Alright so my cell phone broke. I know you're wondering: what that has to do with a video, but my cell phone broke so I had to switch back to my old one that has a camera on it (newer one doesn't don't know why).

Anyways I got brave and decided to make my very first PCOS YouTube video. It's up for viewing now. Sorry about the grainyness. I recorded it in my room where the lighting is dim. Enjoy and leave comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZMSgHcpGKE

Tina Castle

Just got back from the gyn. Basically it went like this:

I had to pee in a cup (as usual) and they tested it for a UTI, but nothing was detected. I was prescribed antibiotics anyways. She told me that I may be Pre-Diabetic.

Then the nurse practioner suggested to me (all on her own) that I go on Metformin to help me continue to lose weight and regulate my period. She told me that clinic I was at is strictly a family planning facility they can't prescribe Metformin...

Tina Castle

Lately I've been really impatient with myself and I've decided to go the clinic that diagnosed my PCOS and ask to be put on Metformin so that my period will start.

I just can't stand not having it and I know I'll be extra annoyed and irritated if I'm shot down. I'm already trying to build up my courage so that I don't take no for an answer. I want those nurses to listen to me because I'm not just some lazy fat girl complaining.

I've been excercising everyday (20 minute...

Tina Castle

So the past three years of my life have been hectic and disappointing.

In June 2006 I graduated from high school. It should've been a happy time for me, but just two weeks later my Grandma who had been living with us since March 2006 fell ill and died seemingly out of nowhere.

I was depressed and let too much time pass and I missed the deadlines to get classes and financial aid. That worsened my depression. In December 2006 my dad put me in a court reporting program,...

Tina Castle

I grew up in a household where my future was set in stone by my birth giver. I was to find a guy by 16, marry by 18, have kids by 20, get a career, own a home, and then settle down to live happily ever after.

I have two sisters (one younger and one older plus 2 brothers) and they followed the plan just perfectly. I on the other hand...well my PCOS seems to have derailed it all and you know what I couldn't be happier.

I've been showing signs of PCOS since I was 9. I was...

Tina Castle