Re: Finally diagnoses!!!
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:28:52 -0500 (CDT)
Tina I can't empathize with you enough about feeling "doctored out!"
But, now that you've got a diagnosis, there is a lot of light at the end
of the tunnel and you should be able to manage your PCOS (and all of the
attending problems) with much less effort than it took you before you
had a diagnosis.
Many women with PCOS see an endocrinologist to manage their PCOS because
they specialize in the type of hormonal disturbances that PCOS causes.
Endos are usually the most up to date because it's their area of
specialty. But you don't *HAVE* to see one by any means. See how your
current doctor thinks about it and approaches it, that may be enough for
you.
Good luck!
At Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Tina wrote:
>
>Well, I finally got a dignosis after all these years of reoccuring obgyn
>problems. I am 34 years old and have been unable to conceive for the
>past 6 years despite all my trying. I have had hypothyroidism for the
>last 3 years but have had difficuly in getting a level of med that works
>for me. In short, I have had cysts since I was 12 and for the last two
>years I have had such erratic, intense menses that I have had 2
>D&Cs(along with anemia) a course or two of provera, infected Bartholon?
>Cysts and yet till today no definite answers. During a physical for a
>new job which included a routine blood work up, my family physician
>found an exceedingly high blood sugar level. Upon discussing my female
>problems with him, he immediately ordered more bloodwork and an
>ultrasound. AND THERE YOU HAVE IT....Not only do I have Type II
>diabetes, I also have been diagnosed with PCOS. Please tell me there is
>light at the end of this tunnel. I have never felt so horrible both and
>physically and emotionally. Do I need to see an endocrinologist or
>what? I am about doctored out. This was the 12th doctor I have seen
>before being properly diagnosed.
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