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Re: nowhere else to go, sorry
From: Jennifer (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:09:42 -0400
Josephine, Never be ashamed to ask for help. It is the only way to make it
thru.
Take Molly's advice and please stick around.
---Jennifer
>----- Original Message -----
From: Josephine <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 8:40 AM
Subject: nowhere else to go, sorry
> ever since i was a little kid i was different. it's always been scary
> but something i thought i'd grow out of in due time. then around 4
> months ago it was finally explained to me that i had PCOS. at first
> this didn't faze me at all, i take the medicine i've been perscribed and
> smile and live it out. but now recently giving my boyfriend a reson for
> my eratic mood swings and bouts of depression every month at the same
> time (period related but also said to be related to the medications
> adjustment of my hormone levels) and discussing it with him and having
> him actually go out and research it, lead to me reading up about it too.
> I had only ever listened to what the docters would tell me and be
> satisfied, guess they never thought it neccesary to inform me that i was
> going to have to live with this for the rest of my life.
> I just turned 17 last month, i've been shaving since i was 15 and had
> facial and body hair noticeable, and thanks to my peers, made public
> ever since i started high school, i can't believe i've made it this far.
> i hate the idea of having to grow up and find that i can't have a family
> as easily as all my friends and that i have to go through so much pain
> just to have one kid and they might not make it. needing to have even
> more tests that nearly kill me, a test to discover if i had PCOS was
> given to me and i was allergic to the stuff they injected into i was
> lucky they missed my vain.
> i'm sorry if i'm sounding over dramtic and if i'm just repeating what
> everyone has heard before but i'm only just sitting here and realising
> that i have to spend the rest of my life with this.
> I feel ashamed to ask for support, but i don't know where else to turn
> anymore, i feel like i need to speak with people who actuallly
> understand it all and know what it's all about. i don't know how to
> cope.
>
> --
> Josephine
> Melbourne, Australia
>
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