Re: Looking for an PCOS doctor in Washington
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 5 Nov 2002 14:30:03 -0600 (CST)
Hey we're not supposed to name names here but I have an appointment in 2
weeks with a doc I am hoiping will prove useful... i am in seattle. you
can email me at pondrop###iedrop###waz@drop###pitt.drop###edu and we'll
talk...
drop all the drop### to reply. hope that keeps the spam out... though
nothing ever seems to, blah.
At Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Karen wrote:
>
>Hi, I was diagnosed with PCOS in March of this year. Started on 150mg
>of clomid each month and 1600mg of metformin each day. We had been
>trying for 5 years to get pregnant and learned about PCOS through a
>friend of a friend who has it also. After 5 cycles of this we finally
>got pregnant, and went to confirm it with the doctor. We went for an
>ultrasound at 8 weeks and three days later we lost them (there were
>three of them). This was horrible. We are still recovering as this was
>just 6 weeks ago. My doctor wants me to wait 3 months before trying to
>concieve again, and he has me off of the meds totally. I actually had a
>period on my own two weeks ago, even without the meds (which was am
>miracle in it's self!!) Anyway, we are going to go through one more
>cycle and then start again in January. But I wanted to know if anyone
>knew of a doctor in the Everett, Washington area? While my doctor is a
>great OB/GYN he is not a fertility specialist and doesn't know much
>about PCOS either. I had to diagnose myself and ask for the blood tests
>to check for PCOS. Anyway please let me know if you know anything.
>Thank you!!
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