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Re: Is it worth it?
From: Joanne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:45:49 -0400
Hello MG. thank you for saying that outloud! No kidding, denying all this
food for what? I'm sick of this already, I've been trying really hard all
summer to stay on the diabetic diet that my husband is on because he is a
diabetic, but it's hard, I am a sweets eater and always have been.. I
haven't lost any weight, haven't gained any either, which is good. My
cholesterol is excellent, 124, and my bad chol. is 35. what the heck you
know, this is a horrible thing to deal with on a daily basis and god forbid
our doctors don't know how to manage it, which is quite often,as I read
everyones stories onthe forum. My OBGYN is wonderful thankfully. But we
have to try to deal with this..... I'm doing this for my kids I want to be
around for them for a long time and there children and so on...... So I take
care of myself the best I can. So hang in there, it has to get better
right? YES!!!
hang in and take care
Joanne
>----- Original Message -----
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS-DIET"
<pcos-diet@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: Is it worth it?
> 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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