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Phira · 06-17-2007, 04:46 PM

-=-=-=- YOU-=-=-=-
1. Name: Stephanie.
2. Age/D.O.B: 9/22/86 (okay, so not a teen anymore!).
3. Boyfriend/Girlfriend's Name: Rob.
-=-=-=- Favorites! -=-=-=-=-
4.Your favorite colour: Blue!
5.Your favorite meal to cook: I can't cook, but I bake super cookies.
6.Your favorite meal to eat out: Mmmm, Italian . . .
7.Your Favorite drink: Crystal Light Lemonade.
8.Your favourite movie: The Princess Bride.
9.Your favorite song: Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls.
10.Your favorite Actor/Actress: Topher Grace.

-=-=-=- PCOS Related -=--=-=-
11. How old were you when you were diagnosed? 15, so five years ago.
12. What are you taking now? Yasmin and Metformin (1000 mg).
13. Does it help? Yasmin does. I get my period, and no more cysts!
14. What have you taken? Ortho-tricyclin and Ortho-tricyclin Lo.
15. Do you want kids? Yes, but not right now, that's for sure.
16. Does anyone else in your family have PCOS? Not to my knowledge.

-=-=-=- Random! -=-=-=-
17. Any brothers or sisters? Older brother, younger sister.
18. Neices or nephews? Not yet, but that's putting a lot of pressure on my brother!
19. What state do you live in? Massachusetts, woohoo!
20. Where would you live if you had the chance? Italy, but I'd rather stay in Boston.
21. What is your lucky number? 3.
22. Are you in school? Yes.
23. What kind? Just finished my sophomore year of college as a women's studies and biology double major.

24. Anything else that you want to tell us!

So I'm not a teen anymore, haha, but my PCOS was diagnosed when I was 15, so I spent most of my teen years on the pill and miserable about acne, body hair, and weight. So I've had the experience of being on the pill, but not being sexually active (or in a relationship), and I've been convinced that my appearance (overweight, acne, extra body hair) was going to prevent me from ever being in a relationship with a really popular, attractive guy. I managed to get through all that, and I've also learned to be comfortable with my PCOS. My current boyfriend loves my body, and trust me, I'm about 40 lbs heavier than he is, and sometimes I don't always have time to remove some embarrassing body hair. Is he crazy? Sometimes I wonder . . .

Anyway, I'm twenty now, so not a teen, but if anyone wants to talk to me about the experiences of being a teen with PCOS (and hey, I'm still in school for a couple more years at least), please don't hesistate to ask me questions!

For those of you who don't feel as if you're seeing results with birth control pills, I'll tell you right now that I NEVER saw the results I thought I'd get. But the most important result with birth control is that you get your period regularly. It means that your hormones are getting rebalanced, and (for me, this is important) the pill also prevents REAL ovulation. Many ovarian cysts can be caused by ovulation, when the egg somehow messes up and ends up as a cyst. I might need to read up on that more, though. My body hair hasn't changed, I still get acne (which is genetic, actually), and I've done nothing but gain weight since my diagnosis. But I get my period!

IamAnewCyster, the best advice I can give you is to learn how to swallow a pill. It took me until I was about 10 to learn, which was later than most of my friends. It is VERY difficult to do until you manage to figure it out. Then it's a cinch! For me, my sister and I used to eat canned mandarin oranges, and we would try to swallow them without crushing them. The shape of the sections, and the fact that they came in juice really helped, since they were so lubricated. So take notice of your eating habits and see if you might be swallowing something bigger than a pill normally. If you want to test a pill, just put it in your mouth (I put it on the front of my tongue), and pretend it ISN'T there. Then take a swig of water and swallow, as if you had nothing in your mouth. If that doesn't work, I have a friend who takes a mouthful of water, then tips her head back, opens her mouth, and drops the pill in. So it's sort of the reverse.

The ability to swallow pills is DEFINITELY something worth figuring out. I've tried crushing pills and putting them in something (ice cream), and it wasn't worth it.