PCOS Messages for December, 2002: Re: My daughter, 21 just diagnosed

Re: My daughter, 21 just diagnosed

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 4 Dec 2002 00:17:22 -0600 (CST)

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And I did not mean to imply that your daughter is immature and not capable of making this decision, as some have suggested.

I really feel that people should have children when THEY feel they are ready to have them, not when society or fears of what might happen down the road dictate. SO if your daughter has her reasons for wanting to wait 5 years, she must have given this some thought, and current medical problems shouldn't necassarily force her to change her mind.

So it sounds like your daughter has more issues to deal with than the PCOS. Your original post was asking if cancer concerns due to PCOS should sway her decision to put off having children. There really aren't any, if the PCOS is being treated. It is possible that she will have to decide, kids now or never, but this isn't true for certain.

But it sounds as if your daughter has cancer concerns of another nature. Not that it matters, but HPV comes in like 18 different varieties... only two cause genital warts, so it's not the same thing. But I did not say that that is the ONLY thing that could be causing abnormal pap smears. If she does have some form of cervical cancer, then hopefully it is being caught early, as it is treatable when caught early. Can't say much about the biopsy thinning her cervix, but I really don't know how a cervical biopsy is done. I know that when a LEEP procedure is done, a section of cervix is removed - the part with the most high risk cells - and there is a possibility of this having an effect on a woman's ability to carry a child. There are ways, however, to deal with cervix-related pregnancy issues, such as a cerclage (sp) to hold the cervix closed. You will have to talk to your doctor about this. Treating whatever this is should probably take priority to trying to concieve, but it really depends on what the problem is, and what treatment will entail. Since this really isn't related to PCOS, however, you might want to try posting to the women's health forum. You might get some better answers there.

At Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Penny wrote: >
>I did not mean to start a fight here. My daughter is very mature & is
>in a stable relationship. Their plan was to wait another 5 yrs to have
>children until this came up but are now trying to figure out the best
>way to approach it. They very much want to have children. I am just
>trying to come up with the correct answer for her. Since I know very
>little about this syndrom I was hopeing to get some advise from people
>who know more. She has had 2 bad paps and if this next one is bad will
>have to have biopsy. At this point test have not come up with the
>reason why the bad paps. I can tell you she does not have genital
>warts. He did not want to do biopsy due to the fact it will thin her
>cervix out. Bad paps can be the result of your partners past
>relationships also. We all know that in this day & time kids are
>sexually active for the most part and can run into problems because of
>it. My daughter has had one other relationship so who knows. I really
>don't care. My concern is with this syndrom and because of the bad paps
>has it already taken its toll on her body. If this runs into cancer
>eventually or if this stuff gets worse with age then my question is &
>was should she not consider going ahead & try to start her family. I
>would think that the longer this goes the harder it will be. Can anyone
>tell me?
>Again Thanks, Penny

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