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Re: Is it worth it?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat, 8 Sep 2001 23:36:29 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Friends,
It is worth it. You know, everyone has issues and health things to deal
with, as we get older. So ours is PCOS! Other people have other issues.
My father has cancer - he is dealing wuith that. My sister in law has
severe auto immune disease - she is dealing with that, other people have
severe disabilities / illnesses and deal with them and live 'happy'
lives, and so I deal with PCOS and thyroid - I consider myself blessed
that I am otherwise healthy. OK - so I can't eat what I want whenever I
want (most of the time) and have to be v. strict with eating just to
stay overweight rather than obese, but sometime I do eat (and enjoy it
immensely). There is always self control required to acheive results
whether it be in work, relationships or health. The issue is quality of
life - being sufficiently healthy to be mobile and active and able to
enjoy life and feel good. Freedom and happiness do not come from
following all of our whims with no consideration for the results of our
actions. It comes from having goals and acheiving them and being
satisfied with ourselves. I only have one life and I want to enjoy it.
Some of that means denial in order to enjoy other aspects.
This is my own opinion. I wish you all only the best - health and
happiness.
Sally
At Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Sam wrote:
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>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:
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>>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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