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re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Are illnesses harder to get over with NCAH? Aug. 16th, 2007 5:55am
INITIALLY I NOTICED HAIR UNDER HER ARMS AND THOUGHT I WAS SEEING THINGS. SHE WAS ALMOST SEVEN AT THE TIME. THEN SHE TOLD ME SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GETTING HAIR ON HER PRIVATE PARTS. HER HAIR WAS VERY BLOND ON HER BODY SO IT WASN'T NOTICEABLE. I CAUGHT A SECOND GLIMPSE OF HER UNDERARMS AND BROUGHT HER TO THE PEDIATRICIAN. HER APPOINTMENT WAS IN MARCH RIGHT AROUND HER SEVENTH BIRTHDAY AND SHE WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED IN JUNE. THE MD AT DARTMOUTH ONLY SENDS BLOODWORK TO A LAB IN CA SO GETTING THE RESULTS BACK TOOK 3-4 WEEKS. THER WERE TWO ROUNDS OF BLOODWROK. THE FIRST PEDIATRIC ENDO WE SAW WAS FEMALE AND HER BEDSIDE MANOR WAS NOT GREAT. ALSO WE COULD NEVER GET IN TOUCH WITH HER. WE STAYED IN THE SAME PRACTICE AND THE HEAD OF THE DEPT IS OUR MD. WE LIKE HIM A LOT. SHE HAS HAD A TOTAL OF THREE BONE AGE STUDIES AND THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WNL'S. HER 17OHP IS 6000 SO I GUESS WE'RE LUCKY HER BODY SEEMS TO BE RESPONDING MINIMALLY. WERE ALL THE USUAL TESTS PERFORMED AGAIN AT NIH? HOW DID YOU END UP HAVING GENETIC TESTING? WERE YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND ALREADY DIAGNOSED WITH CAH?I CALLED SHORTLY AFTER OUR DAUGHTERS DIAGNOSIS AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD ONLY DO HER GNETIC TESTING. I'M CONERNED ABOUT MAKING HER GO THROUGH THE TESTS AGAIN. HOW DID YOUR CHILDREN HANDLE THIS?
