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Thanks cheerleaders - I survived THE SPEECH! (a typical Ginger

From: Ginger (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:36:26 -0500

OK, first the bad news:

1. I was in the bathroom every 15-30 minutes from the time I woke up this morning until about 10 minutes before my speech. (thank God for Imodium AD) 2. I was so nervous about rambling on with medical terms that would lose everyone that I ended up leaving some stuff out. 3. The frat boys were snickering in their little stuck-up, gelled haired, overly tan, Tommy Hillfiger wearing huddle when I was done. (surprise, surprise)

All in all, not so bad. Now, here's the good news...and ladies it's a whopper! YEE-HAW!!

After class, my professor's teaching assistant came up to me and said "You have scared the hell out of me." I must of looked confused, so she added "At my last check-up, the nurse practitioner mentioned PCOS to me and after hearing your speech, I'm sure I have it." We ended up talking for quite awhile and I tried to do a lot of comforting and apoligized for scaring her. I told her all about my buddies and gave her this web address as well as PCOSupport's. I'm going to take some printouts to her next week. THE MAIN GOAL I HAD IN GIVING THIS SPEECH WAS FULFILLED - I GOT THE INFORMATION TO SOMEONE WHO TRULY NEEDED IT!!!!!! YIPPEEE! She is still quite young, 22 I think (she's getting ready to start grad school), so she is really worried about everything. I think she had information overload from the speech. I explained a lot of things to her and stressed that this is not a death sentence, if indeed she does have it. I had noticed since the beginning of the term that she had "the look" (sorry if I sound closed-minded by saying that), you know a little extra weight mostly in the middle, acne scars, and a bit of upper lip hair. I have such a hard time keeping myself from approaching people who I think has symptoms, so it was a little victory that I reached someone without having to say "Hey, I think you might have PCOS". So, despite all the stress and suffering, I am feeling really good about doing this.

Thanks to everyone who has cheered me on - I think I would have chickened out had it not been for "my girls". Actually, I probably never would've had the nerve to think about choosing PCOS as a speech topic if it wasn't for all the support, information and encouragement I get from this board. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!

Paula had requested a copy of my speech, and if anyone else is interested, let me know and I'll e-mail it to ya. If there are a lot of people who are really interested, I could post it here, but I didn't want to hog all the space with my long-winded speech, since you're so gracious as to not pummel me for my long-winded posts. I guess you're used to my blabbering. Anyway, let me know if you're interested in "a written transcript" (just like Oprah! LOL)

Thanks girls - I love ya all! 

--
Ginger



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