Ok....I will do my best to keep this as short and simple as possible... LOL yeah like I am good at that!
So here goes...
First let me say, I believe I am a product of my own undoing...LOL And I also believe a product of what can happen when you have mindless doctors who don't know jack diddly about anything! LOL
I am 29 about to turn 30....have been dx with PCOS since around 16. Unfortunetly no one ever told me this was a bad thing. On my own, after ttc #1 for the first 3 yrs of marriage, I began to do some research...but not a lot was avalible to me... ANYWAY~
Here I am.....at 267lbs.
finally realising that this is BAD!!!!!!!!!!!
My cholesteral is bad, my tirgycerides are 307!!!
Fasting glucose was 117!!!
My periods are CRAZY and unpredictible
I am still ttc #1...ten years later. Wow thats a long time...
the only good thing is my bp is normal!
The kicker...my doctor doesn't feel comfortable putting me on Metformin, she thinks it would be of no use! IS SHE CRAZY!!!!?????!!!!!! This even after reading my transfered chart stating my former doc was going to put me on it. Anyway She wants to monitor me and check my b/w for the next several months then make changes. She feels losing weight will benifit, I agree....but then wouldn't help me select a plan or refer me to the nutritionist. Didn't see it as necessary
Thought I could just do it on my own.
UGH!!! Doctors!
FYI....I will be looking for a new doctor! ASAP!
Here is what I need help with.
I AM TAKING CONTROL OF MY LIFE!!!
1) Diet......I have tried several with minimal results. Currently looking at starting South Beach again, or Insulin Resistance Diet....(I am severly IR)
2) For those with PCOS who have been ttc....what did you find helped?
Natural means....herbs, supplements, vitamins???
(side note, yes I have been in active tx with an RE before...lets say we have been on a very long break, 3 years or so from tx, not ttc)
3) Any little tidbits you think may be helpful in my journey.
This has been a long time coming, I wish at 16 they would have told me even a little of what I was in for and what I could be doing to help myself. But here I am almost 30, still childless and desperate to make a life change that will benifit ME!!!
Thanks for taking the time to read this and for giving me any help...sorry this seemed to ramble a bit....I'm tired!
Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!
Jamie