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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Female Doctors Just as Bad!

[kelliecoo.livejournal.com]

My best friend saw a female doctor and female nurse. Even though she hadn't had a period in years they did nothing for her. She complained, she begged, she exhbited all the signs of PCOS. After a year or two of being ignored by the female doctor and the female nurse practioner, she went to a male doctor who promptly ordered an unltrasound. Guess what they found a couple cysts and then one very large one, oh only about the size of a baseball, wrapped around her left falopian tube and laying up against her uteras, basically crushing it. Her new doctor ordered her surgery, they removed the cysts and now her chances of having a baby on her own without major help are pretty much nill.

A bad doctor is a bad doctor, that is all their is to it. I am sure you can tell I am bitter. One of the bigger signs is dark rims around your neck and in your armpits. Weight is a big one too and one of the doctors my best friend went to see said that weight loss actually causes PCOS to reverse itself. Except that it is really hard to lose weight with polycystic ovaries, go figure.

You should demand an ultrasound. Print this story out, tell them what one of their collegues did to my best friend and tell them you will not let them do it to you!