Re: feeling ugly
From: traci (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 28 Apr 2000 21:50:52 -0700
hi Wendy
i keep asking why me .. everytime i am around the women in my family.. (all
thin.). and all have at least three children some more than that..
we are ttc ....and since october when we began trying. .. my sister announced her
pregnancy (her fifth child) and my cousin with her fourth child.. Then i say why
me.. why me.. why am i so damn lucky to have this .. LOL..
thanks for letting me vent..
have a great saturday
traci
wendy wrote:
> Hi.
> I feel strange writing, I've never actually spoken to anyone who might
> be able to empathise with me. I hope some of you will be able to. The
> health aspects of PCOS are horrible-- but for me the worst thing is
> feeling ugly.
> I am 24 and have been dealing with the symptoms of pcos since high
> school. I have always been overweight and have been struggling with
> excessive hair growth for years now-- but the last card dealt to me has
> been the thinning of my once beautiful wavy red hair. My family and
> friends think I am obsessing and being vain-- but they have absolutely
> no idea what it feels like to not even be able to look yourself in the
> mirror. I feel disgusting on a daily basis and sometimes wonder how I
> manage to get out of bed at all. All of this probably makes me sound
> like a basketcase, but I am hoping that one of you will tell me that you
> understand and that the metformin can help these things that are making
> me feel so atrocious. Tell me that everything is going to be ok. Tell
> me anything.
> Do yall ever feel like "Why me?" I do. I know that there are people
> with worse problems than me, but I can't help feeling this way. One
> more question and I will end this whiny letter--Do any of you have
> Narcolepsy? I do, and I have just been curious if anyone else might have
> this strange combination of afflictions.
>
> --
> Wendy
>
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