dr polson @ hope hospital Manchester

Shawbert · 07-21-2009, 10:57 AM

has anyone been to see him? is he any good? heard he works privatly at the manchester fertility clinic too. Going to see him in 3 weeks and hope he will sort me out looool

Shawbert · 07-24-2009, 05:03 PM

well its seem no one else has seen him, so i will let you know what he is like as there is a few girls from the manchester area on here, i copied this from the manchester fertility clinic website, he sounds good!
Dr David Polson, MD FRCOG

Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
David is currently working as a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at Hope Hospital, Salford and has a special interest in subfertility, reproductive endocrinology and assisted conception. He graduated from St Mary's Hospital, London in 1980 and started his career in obstetrics and gynaecology in 1980. He spent two years working in reproductive endocrinology and was awarded his MD for research into polycystic ovaries. He subsequently spent two years working in the Monash IVF Unit in Melbourne and on his return to England, joined MFS in 1990.

His interests remain in polycystic ovaries and all aspects of anovulatory subfertility. He also has a special interest in recurrent miscarriage and pregnancy loss.

satalitegirl · 07-25-2009, 07:14 PM

Hiya, thanks for posting this
I havent seen this doctor as Im currently refered to Rochdale hospital (where I live) but this is really interesting, he sounds great. My SIL has mentioned him I think and I would be interested to know how your appointment went (are you going private or on NHS).

Shawbert · 07-26-2009, 10:06 AM

i'm going nhs only a 3 week wait to see him which is fab i think!! he is at salford royal (hope) you can get the metrolink to it so it aint so bad. i attually work at my dr surgery so i asked if there was any one she recommended and she said he was the best in the manchester area.

satalitegirl · 07-26-2009, 10:12 AM

wow thats great, I wish my doctor was more understanding. Good luck with the appointment and TTC and feel free to PM me if you wanna talk things over, share any tips

Shawbert · 07-26-2009, 10:37 AM

same to you, seem we are quite close !

Eva37 · 07-26-2009, 12:18 PM

a 3 week wait to see a consultant is great! all the best for your appointment.
eva

eruth · 08-02-2009, 05:12 PM

Maybe I'll be lucky and get this guy - I've just got an appointment though at Salford Royal for a week on Tuesday, and I'm hoping the hardest thing will be finding a parking space at rush hour! I know my GP put PCOs on the referral, so that might help there.

I've been off the BCP (diannette) on my GP's advice for just over a month now, and I've got the skin of a teenager again - all greasy and starting to get spotty... Just knowing that there are helpful doctors in my area has made me feel a little bit better.

Shawbert · 08-03-2009, 03:50 PM

if it is a tuesday am it will be him, i'm going on the 11th when are you?

eruth · 08-04-2009, 04:13 AM

I'm there on the 11th too

9.05 am. Like most, I suspect I'm going to hate the proding ang poking bits (I even hate having my blood pressure taken!). I was surprised at how quickly I got an appointment, but when I looked at the options I got through 'Choose and Book' this was the quickest one which had a 4 week wait. It was 12 weeks for North Manchester, or 8 weeks for Fairfield in Bury, and I had no clue where the other two places I was offered were!

Shawbert · 08-04-2009, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by eruth

I'm there on the 11th too

9.05 am. Like most, I suspect I'm going to hate the proding ang poking bits (I even hate having my blood pressure taken!). I was surprised at how quickly I got an appointment, but when I looked at the options I got through 'Choose and Book' this was the quickest one which had a 4 week wait. It was 12 weeks for North Manchester, or 8 weeks for Fairfield in Bury, and I had no clue where the other two places I was offered were!

looooooool i hate having my bp done too, think i have white coat syndrome, i work at my drs so getting my bp done every day to desensitize myself !!!! i can freak out at get it borderline high, so i am taking evidence with me to prove i'm ok looooool i'm such a freak, even taken omega 3 fish oils as i heared it helps lower bp!!! I'm there 10.20 so maybe see you, though sounds like your one of the first in, he will be running behind by my appt

eruth · 08-04-2009, 05:36 PM

All I know is my Boss is just going to love me - I'm out of the office on a course this week, getting the train to Leeds each day. Monday I'll be late in because I've got a 9am dentist appointment, and Tuesday this one

eruth · 08-11-2009, 03:24 PM

So I saw the nice Dr Polson this morning. He advised me to go back on the BCP, but not diannette, and gave me a note for my GP to prescribe me Yasmin. He completely advised against metformin.

As I said to him, my main issue is that I just don't know when AF is going to arrive - I actuially said that I'm going on holiday at the end of the month and I didn't want an unwanted visitor to join me! He said that as I'm a non smoker, there should be no problem with the BCP.

So I dropped the note off at my GP, and I'll have a prescription to pick up in a couple of days and I get control of my body back because I'll know what is happening when.

Shawbert · 08-11-2009, 08:49 PM

well apparantly i don't have PCOS!!! ( not sure i believe him tho, with weight all on my tummy & hairy chin!) i have one bigish cyst on my right ovary, he is taking the wait and see approach with it, so going back in early dec for a repeat ultrasound.

as for my TTC , in the mean time hubby has to have semen analysis done, he thinks i am ovulating as i have regular cycles but short and it will be harder to pin point, so between now and going back, i'm having my progesterone checked on various cd to find out when. Now for the terrible bit, the night be for my next appt we have to bd and then he is going to look at the aftermath!!! ewwwwwww sorry if that tmi.

As regarding my weight, no metformin for me either, i'm not IR so not a chance he is letting me have a go of reductil to help, he would also like me to lose a stone and a half so my bmi is under 30 , as apparently clomid has a much higher sucess rate then.

i found him very easy to talk to and he wasn't patronising,and what he said did make alot of sense, lets just hope he can fix me.

ojcdog · 11-28-2009, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawbert

looooooool i hate having my bp done too, think i have white coat syndrome, i work at my drs so getting my bp done every day to desensitize myself !!!! i can freak out at get it borderline high, so i am taking evidence with me to prove i'm ok looooool i'm such a freak, even taken omega 3 fish oils as i heared it helps lower bp!!! I'm there 10.20 so maybe see you, though sounds like your one of the first in, he will be running behind by my appt

be careful off this doc tricky character we dealed wit end up give wrong info about treatment (ivf) i would recommend st marys . for this guy is a private doc and to be honest does not give a monkeys about nhs patience. so good luck with watever ur doin