Hello, AKSonya. I'm glad you had healthy children but I am sorry for all you have suffered, PCOS definitely has some downsides.

I wanted to mention, one common side effect of PCOS is to tend to get boil-like sores, like really bad acne spots, often around the groin, armpits, under the breasts, and other sweaty areas. I don't know if that's what you had on your groin, but possibly it's present as well as your other problems. And yes, low-carbing does seem to help lower the incidence of these things somewhat.