Hi My Name is Alison And heres a few details about me
Age 34
I was 21 when i got diagnosed with pcos but had had he sysptoms since i was 16 I lost count of the pregnancy test i kept having from 16 to 21 as my periods were so irregular they kept thinking i was pregnant till i saw a different doctor who looked at other syptoms and sent me to the hospital where i saw the gynacolgist who did a scan and found mutliple cyst on my ovaries and it wasnt till another year later when i was 21 that i had a wedgery section which was supposed to help with the sysptoms when they finally diagnosed pcos and said unless i wanted to get pregnant the wedgery section should help and that i should also try to loose weight which i did. Which helped for a few years my periods were still iratic but i guess i learned to live with it. The hardest thing of all was living with the hair as people stare. I maried a great man who had already got 3 kids. who in the end moved in to live with there dad and me. Which was great but deep down i still wanted a child of mine own. They have all grown up now and leading there own lives. My middle step son and his finace and having a baby and heres me still not able to without help. I shouldent feel envyious but its so hard. But we have decided to get help and my gp refered me to the specilist at the hospital and i have an appointment with the fertility clinic tomorrow at 2.
My P.C.O.S. Syptoms are
Difficulty with conceiving, Excessive hair under my chin and all over my body,irregular cycles,heavy periods,multiple cysts on my ovaries.
My irregular periods got better when i lost a stone. Plus my gp put me on dianette to help my periods and the hair which it seemed to do a litle with the periods but not a lot for the hair but we have decided to try for a baby so i have stopped the dianette. But since stopping it i had put on over 7 ibs which i had started to loose it so frustrating has anyone else had that problem.
Medication.
Im not on anything at the min for my pcos but 2 years ago i was also diagnosed with a form of arthritis and i am on an anti malari tablet for that. Plus as i said above i was on dianette till recently.
I have an appointment tomorrow at my local hospital to go to the fertility clinic to see about getting help to concieve which scares me as i want a baby so much i just want to get help and i worry about asking the right questions and getting things sorted so i wnt online and found this site so im new to soul cycters and hope to get some help and advice.
My GP thinks that i may be prescribed met or clomid or maybe both. I will just have to see.
I hope i didnt go on too much
ALi |