My story so far!

nygrlintn · 07-10-2002, 03:24 AM

I Just had to get this out!

I am 27 yrs old and was dxed on May 9th 2002. As far as anyone can figure I have had PCOS all my life. I have always been overweight .. well since birth anyway. As a child my parents tried several different diets but nothing every worked. As I got older I tried several different diets and managed to lose 20lbs here and there always gaining it back. I have always been a very athletic person; played basketball in high school, was on the track team in college and played rugby. However, I still always had a stomach no matter how much I worked out. When ever I went to the DR they were quick to point out I was overweight.. like I didn't know that! However, I was never tested for anything I was just told I needed to lose weight. I have never had a regular menstural cycle.. but I just thought that was normal. I always thought I was cursed with bad genes; being overweight, very hairy and got these nasty little skin tags. Around the age of 22 I didn't have a period for 4 months so I was put on birth control pills... ha I was cured I got a period. I remained on BCPs until 10/01. I stopped taking them after I was married. I stopped getting my period all together. The already bad hair problem got worse and worse! My mood swings were awful. I thought it was just stress or maybe I was pregnant. After several tests I was not pregnant and still not getting a period. Still I blamed stress after all.. I had just married, I moved, I lost my job and my husband was going off to war. Well then it was March and still no period and now I had sever lower abdominal pain. The first time I saw my nurse practitioner she suggested PCOS. I had never heard of it in my life! And the only thing I could think was..... Great I just got married 6 months ago and now I can't have children. That is when I started my research and found this website. Before I was finally DXed I had been rushed to the ER for a cyst that had burst and was put through a battery of tests ( most of which I suggested since it was the first time my NP had ever treated anyone with PCOS). Finally on May 9, 2002 I saw and OBGYN who finally told me it wasn't my fault I was fat!!! SO I was RXed Metformin and BCPs once again. And for the 1st time in my life I started to lose weight with out starving or killing myself! So far I have lost almost 20lbs, and I have had 2 periods! I have just started the IR diet also and for the first time in my life I get full. My energy level has sky rocketed and I am a much happier person.

I think the hardest part for me was having to communicate this to my new husband, who is half way around the world, by phone. I felt like no one understood how I felt or what I was going trough. I thank God for this site... I know that I am not alone! Luckily.. I have a wonderful husband who loves me no matter how hairy or overwieght I am !!!

Well thanks for listening!