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Re: TO KRISTIN 10 years too late
From: Angela (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:34:32 -0500 (CDT)
This is probably going to sound stupid, I live in Connecticut, I live in
Groton, CT to be precise. But don't ask me if this is south or North.
Anyway, I was diagnosed with PCOS & IR in June 2000, this is after years
and years of going to different OBGYN that couldn't find out what was
wrong with me.
I went to an RE (but he is also a Inferitity specilaist) his name is Dr.
Hugh Taylor and he is at Yale New Haven. If you want more information
or his phone number email me at faussetja@ol.com.
At Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Kristin wrote:
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>I found this site tonight and am posting for the first time. I am so
>frustrated right now! My mother was diagnosed with PCOS in the 70's,
>long before they really knew anything about it, but, by some miracle,
>got pregnant with me right after coming off of the pill (in whatever
>form the pill took 30 years ago--it was certianly a stronger dose than
>what I was on in the 90's). She and my father later divorced, so since
>she wasn't having sex and/or trying to get pregnant, it never occured to
>her that she might have fertility problems. She didn't get her period
>until she was 17(!!), so when mine hadn't come by the end of my 16th
>year, I was upset but not panicked (just a "late bloomer" like Mom, you
>know). I was still seeing a pediatrician at this time, and rather than
>sending me to an OBGYN, he tried proestrogen to induce my period. It
>worked -- and since I was young and foolish and wanted to have sex far
>earlier than I should have, I immediately went on the pill. Needless to
>say, that fixed my period problem. I got it nice and regularily, every
>28 days, and it never occured to me that anything could be wrong. This
>initial visit was in 1991. Now, more than ten years later, married, and
>ready to think about having children, I discovered that I, too, most
>likely have PCOS. They are doing more tests to confirm, but that's the
>initial diagnosis. I only went off the pill this January, and I haven't
>had a period since. I don't have facial hair problems though my actual
>hair has always been very fine, and I have a lean body...except for my
>waist, which has always been out of proportion to my small frame. I
>also have high cholestrol and suffered through anxiety-based depression
>over the past few years. I am frustrated that I am only finding this
>out now, and I don't really know why I'm posting except to reach out for
>advice. I have been reading a lot, though I feel like I am hearing some
>things that contradict each other, but what worries me the most is
>finding a really good doctor. Is OBGYN better than endocrinologist? Or
>should I seek out a fertility clinic? Is anyone familair with the
>doctors in southeastern Connecticut, where I live? I would appreciate
>any feedback you can give me. Thank you.
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