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Re: TO KRISTIN 10 years too late
From: Jennifer (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:12:51 -0400
I also live in New Haven and I have seen an endocrinologist/blood specialist in
Hamden CT that's pretty good. His name is Dr. Lang......he works with medicine
and alternative treatments.
Angela wrote:
> 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:
> >
> >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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