Name:Julie
Age:29 (its the last year of my twenties - scary!!!!)
Family situation: Single (partly due to low self asteem from years of PCOS symptoms I think)
PCOS symptoms: Excess facial and body hair, absent or infrequent periods, excess weight round middle, skin tags, acne, thinning hair, mild depression and anxiety, constant tiredness
Worst thing about PCOS: thinning hair, large stomach in comparison to rest of body, masses of stretch marks from years of yo-yo dieting, worry about health and fertility
Medication used: Xenical for weight loss, hoping for Met soon
NHS or Private: NHS - Symptoms since puberty, saw my GP at age 21 for tests who said there was nothing really to worry about I wasn't particularly bothered, happy to have no periods. Symptoms got worse, read more and more about PCOS. Saw gynie about 9 mths ago, gave me Pill and told me to lose weight. Pill stopped due to High BP & headaches, gynie said there was nothing else they could do for me, cried in the consultation, miraculously this lead to referral to the Endo. Endo was great, very positive. I lost 2 stone (doing WW) from seeing the Gynie so he was happy but seemed preoccupied with giving me weightloss drug, Xenical (it reduces absorbption of fat from diet). Currently waiting for all my hormone tests back and hoping for Met.
It's such a struggle to get to see the right people in the NHS and then with 4 months between appointments, it all takes so long..... Still grateful for free treatment though!!
PM or Email? PM - I've never been PM'd!!!!
Action Taken: Regular gym attendence and upping the exercise done, continuing with Weightwatchers - 3 stones to go
Hello to all, hope to do some more chatting, this website has been a godsend, I no longer feel like a freak!!!!!
Julie
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