A couple of years ago I started having unusual menstruation cycles. My mom had to have a procedure around the same time for fibrous tumors. I had to force my doctors to give me an ultrasound just to make sure it wasn’t that. They told me I was paranoid and too young to worry about things like that. Well, I got a call telling I had a cyst on one ovary but that it was normal and not to worry.
Well I just went to the Gyno and I gave him the same films the 1st doctors looked (he said he would have scheduled an ultrasound if I hadn’t had one) at and told me he’s pretty sure I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. He told me it was a good thing I had the ultrasound done & that if left untreated it can cause things like diabetes. So now I’m having a whole battery of blood work and everything to find out what’s wrong.
So I may get diabetes, I may not be able to have kids, and the doctors I saw originally told me nothing was wrong.
What should I do?
2006-07-23 09:31:06 · 2 answers · asked by s_an_dubois 3 in Health ➔ Women's Health
My 1st concern is getting everything straightened out. I am getting treatment.
The problem is the doctors wouldn’t listen to me (I was 19 when this started) they told me it was stress and I was too young to have anything wrong. Then they had the ultrasound films read by ultrasound technician (it’s their job to read the films and make a diagnosis.) they had a week to review the films and they saw one cysts. My Gyno looked threw them and knew right away what was wrong.
2006-07-23 09:51:20 · update #1
What should you do??? Get the tests done and get treated. A couple of years make not much difference in the future outcome of your condition. What you have to do now is adapt a diabetic diet (the earlier you do it, the better). You can still have kids with PCOS (I did!).
2006-07-23 09:38:15 · answer #1 · answered by sveta_dr_mom 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In order to sue you have to prove negligence and harm. Your first doctor may not have been a specialist. It is impossible to know everything about everything - which is why going to a doctor that specializes in ob/gyn cases for problems like yours is sooo important. I think I would concentrate on the positive and follow the advice of doctor #2!
2006-07-23 09:38:55 · answer #2 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋