Sally Re: Frustrated
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:06:15 -0400
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I am sooooo sorry you are going through what you are, but trust me when I say that
most of us here know how you feel and will support you in any way we can!!
Sally wrote:
> Hi,
> I am pretty new to this board..I am the one that lives in Scotland. I
> am very depressed about all this PCOS stuff. I am working SO HARD to
> lose weight and I keep gaining. I am now downright fat...just a couple
> years ago I was a size six!!! I just started a low carb diet...this is
> going to be VERY hard for me cause I am a picky eater and prefer plain
> rice/sandwiches/potatoes to most other foods. I have a really nice
> OB/GYN here but they just don't treat conditions the same here as we do
> in the States, but he did do the ovarian diathermy and ordered the
> glucose test. My cousin is an OB/GYN in the States and if I were there
> I could be treated by her...and she would really listen because she
> respects my opinion and the research that I do. Anyway...I am also very
> concerned about the future. If I am fat now will I just get worse? Will
> I have trouble getting pregnant? My entire life all I have wanted is to
> have children... I have a degree in Early Childhood Development and am
> getting my Master's in Infant Developmental Assessment...it seems rather
> ironic that I would have this condition. I am not clinically depressed
> by the way...just bummed over this PCOS stuff. I just feel like all my
> work towards weight loss is a waist...and my fiance is losing lots of
> weight trying to diet and exercise with me....now I weigh more than
> him!!!!
>
> Sorry to ramble...just frustrated and a bit isolated over here. Thanks
> for reading.
>
> Sally
>
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