I'm so angry...

[kellinator]

My mom emailed me to have a look on the net at polycystic ovarian syndrome. Well, this explains at least some of my weight gain, my depression, and other assorted symptoms. This disease affects 6-10% of women, most of whom don't even know it.

Of course my doctor didn't offer anything useful. He doesn't care. How many of my male doctors have patted my shoulder and told me to eat out less when I tried to tell them something was wrong? It took my only female doctor to take me seriously.

Until the medical profession gets some enlightenment, I think I'll switch exclusively to female doctors.

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[edie22.livejournal.com]

I've had the same problem forever. I get the "Why don't you just try this diet" crap all the time. But then, they don't pay attention to the excess estrogen, lack of progesterone which causes weight gain too. And makes it harder to lose. Stupid doctors. Even the woman dr I went to didn't want to listen to me. Everyone has the "Just diet. If you stick to it you'll lose weight" theory and say it like the only way their idea would fail is if *I* screw it up. Not that they could ever be wrong.