24 April 2000-- After that bad scene with the "new" doctor, I really freaked out and had no idea what my next move would be. I resigned myself to finding my own course of treatment. I decided to use herbs and low carb dieting and do it all myself. I guess that I am not as strict or as motivated as I thougth that I was, because I just could not do it. I tried taking herbs for awhile, and they really seemed to help, but the cost was just so high, that I would have to stop taking them for weeks on end. Low carb dieting worked for awhile, but I found that if I went off of it for too long, then I would gain a ton of weight. So, I have decided that tomorrow I am going to go to the health center and try to get a referral to see a specialist. I hope to go when that nasty doctor isn't in. Maybe a doctor who doesn't really know that much about PCOS will refer me on. No, he will give me a referral. I am so tired of not getting help for this!!!

25 April 2000-- I went to the health center today and managed to get a referral!!! Woo-hoo! I got there right before Dr. C. goes on duty and saw a different doctor. He is a gynecologist, but had no knowledge of PCOS. My primary purpose of going there was to get something to stop dysfunctional uterine bleeding (I had been bleeding non-stop for weeks). He didn't know what to do for that either. So, he gave me a BLANK REFERRAL FORM. I thanked him and walked out before Dr. C. could ask any questions. The hunt is on for an knowledgable doctor.

4 May 2000-- I have spent the last few weeks trying to find a doctor, any doctor, who knows anything at all about PCOS. Nothing! I called seventeen doctors within a 100 mile radius of Athens, and no one knew anything more about it than treating it with birth control pills. In fact, some of the doctors had never even heard of that! Why is that so many women have PCOS and so few doctors know how to treat it?!

I dropped off all kinds of literature about treating PCOS with insulin-sensitising drugs and most of the doctors' receptionists call me back and told me that the doctor was greatful for the information, but he (there were very few shes) didn't know enough about the treatment to help me in the way that I wanted to be helped. But, she always asked, could he keep the information? Well, I really appreciate that! I do all of this work in the hopes finding a dr. who will at the very least work with me on this, and he just wants to keep the info? Hopefully it will come in useful to treat another cyster!

What are my options now? I think that I am going to have to call Dr. Glueck in Cinncinnati, Ohio. He is the only doctor near enough to hear that knows about PCOS. I don't know what else to do. I just worry that my crappy insurance will pay for it.

10 May 2000-- I have an appointment to see Dr. Glueck on June 4. Wish me luck!

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