I saw an endocrinologist on 16th Ave N.W. in Calgary. Dr. R.S.
He apparently is an excellent dr. for diabetes, but would barely spare a moment to consider the problems I was having with hirsutism, weight gain, hypothyroid, acne, high blood pressure, profound fatigue, depression, kidney stones, etc. etc.
He treated me like a mental patient with diabetes.
I had to beg -in tears- for his help. He finally said these things were consistant with PCOS. He said I should always follow my psychiatrist's advice and although the medication I am on causes weight gain, and several women in my family are 250 lb.s+ I may have PCOS, I should think about losing weight. Everything would be better if I lost weight.
Don't you love it when you go to a doctor and tell him, "Doc, there's something really wrong with me. I go to Weight Watchers with a friend and she loses 50 lb. even though her arthritis makes it just about impossible to excercise and I eat less than she does and exercise myself into total exhaustion and I GAIN 10 lb.s."?
And he says I should think about trying to lose weight!!!
In other words, "I don't believe a word you are saying. You're not trying. You're lying. You're wasting my time." |