I'm a newby here.
I was first DXed wth PCOS about 3 years ago based on a hormone assay, but for various reasons was never able to get a pelvic US to check for actual cysts.
Now my new doc is a bit dubious about the reliability of the old diagnosis, so I'm honestly not sure if I have PCOS or something else.
I have mild hirsutism, acanthosis nigricans, and chronic amenorrhea (over a year and counting since my LMP, but I'm not IR, so who the heck knows.
;-p
Anyway, I'm 6'1" and my weight ranges from 130 (when I am very, very ill. I have occasional bouts of something like IBS) to 160 when I'm trying REALLY hard to gain weight and making myself almost as sick in the process. My "default" weight seems to be around 150.
I consider this to be unpleasantly thin. I feel bony and bruise easily. But it's not worth the way I feel if I try to "bulk up" either.
I'm very fortunate in having conceived and borne to lovely daughters. One was a pill baby and the other conceived about a week after removing a Mirena IUD. I suspect that the BC had some effect on my being able to conceive in those cases, but since the birth of #2, I can't seem to take hormonal BC without suffering unacceptable side effects.
Maybe it's just stupid trying to conceive with all the problems my body seems to have <shrug>.
Anyway, I was delighted to find that there's actually a FORUM for skinny cysters! I seriously thought I must be the only one out here! <LOL!> |