Just in case someone new to PCOS is reading! There's better info out
there! (For instance, the other three links in that list!)
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Sonnet
At Fri, 24 May 2002, Ann wrote:
>
I never mentioned what you
>said in your post about Birth defects or anything like that .
>>The next thing I want to say is I did NOT like the first article you
>>posted... I'm not saying this to make you feel bad, I'm saying this
>>because I think you should pretend you never read it. I do not think
>>PCOS should be considered a "birth defect." I do not think it is
>>accurate to say that the uterine lining builds up and "hardens." (???)
>>Thickens, yes... but if it HARDENED it would never come out! I have
>>never heard of a hump on the back or adrenal hyperplasia being
>>complications of PCOS. The hump on the back is something else...
>>Cushings? ... I really do not think this
>>woman did her research well at all. Delayed onset of periods is NOT a
>>sign of PCOS. Women with PCOS can get their first period at any time. .. I do not feel PCOS should be referred to as a "rare
>>disorder..."
>>
>>Seriously. I feel this is a terrible article and you should pretend you
>>didn't read it. She doesn't even mention excess hair in it!!!!! You
>>cannot write about PCOS and leave out excess hair. If you'd like some
>>off-line studying of this, get Samuel Thatcher's book "PCOS: The Hidden
>>Epidemic."
>>>>>>>>>
Here's some PCOS web sites i'd like to share with you if you
>>>haven't already seen them. Thanks , Ann
>>>
>>>http://nyny.essortment.com/informationonp_rikl.htm
>>>http://www.resolve.org/
>>>http://www.inciid.org/faq/pcos.html
>>>http://blues.fd1.uc.edu/~gartsips/polycyst.htm
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