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Re: What is your family history with PCOS?
From: Tanya (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 00:38:59 -0500
hmm, just had to reply..i have family from Yugoslavia too! Are ya Serbian or Croation? Im a serb here...LOL sorry, its just that i dont ever run into too many ppl that are either serb or croat.....
Tanya Martin
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (AD)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS
>Subject: Re: What is your family history with PCOS?
>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:36:39 -0500
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>My father (72) had an aunt from Yugoslavia...I never knew her as she
>only came to the US once or twice. She and her husband tried for years
>to have children and were never able to (obviously, back then, there
>were no fertility treatments), she was also rather obese and suffered
>greatly from hirsutism. She was never dx with PCOS as that didn't exist
>either. I'm not sure if there's any connection, but I did read once
>somethng regarding the "PCOS gene" or "IR gene" coming from the male
>side of the family...sounds like it may have in my case. Who knows. I
>am one of 5 children, my mother is one of 9 (8 girls, each having 3 or
>more children of their own) and my mother's mother was one of 15....I
>can't say there's anything pointing to PCOS on her side of the family.
>:-) Appt with new Endo Tuesday...keeping my fingers crossed.
>
>At Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Kristy wrote:
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> >I don't have a family history of PCOS.
> >
> >=====
> >Kristy :)
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> >
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> >
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> >
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