 Nervous!
Hi :-)
I am very new here. Instead of an "I'm new thread" I thought I might combine that with a "help me" type of thread, if that's okay!
I was diagnosed with PCOS February 2008 shortly after I went to the doctor for pain during intercourse and not having a period for over a year. She suspected cysts, so I had some blood work done. My hormone levels were out of whack, so it was confirmed with an ultra sound. I'm 5'10" and 160 pounds, so I was doubtful I had PCOS at first, but I have grown to accept it.
My DH is in the Navy, so we've moved twice over the past 7 months. I am quite the procrastinator, and never made it to the doctor for further treatment until now. I just made an appointment at the GYN office on base for the 20th, and I am truthfully scared. I want to have children, and my husband and I haven't used protection in over a year. I honestly don't know what this doctor is going to say. I've had my medical file faxed to this GYN clinic (which I've never been to a GYN clinic on a military base).
The doctor who diagnosed me said I should have no problem conceiving with the right tools, and there is still a chance I could conceive naturally (I wish!). Has anyone here ever had any experience with GYN clinics on a base? Do they just refer PCOS patients, or treat them there? FYI, I have Tricare Prime. I looked at some of the archives of threads concerning Tricare, but I found none with my current situation (I'm not going to my PCM, I'm going to a facility on base that Prime still covers~ according to a friend of mine who has done the same thing).
Anyway, I know this was probably more of a rant than anything, and I apologize. It's just hard to relate, or talk to people about this at times. The last friend I talked to who has PCOS has been pregnant 3 times already, and has chosen an abortion out of those 3, and now she is pregnant again. I am ashamed to say at times I am seething with jealousy. I am thankful for these boards.
Thank you. | 
I'm really new here as well... I have Tricare Prime (my husband is active AF) and have been going to the base clinic and labs for about 6 years. Whenever there is anything outside their area of expertise - which has happened a few times in my experience, as most of them seem to be PAs or NPs, they usually refer you to a specialist. Sometimes they'll write a referral if you just request it. I was referred within one visit at the base GYN to an endocrinologist because she suspected I had PCOS.
