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Re: My daughter, 21 just diagnosed
From: Michael (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 4 Dec 2002 07:49:37 -0600 (CST)
I'm sorry, but I still feel like your trying to tell her what to should
be important to her and what should not.
At Wed, 4 Dec 2002, jodi wrote:
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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.
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>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.
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>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:
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>>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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