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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Original poster

to take my beard to the GP and insist Something is done?

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DameHermione · 15/04/2012 12:32

it's not normal. it can't be.

I am also fat, spotty, and my periods are and have always been problematic.

So, will I be fobbed off again - like I have been periodially over the years?

How can I get him/her to do something? and if so what?

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MagsAloof · 15/04/2012 12:33

Sounds like polycystic ovaries. I am not a doctor, but the symptoms are classic. Go along and say you'd like a scan to rule this out.

GinPalace · 15/04/2012 12:33

Have you been checked for poly cystic ovary syndrome?

It could also be hormonal - have these things been looked at?

failing all else - change your doctor - I finally swapped practices after years of thinking doctors were a waste of space - quite a difference I found!

SpanglyGiraffe · 15/04/2012 12:35

Another here thinking this sounds like it might well be poly cystic ovaries. Go back to your GP & ask for a scan. Or change GP . Hope they can sort something out for you.

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DameHermione · 15/04/2012 12:38

it is kind of obvious what i suspect it might be.

last dr i saw told me to see the practice nurse for diet advice and gave me a prescription for a combined pill, despite my history of being fat, ectopic, being old and suicidal last OCP i was given.

i'm fed up with looking like sometyhing from a channel 4 documentary. i look like i eat takeaways every day. I don't. it's not fair and it's getting to me.

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Birdsgottafly · 15/04/2012 12:41

My DD has PCOS, she was diagnosed at 14, through having extreme periods.

When we saw the consultant and he examined her, he said that he was pretty sure that she had this condition, because of the pattern of body hair that she had,on top of other symptoms.

She had blood tests and a scan. The blood tests check hormone levels and are best done without any contraceptive in your sytem.

chuffsticks · 15/04/2012 12:41

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Birdsgottafly · 15/04/2012 12:42

X post- insist on a referal to your 'womens' hospital.

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DameHermione · 15/04/2012 12:43

i haven't plucked for a week in preparation for making an appointment. it's hideous. and i have to go to work.

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GinPalace · 15/04/2012 12:46

Oh Dame that sounds so demoralising.

Hope you get sorted soon.

Once you get diagnosed maybe you will have some improvement - if not would laser treatment be affordable for you? I have some unwanted hair I would love to laser but not got the cash sadly.

PerryCombover · 15/04/2012 12:48

Yanbu at all. If you are unhappy or being fobbed off openly ask for a consultation with another GP.

ImperialBlether · 15/04/2012 13:08

Could you take some photos and then get rid of the hair, so that you're not too stressed when going to work?

Yeahthatsnotgonnahappen · 15/04/2012 13:22

I would second the suggestion to photo it and then pluck. Have you looked into more permanent solutions for hair removal? Unfortunately it isn't available on the NHS but if it were me, I'd swallow the cost or save up for it over a period of time so that I wasn't self-conscious.

As an aside, I would recommend whipping out the camera if you need to show your GP/doctor things - I remember seeing one which was incredible helpful that the GF of a guy who had 'odd' behaviour that he couldn't control, cue diagnosis of partial seizures.

Oh and OP, it does scream PCOS - do you see the same GP all the time? Could you ask to see a different one? There normally is one who has an interest in O&G, either check their website or ask the receptionist. If it'd help, take a friend with you to bolster your confidence in asking for referral/scan.

eurochick · 15/04/2012 13:26

Your symptoms really do suggest PCOS, OP.

I was diagnosed with it as a teenager. I had unwanted hair and had is lasered. It was quite expensive but well worth it. It hasn't got rid of it 100% - I need to get a top up about once a year or pluck the odd one that appears but it is so much better than it was. I was always incredibly self-conscious about it.

Try eating a low GI diet to help with the other symptoms - I do a rough and ready version of this, trying to eat brown bread/rice/etc where I would otherwise eat white and try to avoid eating sugary foods and when I do have them, have them with some protein (e.g. a few nuts if I am eating fried fruit). I feel so much better for it.

GinPalace · 15/04/2012 13:28

I have also ceased to see male doctors as I find they don't listen at all and lady doctors are much better!

i.e Me to disinterested male Doc: 'copious quantities of sick, rivers of vomit"
Docs next question: 'was it much vomit?' ffs.

Maybe a lady doctor would take these issues more seriously.

GrumbleAndGrouse · 15/04/2012 16:23

Another one saying pcos.

My symptoms were much better when i was on a certain pill.

Ask for a scan and blood test. If your gp won't then try another, i saw 2 (female as it happens) gps who both dismissed my symptoms. Saw a 3rd (this time male ) gp and was refered at 1st appt. If it wasn't for the last gp i doubt i would be diagnosed now as i don't have all the classic symptoms so was dismissed by the earlier gps.

noinspiration · 15/04/2012 16:31

I gave up with my gp and went to for a well woman check up at a private clinic. It was worth the expense to get the diagnosis, and then your GP is obligated to take it seriously and treat you.

The contraceptive Dianette is often prescribed for PCOS (assuming you not ttc). It's a pretty horrible pill with all sorts of side effects (depression, mood swings, constipation, total death of libido to name a few I can remember), so if you go that route don't be afraid to go straight back to the GP if it isn't working out for you.

LittleMissMcFartyPants · 15/04/2012 16:32

Me too! Hairy, Fat, spotty and moody
PCOS here
I too pluck every day or would look like the bearded lady.

piprabbit · 15/04/2012 16:37

My DMum has been experiencing similar problems - her GP has taken her seriously, referred her for testing etc. and she is now getting some treatment and she is nearly 70yo. There is no reason at all why you shouldn't expect your medical problem to be taken equally seriously - you deserve to be listened to and treated as effectively as possible, not expected to tolerate the situation for the next xx years.

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