FINALLY got my GP to refer me to a specialist for suspected PCOS (ultrasound showed cysts and underdeveloped follicle; long cycles; acne...but because day 3 bloods were normal, she'd refused to refer me the first time around).
So, hurrah for persistence (and a bolshy letter from my family GP back home!)
She was, however, clearly nonplussed and quite huffy about it, and said that there was no way that she could refer me to a 'fertility specialist' on the NHS. I said that I'd assumed I would be seeing an endocrinologist, and she said 'you can if you want to, but it's usually gynaes who deal with PCOS'. Is this true? Essentially, I want someone who a) knows about PCOS and b) can prescribe Clomid, etc. if necessary.
Any tips would be very helpful. Apparently she's going to put a referral through 'to the hospital', although I'm not sure to what department (we were talking on the phone, and she hung up rather abruptly...)
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ChateauMargot · 29/03/2011 15:13
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