I am so tired of people not understanding what PCOS does to us. There is a thread in the General forum where the poster said she has PCOS and therefore has difficulty loosing weight and keeping it off. Anyways, her reason for posting was that she is having doubts about the surgery for other reasons such as financial, etc. I about flipped when I read the response from a poster who said (I did the boldface font):

"..... As a side issue, you may want to get another opinion on the idea that your weight loss is significantly effected by your polycystic ovarian syndrome, (if I understood your comment correctly). In my opinion, while it may be peripherally related in terms of hormonal- and thus Water retention, it is not something that has a significant impact on your ability to lose wt, and keep it off. (are you on metformin?)......."

And then when I noticed that it was a man who posted it, I about fllipped. He suggested getting another opinion on the idea that our weight loss is signficantly effected by PCOS? It's not an opinion or an idea. It is a fact.

This was the calmest response I could muster:

"Please, Brian, with all due respect, there is no way someone who does not have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome should make statements that imply that water retention is the cause of the inability of those of us that suffer from PCOS to loose weight and keep it off. If only it were as simple as water retention. Peruse the PCOS bandster forum and you'll see stories of what PCOS really does to us. It most definately has a signficant impact on our ability to loose weight and keep it off and water retention is most likely the least of our concerns."

Anybody else fed up with with people having these misconceptions about PCOS?

Please post the link, I'd like to reply *evil grin*

Please post the link, I'd like to reply *evil grin*

Here's the URL

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/surgery-next-week-should-i-cancel-postpone-70622/

It is under the General Surgery forum with the Title 'Surgery next week -- Should I cancel/postponne???' His post is #11. , my reply is #22.

Thanks Marie, I replied, but I wasn't as tactful as you

What an absolute idiot. Spouting about something he knows nothing about grrrrrrrrrrr! Off to looky but tie me down first someone.

My dh had the same thoughts...I made him speak with my endocrinologist..

Amen! BTW...Brian has explained himself a little better. HA!

In general men need to refrain from commenting on female conditions that they will never have or could ever relate to. I can't believe he would even WANT to chime in on such a thread. What a freaking moron?!

Men just dont need to comment on this issue this is one of those few things that they will never under stand what it does to you...(body, mind and soul).....

And there are always going to be dinosaurs...er, I mean men, who just don't get it.

I had someone just the other day tell me that I wouldn't need to have the band if I would just watch what I ate and exercised more. I went off on them...filling them in on my PCOS problems. That shut them up rather quickly. I wish that people wouldn't assume that people with weight issues do nothing but eat... Most days I feel like I could eat nothing for days and still gain weight. Finding this site is really giving me hope that I can finally fix myself and live a better life. Thanks to everyone that shares their storied here. I finally know I am note alone in all of this...

I watch my food all the time...from the plate to my mouth.

PCOS Is still a very widely unrecognized condition in the medical field . With Male docs in particular. I had a male doc tell me once " Who told you you had PCOS " I said "MY OB WHY " he Laughed and rolled his eyes " I looked at him and said " WHO TOLD YOU I was going to pay you " I Laughed rolled my eyes and got up and walked out .

Its A LOT better now than it was 10 yrs ago . But its still a "iffy" condition that docs do not recognize.

Mindy