PCOS Messages for April, 2000: Re: feeling ugly

Re: feeling ugly

From: Annie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:13:27 -0700

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>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

Hi Wendy, I too have lived with this "curse" since high school. The obesity was bad enough. I didn't get teased (I think I was intimidating enough that they were afraid I'd beat 'em to a pulp, LOL!) but I did get ignored. After high school, the cystic acne and hair showed up. A few years went by before I discovered accutane for the acne... but the need for plucking and shaving got far, far worse. My periods completely vanished at one point--and I didn't care, but the medical scares they put me through were awful. Every two years it was "Your pap came back abnormal, you have a precancerous condition, we'll need to do some tests." But still, for me, the feeling of being ugly was the worst. As years passed, I felt more and more like a circus freak. The bearded fat lady. Oh, did I mention the skin tags and pigmentation? I have these lovely dark pigmented areas around my neck, under my breasts and armpits, and between my legs. I'm just a dazzling beauty. NOT! The really funny part of all of this is that I do have women who tell me I have a beautiful face and they're envious of my eyes, lips, and hair (the hair on my head, LOL)--women are far more willing to notice if only part of you is attractive, men won't. But just how beautiful can you be if only the area from your chin to your forehead is allright, and the rest of you is a fat, hyper-pigmented, skin-tagged hairy mess? (insert groans and laughter here) I'd continue with my rant, but I'm also narcoleptic and prone to fall asleep at any mo...............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........

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