Hi everybody,
I've been a lurker here for a while, but now that I have an official diagnosis, I thought I'd say hi and tell my story.
It's taken me about six months of doctors visits, bloodwork and referrals to finally get someone to tell me I have PCOS -- instead of just telling me I *probably* have PCOS. I pretty much self-diagnosed myself about a year ago. One of my friends is a doctor and had mentioned a patient with PCOS in her blog ... I was amazed when I looked it up. I was 27 at the time, and that was the first time I had ever stumbled upon anything that explained the weird things about me. Part of me was worried, but mostly, I was excited ... if that was really it, I'd finally be able to start trying to fix things.
Since I hadn't gotten anywhere over the past 10 years of doctor's visits, the first thing I did was find a new doctor who knew about PCOS and could refer me to a good endocrinologist. I'm not sure where I'd be right now if I hadn't finally found the right doctor. I'm still on the fence about my endo, but we're just starting, so we'll see. He's started me on Spiro. Only 25 mg, which seems low to me, but he does plan to double or triple that over the next few months. I'm not sure if the low dose is a good sign that he hopes we'll make progress without a lot or if he's just really cautious. However it works, I just hope it does!
Anyway, that's my "How I got here." I'm married and we want to start a family. Right now, we've resigned ourselves to the fact that "as soon as possible" will probably be a while, especially since I'm on Spiro now. I'm non-IR, no hair loss and no acne ... which I think is why it took so long for me to get a diagnosis. I do have irregular periods -- basically nonexistent -- and excess hair
everywhere. Sometimes I think I'd be happy just not having to shave nearly every single inch of my body. I almost cried the first time I read all of the posts on here from all of you who have to do the same thing ... It feels good not to feel like an outsider for once.
OK, that's me. Just wanted to introduce myself.
New ... sort of. 
