Re: Is it worth it?
From: Sam (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 8 Sep 2001 12:34:00 -0500 (CDT)
For heaven's sake, eat sensibly, excercise sensibly and enjoy life. I
want to live a FULL life, not just a long one, and if keeping myself
healthy means I am active to the end, then that's what I will do. What
I'm going through as a cyster is nothing compared to what my husband
(juvie diabetic, triple transplant, amputation, retinopathy, etc) has
gone through and he truly loves life and doesn't whine, which is what I
love most about him. I can put up with plucking and some extra weight
easily under his example.
--
Samantha
At Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Joanne wrote:
>
>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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