PCOS Messages for September, 2002: Re: PCOS sufferers in the UK

Re: PCOS sufferers in the UK

From: Abi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:37:43 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi Gem,

I can't offer much in response to your questions, just to say that I am a (potential) PCOS sufferer from UK too. My symptoms; weight gain from slim size 12 in jeans and mini tops to frumpy dumpy 22 and ashamed to go out in 3 months (ugh); periods gone from 11 days long to 3 days long (quite nice in itself!) I agree that therte doesn't appear to be much in the UK resource-wise - I happened to find out about PCOS from a magazine of my Mum's which i was flicking through, otherwise I would not have known what to do. (I have had all the suual trying-to-lose wieght-and-failing stuff and having people just think I'm fat - or pregnant).

I haven't signed up to Verity - but I may do if it turns out I have PCOS. Hormone test results (blood test) were borderline, so got to have them re-done, but now have to wait for the right time in my cycle - nearly a month away!

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Abi x

At Tue, 27 Nov 2001, UK wrote:
>
>Myself and my best friend both (coincidentally) both have PCOS.
>We are becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of knowldge that
>doctors have.
>My consultant is supposed to be a specialist in PCOS but still doesn't
>seem to understand the connection with Insulin Resistance (and found out
>yesterday he's also a top endicronoligist - s'cuse spelling !).  We seem
>to know more about it than they do.
>I wondered if anybody in the UK could recommend any sources of info for
>PCOS and let me know if they have had successes with doctors, what meds
>they're on (seems to be a lot more stingy than USA - they don't offer us
>anything) and also if anybody has signed up to the UK support group
>(Verity) and whether they think it's any good.
>
>Thanks very much.
>
>Gem

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