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PCOS explains it all! From: me (anonymous@obgyn.net) Sat, 25 Aug 2001 00:11:02 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Rumika: "Re: Birth Control" Previous message: anonymous: "Which Met - XR or not?" Tonight I was researching some things on the web, and I think I have PCOS! I have to first say that right now I am unemployed and do not have insurance... so going to a doctor is NOT an option right now, as awful as that sounds. It simply ISN'T possible. But I want to perhaps address anything that I can! In brief, from day one of puberty my cycle wasn't reliable. So bad that at 12, a year after starting my period, my doctor put me on a hormone pill to regulate them. When I was older I took birth control pills, and then for a time after that had regular periods. My husband and I have been married for over nine years, and for those 9 years I have NEVER used birth control. No pregnancies. However, as I've neared 30, my cycle has all but stopped. Last year I think I had two periods; this year it actually started up on a semi regular basis for about four months, but now I'm back to no periods. I do have some of the other cyclic symptoms... mood changes, body changes, etc. I admit I haven't had a yearly gyn checkup in years. I did have a regular checkup including bloodwork last year, just for the heck of it. I was a chubby child, grew into a fat teen, topping at 210 lbs. I then crash dieted while in high school and dropped to 130. Through college and thereafter I gained it all back and more... I now weigh 330 lbs. I realize this is a problem in and of itself, but I can honestly say that I KNOW where the weight comes from. I eat too many high calorie foods, TOO much of them, and I don't do enough physically! No delusions there. So many things have been bothering me, lately. At various positions "on the way up" the scale, I could honestly say that yes, I was fat but I didn't feel it was a problem for me. Well, now it is. But it seems like a hopeless problem, too. And the weight just begets so many OTHER problems, too. I have horrible dry skin, which is even harder when you're also large, because your skin takes a beating anyway. Or I should say my legs and arms are dry, while my face and scalp are anything BUT. In the last two years, I've also developed two patches of fast growing, course DARK hair on either side of my chin. I used to just pluck the few that were there now and then, but now I have to use a razor, daily, and by the end of the day I can feel them already! I HATE IT! It's embarassing and I'd do anything to get rid of it. While researching the facial hair thing, I read about twenty documents about PCOS and it fits me to a T. But... doesn't sound like there's much one can actually DO about it! I realize I need to get my diet under control. I'm confident that by simply eating a balanced diet (not "dieting" per se) and doing more physically, the weight will slowly come off. But what about everything else? -- me Next message: Rumika: "Re: Birth Control" Previous message: anonymous: "Which Met - XR or not?"

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