hey there all!
i hope that there is not some post where i should be doing this. and im sure that you are probably tired of the im a newbie posts and all. but i just couldnt resist. ever since i found this site a few days ago i have instantly felt like i was home. to be in a place where there are so many people who are in similar situations to myself and who can understand what i am going thru. u all seem like nice people and i look forward to getting to know u guys. its nice to see that while you have many posts on PCOS and information that u also have some posts that u can just chat and much around in.
anyway a few things about myself. im from australia (im guessing this is an american site) and for those of you who dont know this i must tell u that i do not share my flat with kangaroos, nor do i live with pigmes or savages, and we do have electricity, and no i do not have a pet kangaroo lol. hehe sorry i couldnt resist, you would be surprised at the misconceptions some have of australia lol. i live in a smallish isolated area of australia (population around 30,000) which does have medical facilities but they are hardly state of the art. i have never had a blood test to confirm PCOS as i think i fear them even more than death itself. tho i do have many of the symptoms of PCOS and have done an ultrasound with results pointing to likely PCOS. today i went to my first eva gyno appointment (which i waited 8 months for!!!) and was so dissapointed when i came out i felt like crying. i had read up on as much info as i could find and i went in there hoping that he would at least do something. i was weighed and got a majorly depressing surprise, finding that i was actually 18kg heavier than i thought. i told him i hadnt had a period in eight months and i wanted em back and he said it was most likely because of my weight. which it probably ahs something to do with, but before i put on 60kg i still never had normal periods. not that he cared. all he did is send me to a dietition. i have been dieting since i was eight years old, more than half my short life. the last couple of years i have given up, i figure if i exercise my heart out and eat next to nothing and i dont loose weight than what more can i do. i just feel so hopeless and im not ready to go back on that roller coaster ride again. but at the same time my weight depresses me. i feel like i cant win no matter what i do. all i want is a doctor that takes me seriously.
anyway thats my lil story, hope i didnt ramble on to much. take care look forward to meeting u all.
oxox Sonz
Welcome. I'm not a teen, but I thought I'd welcome you anyway. I'm glad you found Soul Cysters and I'm sure you will find a lot of helpful info and support here. If you have any questions I'd be glad to help you.
About your dieting problems, a lot of us have had quite a bit of success using a low carb diet rather that a traditional low calorie diet. Visit the diet forums to read more about that. Low carb diets help a lot of us with our symptoms, too. That might be a good place to start.
I think you should also find a doc and get tested so you can start getting treatment. There are drug treatment options that have helped out a lot of cysters. Metformin/Glucophage and Avandia are two that I'm familiar with. They have worked miracles for some of us.
Welcome!! My brother-in-law and sister just moved here from Queensland. They miss home (Australia) and wish they could go back. My DH is from Nigeria and sister-in-law is from El Salavador. As you can see we are a international family. I am excited you found 'Soul Cysters', don't give up on finding a doctor. I apologize for my ignorance but does Australia on a government (like England) medical prgoram, is that why you had to wait so long? I had NHS in England while my DH & I were waiting for our INS paperwork to come back to the States.
Thank you for the laugh about your Flat (apartment). You are going to love the gals here, they are wonderful!
It was nice meeting you and have a wonderful day!
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Welcome to soulcysters sweetheart ::Hugs:: We are certainly glad to have you as a cyster.
This is a wonderful place full of wonderful people. Here you will find lots of information, support, advice, encouragement, and a network of your best friends. I love this place so much and I know you will too.
You are so cute and have a cute sense of humor- I really like what you said about Australia...but it would be SUPER COOL if you DID get to pet kangaroos- they are so adorable!
Once again...WELCOME and I look foward to getting to know you and seeing you around the boards!
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hey hey! another aussies yay! hmmmm it must be aussie gynos cause i hated mine, and actually did come out of there crying!
welcome and enjoy your stay!
see ya around!!!
Hey and welcome, I think you will find this site great I know that I do. I am also from Australia I am 21 and live in Qld. Us aussie girls should have a chat oneday anyway pm me if you want.
Cheers
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thank u all so much for ur welcomes im very hapy and feel very honoured to be part of this lovely board. u all seem so lovely and it just feels like i belong here already even if ive only been here a lil over a week. it is taking me a while to get used to all the aberiverations u guys have! u have like a million! tho i am slowly starting to grasp the lingo.
i am starting on a healthier living plan this week (i refuse to use the word diet because i think it is EVIL!!!!) im getting a fitness program made up for me at my local gym and im going on a slimming detox plan where i still actually get to eat! woohoo! and i saw it on Today Tonight (a new program thingy for those of u not from aus) so it must work lol. i asked my doc if it was likly that i would be able to go on met but he said no. he didnt even seem to entertain the idea that PCOS is linked to insulin resistance in many cases.
its nice to see some aussies on the board, tho i am a lil dissapointed that i cant be the only australian on the board, cause then i would be kinda like a novelty lol. oh and about the pet kangaroos, they are not adorable! only when they are tiny lil joeys. when they actually grow up they are totally evil lol. i once got bashed up by one when i was four in a wild life park haha. guess i should have backed off when i realised they were actually cooled boxing kangaroos! i was wearing red at the time so perhaps i provoked them lol.
in australia we have a public health system, where basically u get a medicare card and ur hospital visits are free i think. but ur taxes pay for all that anyway u know so its not really free. you can also get private health insurance, but because my town is rather small we only have a public hospital and public facilities anyway. there is a private gyno in town but my mum who went thru IVF said he was a bit of an (insert nasty word of choice here) and suggested i see a public one. which wasnt a great experince to say the least.
i look forward to getting to know all of u and exploring all of the boards here.
i will be back as soon as i get a computer that actually works (im borrowing my parents as mine went PSYCHO and decided to die when i had a huge mountain of homework due!) fingers crossed my comp can be revived. if not i will find a way to get on here.
olive wa
oxox Sonz
Just wanted to say HI, I just found this site a couple of days ago too, and just found out last week that I have PCOS, so I have a lot of questions myself, but feel free to pm. me, because I was reading your post and the it reminded me a lot of what I have had to go through to find out if that is what I have or not.
Im new, come and greet me! 
Welcome, Im glad you found SC. I hope you enjoy it here.
