I believe so. I notice it with family a lot. I am the over weight one and my sister isnt. I can tell they favor her. But I try to make up for it in other ways. Although it does hurt.
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My family has always treated me as the fat kid, even when I was thinner than most of them. They would always make comments about getting their plate before I got there or there would be no food left when the truth was that I ate way smaller portions than any of them. They just didn't bother to notice. Now, I've cut my portions even more because of the intestinal issues I've been dealing with and explained to a few of them what I'm facing and what PCOS is. My aunt seems to be feeling pretty guilty for just thinking I was lazy and fat. She sees the amount of pain I've been in from this. Plus, she just found out she has a cyst and it was rupturing so she got to experience the pain first hand.
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12/21/06 Novasure endo. ablation
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My family and I are all on the bigger side, so theyve never treated me badly, but people in general? Oh yes. In school I was always the outcast. Always the butt of the joke. I was not only fat but always sick. Ive developed a thick skin when it comes to the opinions of others regarding my weight, loss of hair etc...
With a lot of my family i have a reputation for being just plain lazy. oh yeah and for eating a lot, which in my case was true. i've now reduced my portion size and i eat healthier and i don't get the whole 'quick, get the food before Sarah does' comments. I sympathise with Chas1975. In terms of laziness, i've had a problem with low energy levels for ages and i suspect that i have ir and am looking into a diagnosis and treatment. My problem was really that i didn't have a diagnosis to hide behind for ages. When my family found out that i have pcos and possible ir and what that means, they've all eased off.
The only thing i can't get rid of is my reputation for being a b****. I inheirited a razor sharp tongue, which i use very freely when i'm in a bad mood, which is highly unpredictable because my hormones are all over the place. I am improving, however, with the meds and now all that remains are the morning (don't talk to me before ten am) and a week before my period. that's great for me. Nobody has noticed though. oh well. i'm still working on it.
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Possible/probable ir, but i haven't gone back to endo yet because i'm trying to do this w/o meds.
ibs dx: 2001 - mebeverine when necessary.
If you're not living on the edge then you're taking up too much space.
Before diagnosis, my Grandma always used to refer to my size and I'm not very big but I am compared my my mum and sister, I am just a bit chunkier, not even a plus size in clothes etc., She didn't used to realise how much she hurt my feelings by calling me buxom and butch. If you see from my Myspace pictures etc., I'm not at all butch but because things like that were said to me when I was younger, it stays with me in my mind unfortunately and I always think of it and worry that I do
She's passed on now but I hope she can look down and see that it's not my fault and there are reasons for it. I hope she also feels a bit guilty in a way.
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Walking & Low Carbing to 146lbs - nearly there!
July 07 : 167lbs
Sept 07: 153lbs
Nov 07: 147lbs
May 08: 144lbs
July 08: 140lbs
yea its severe. i feel so alone. i used to be the party girl out on the town 24/7 with a million friends. i was popular and everyone loved me. i model and everyone was envious and now i sit at home depressed, fat, and miserable, and when i would try and go about being me, people treated me differently. its no longer sexy me im now fat me and i dont like it and nobody else does either. and no matter how many times ive tried to change it they just dont get it. nothing works. i never feel good and it comes through. everyone treats me differently..i dont get invited to the things i used to...everything ... its hurts so bad... even with my family, my dad sees me and goes what happened to you? my mom omg what happened to you stop eating do this do that. and the remarks.. and it just sucks. it really does and it pushes me deeper in the hole..i dont even like to eat in front of people cause i feel they are looking at me like your fat you dont need to eat that. its awful!!!!!!!!!!! i hate pcos!!!! i hate it!!!!!!!!!!
The only thing i can't get rid of is my reputation for being a b****. I inheirited a razor sharp tongue, which i use very freely when i'm in a bad mood, which is highly unpredictable because my hormones are all over the place. I am improving, however, with the meds and now all that remains are the morning (don't talk to me before ten am) and a week before my period. that's great for me. Nobody has noticed though. oh well. i'm still working on it.
luvinme, I sympathize with you. I also have a reputation for being a b**** and speaking my mind when I see something that I don't like. I also think it has something to do with the hormones cause I've been more edgier than usual.
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Diagnosed with PCOS May 2005
Current Meds - Metformin 500mg 2 times daily
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Every time I'd visit my family back in the U.K., I'd always get asked, when are you getting married, aren't you leaving it a bit late to have children? Just coz all my cousins had there kids before they were out of their teens doesn't mean I had to aswell. I always felt really like the odd one out, like I was meant to be the same as they were. This february I lashed out coz I'd got so tired of it all and said that the day I married I'd elope to Vegas and they wouldn't find out about it till after and the reason I had no kids was that I couldn't (I don't know if that's true coz I'm not TTC) but I got so sick of answering "I'm not ready for kids yet", because they never took that as a serious answer that I said the one thing I knew would shut them up permanently. I told them I had PCOS, not that they had any idea what I was on about, and funnily enough nobodies asked me since...
Otherwise my close family haven't really changed towards me, they've been supportive all the way even when I had no idea what was wrong, although my stepdad still calls my baby elephant when I clomp up and down stairs!
My closest friends have never judged me and I have told them what's wrong. They may not understand what it is but they respect it.
My boss is the kicker though, I don't think he believes me at the best of time's and acts really pi***d off when I take time of to go to the doctors and stuff, when all the time he's the one playing hookey and leaving me to hold the fort!!
I've come to the conclusion that people think that PCOS is just an excuse we've come up with to explain away our differences... grr!
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In my case my family nor firends have trated me any differently but they do act like nothing is wrong with me. I have many side effects or symptoms from PCOS that has really taken over my life. I want them to know that I am not a 'normal' person. There are things that are wrong with me that 'most' people dont go through. Does that sound crazy?
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In my case my family nor firends have trated me any differently but they do act like nothing is wrong with me. I have many side effects or symptoms from PCOS that has really taken over my life. I want them to know that I am not a 'normal' person. There are things that are wrong with me that 'most' people dont go through. Does that sound crazy?
That does not sound crazy to me at all, SN3W14. I have this happen constantly. My entire immediate family acts like there's nothing wrong with me, like all I have to do is wish hard enough and all my horrible symptoms will go away. And then today at dinner I mentioned that I wanted a Norelco men's shaver for Christmas (for the hair on my face). My mom looked like she'd been slapped, as if it finally occurred to her that it is not normal for your 24 year old daughter to be asking for a men's electric shaver. She broke down, asking me if it was her fault I had "this thing" as she called it. I told her I didn't know...even though I probably did inherit it from her. But just as she seemed to be realizing how hugely PCOS affects my life, she shut down and refused to talk about it anymore. She said, "What meds are you on for the PCOS?" I said "Metformin". She said "Good" and that was the END of the conversation...so that's the long way of saying, SN3W14, that I do know what you mean. I wish they knew I was not "normal", that I struggle with this hard stuff everyday, but they choose not to hear it. I guess all we can do is continue to remind them until they choose to hear, and until that time, turn to soulcysters for support. :-)
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ooooh yea and now my whole family is making a 3 ring circus of my surgery this week. acting likes its the miracle cure for everything and everything will be back to normal afterwards. YEA RIGHT.
My family did not treat me diffrent, but my inlaws and SILS and BILS treat me allot diffrent since I gained wieght from pcos. I dont get along with them, and I am not afraid to tell them what i think. Its like this, if you dont like me for me then get over it, don't b*tch about it. You never took the time to know who I am on the inside. Well I wish you the best of luck!
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Does Anyone Treat You Different Now? 
