Chele:
Thank you for telling me your story. I wish you all the best in your venture to discover all there is to know about PCOS. You stated "what's wrong with me, it's not normal not to ovualate". You are absolutely correct, it's not normal but having PCOS is a disease, I don't know how much you know about PCOS but it is a disease and there is no cure for it. You can try to control some of the symptoms with a low carb diet, meds and excercise but you will always have PCOS. I also belong to a support group for PCOS, I have learned so much by so many wonderful woman. I've discovered that I'm worse than some of them and better than alot of them. I understand how you feel about being discouraged, I feel that way often. I just started my low carbing Jan. 7th and have lost 17-21 lbs. I also started by glucaphage, chromium and magnesium. I've noticed that I feel soooo much better, I have so much more energy and I don't feel as depressed. I was diagnosed years ago with PCOS, but my doctor at that time said "we will just deal with it when your ready to get pregnant". Well, 12 years later and 120 lbs heavier now we are dealing with a lot more. I switched to a PCOS specialist and this is how I discovered glucaphage. I pray that it will work. I know it won't be a miracle drug to shed all of my weight, but I'm hoping it will do alot more than that for me. I just want to feel like a normal woman. I don't want to sound negative, but sometimes I just feel sorry for myself. I know that is soooo selfish to say but I'm just so sick of having to try to find ways to live with PCOS. I know you said you don't really care if you have PCOS, that's great. I'm not sure of any other symptoms you may have or your age but I can tell you that 10-15 years ago, I didn't care either. Now, I regret not caring and not researching and not finding a doctor and making him/her listen to me.
I want to have a baby so badly right now and I know it's just going to be almost impossible for me. I can't even fatham the thought of not having a child. It truly saddens my heart. I have to be on glucaphage for 3 months then my doctor said we will start on fertility drugs. I know even with fertility drugs, their is no guarentee. Back to my original subject about not caring if you have it. PLEASE care...don't wait a minute longer about doing as much research as you can on PCOS. Although you may only have a few symptoms now, as you get older, they can and will get worse. TRUST me. You must take control and do what you can now to control any symptoms you have now, that could be many tpes of symptoms from facial hair, hairy arms, legs, pits (more than usual, courser and darker than most woman) skin tags, mood swings, hot flashes, weight gain, having most of your weigh in your thighs or abdominal area, fatigue..these are just a few off the top of my head. In the beginning I only had (1) of these symptoms....now I have a few!!! I believe it's because I thoght it was no big deal. Today, it's a huge deal!!
I will go for now, I don't want to burden you with all of this information. I hope you find some of the info helpful and if you have any questions, please ask.
Take Care!!
Tara
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