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Is it worth it?From: anonymous@obgyn.netThu, 6 Sep 2001 17:15:09 -0500 (CDT)
I am 22 years old and I know I have PCOS. I've known it for at least 5 years, when some blood tests came back showing abnormally high testosterone levels and an ultrasound showed (guess what) a cyst. My previous doctors have ignored my statements that I have PCOS, even though I am easily more intelligent than they are and I have done the research. One put me on the pill, which gave me my period, but failed to reduce my weight or hair growth. I received my cholesterol today, from a nurse who couldn't interpret my hormone labs. 239. At 22 years old I have a cholesterol level higher than my 60 year old father. I was left waiting for a doctor who never called with that number, 239, dancing in my head. And I wonder, is it really worth removing all traces of enjoyment from my eating in order to eke out a few more years of life? I eat when I am hungry and usually not when I'm angry or upset. I like all sorts of food. And suddenly I'm going to stop eating pasta, when I'm a friggin' Italian living with a fairly thin Italian mother? And stop eating meat because it'll increase my LDL levels? And not eat sugar or sugar-related products because they'll get turned into fat? And not eat fruit for the same reason? Tell me, exactly, why I should do all this. I don't want another 50 years sitting around and eating carrots and lettuce and soy every day and pretending that I don't miss food that tastes like something. I don't plan on having children anymore. At 174 lbs and 5'4" I am unhealthily overweight, but I have come to terms with that. I now face increased risks of heart disease, uterine cancer, colon cancer...and even if I manage my symptoms, they're still there. What, exactly, am I denying myself for? MG
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