 It's my ovaries, stupid! - MUST READ BOOK!
This book is awesome! I just started reading it and wow, it's so great.
The auther is Elizabth Lee Vliet, M.D. She is also the author or Screaming to be heard, and Women, Weight, and Hormones. I also plan to read those books as well.
But this book titled "It's my ovaries, stupid" had my attention from the first sentence:
"Have you ever thought to yourself, 'What's wrong with me? My body feels like an alien creature. I don't seem to be handling things as well as I used to. I don't feel good. I feel soooo tired. I don't accomplish as much as I once did. I'm not the me I once knew. What's going on'".
Something dfferent. It may have started out with little things: bone-tired fatigue, waking up in the middle of the night, body aches, forgetfullness, going to the bathroom more frequently. more noticeable PMS, headaches coming more often and lasting longer, no interest in sex, feeling blue and anxious for no apparent reason.
You wonder, "Is this in my head?" My doctor hasn't found anything physically wrong with me. He tells me I'm just stressed and need to take an antidepressant and do relaxation exercises. Is this how it is? I am too young to feel this old! What is causing this, what can I do?"
That is the beginning of this book and I am hooked on reading it. For SO long I have felt like doctors are not treating me properly. I do feel just like it says... Is this in my head?....
I just wanted to share because I"'m sure theres many others out there who feel this way who do not know about this book.. I have only read the first 3 pages and I have to say, so far, this looks like it will be the most useful book I have ever read.
Read the book!!! This is the first time in over 10 years that I have a glimmer of hope regarding my health..that it's not all in my head... I don't just have to live like this... Gosh, it's just an eye-opening, unexplainable, wonderful, feeling of a weight being lifted off my shoulders because for the first time I am understood... I am right about my body. I know my body...and the docs I have been to are not getting it right... I'm not just depressed, I'm not just overweight.. I have a real problem.. and it's my ovaries causing it all!
Stacie
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Stacie
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Married
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Age 31
PCOS diagnosed 03/03
Hypertensive Heart disease - dx'd 03/07
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - dx'd 03/07
Metformin 2000mg/day
Dermatographia (a type of hives, cause unknown)
Longest time gone without AF - 10 months
Fibromyalgia (dx'd 7/07)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (dx'd 7/07)
Glutathione/ATP injections :
Pulmonary Obstruction (dx'd 3/5/08)
Inhomogeneous Endometrium (2/08)
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