When I left the office of the local endocrinologist, I knew I would not be going back. I needed to find someone who was more compassionate and caring and treated me as an individual. This first guy was a jerk and I wasn't going to support his business.
I looked on the internet and called around looking for an appointment with a specialist (a Reproductive Endocrinologist.) I got extremely lucky and when I reached an office in the larger city we are close to, they had just gotten a new doctor to their well-established practice. He was someone with lots of experience who just happened to move to the area recently from Atlanta. In fact, he could see me on Monday (I was calling on a Friday.) I was scheduled to go the next Monday (after my horrible appointment on Wed with the other guy). I asked my husband to come along this time to help have someone else to digest the information and to have some more support. He agreed.
We met with this doctor on Monday afternoon. He was obviously new to the practice because he was unsure of how the procedures went, but he was EXTREMELY HELPFUL. He sat and talked with us for about 3 hours, explaining PCOS, the criteria for diagnosing it, the chances of future pregnancies, normal course of treatment, etc. He then sent me for an ultrasound to check my ovaries for cysts and said that I should make an appointment in another month to discuss the results of the ultrasound.
He used the Rotterdam Criteria to diagnose PCOS in which the patient needs to have 2/3 characteristics to be diagnosed. I already had the hormone levels that were off and I needed to have polycystic appearing ovaries to be completely diagnosed. He said he would discuss those results at my next appointment.
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