in LA as in Louisiana.
At Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Valerie wrote:
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>When you say you are in LA do you mean Los Angeles or Louisiana? If L.A.
>email me for a doc referal
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>--
>ValerieC
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>At Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Anna wrote:
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>>Ok, I feel really ignorant here. What is this PCOS? I am 45yo at the
>>time of this writing. I had a complete hysterectomy 5 yrs ago. What
>>led up to it was that I had cysts entangled so badly around my left
>>ovary, that blood circulation was almost entirely cut off. For 4-6
>>months prior to emr surgery, I had several episodes of being rushed to
>>hospital with extreme pain/throwing up. During all this time my
>>internist was misdiagnosing me, telling me it was my colon and to lose
>>weight. Finally after 8 days of hosp stay following an emr rm visit, lo
>>and behold, the cysts were discovered. My "kind" internist sent an
>>OB-GYN in my rm to offer his services for hysterectomy. I politely told
>>him "No thanks, I have my own GYN." My GYN, who WAS trustworthy, checked
>>out the tests and assured me the surgery was necessary. She performed
>>surgery and now, 5 yrs later, I am even more overweight than I've ever
>>been. I am 100lbs overwt, all in the stomach area. How can I find out
>>if my problem is this PCOS? What kind of doc would I see? We moved out
>>of state since my surgery so that doc is not an option anymore. I live
>>in LA. I have never had a doc tell me why I am so overweight in my
>>stomach. I have just assumed it was in the genes...my grandmother had
>>the same body shape as I do. This is too weird. Can someone please
>>help explain. I'm so weary from reading at websites, different symptoms
>>of illnesses and diseases. So many of them overlap. I don't want to
>>think I have symptoms of another illness but if this is really the
>>problem I've been having, what can I do to solve it?
>>
>>--
>>Anna
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