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set the record straightFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:24:45 -0500 (CDT)
Ok, I went back to the posting that I think you are referring to . I can not find my origal posting but please do post it if you feel the need. The following was in reply to my first posting - IT WAS NOT WRITTEN BY ME: }}}I’ll go one step farther and risk angering many here... I only speak from my personal situation. I’m fat. I made me fat. Not the PCOS. I’ve known since I was a little girl that I was thinner and happier when I didn’t eat candy and moved more. My personal laziness made me a couch potato and gluttonly made me eat things I knew where especially bad for me. I didn’t know about the effects of carbs on PCOS at 12... but I knew that some people could eat crap and not gain weight, but I wasn’t one of them. Yes, the PCOS is to blame. But I must take personal responsibility - diet and exercise is the key. It sucks, but it’s the truth. In a fair world I should be able to suck down the same milk shake my husband does and not gain weight. That ain’t the way things are. I met a 16 year old boy with Down Syndrome the other day who’s so incredibly excited that he’ll be able to drive soon. He doesn’t listen when everyone tells him that because of the DS, he’ll never be allowed to get a driver’s license. That ain’t fair either. I’m the lucky one. I can control my condition. That boy can exercise and diet til his bones stick out, and he still ain’t going to be able to shake the effects of Down Syndrome. He’ll never be able to have his dream of driving a car.>> AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS NOT ME!!!!! THIS IS SOMEONE ELSE WHO REPLIED TO MY POST. BY the way though, I don;t have a problem with what she said and I certainly didn't find it offensive because she is talking about herself - she points no fingers at anyone else. I admire her courage in facing her reality. THIS IS MY REPLY: }} Look, all I am saying is that we,(meaning the entire Western world!) have developed this “victim” attitude but in reality, PCO is not a terrible disease. I know it is definitely not great nor is it something that just goes away but hey, we can take medication, we can go on low carb (or whatever)diets, we can exercise - we can not sit and blame every ache and pain on PCO. Let’s face it - if we are heavy - that probalby has a lot to do with many of the problems but that is not just PCO (witness the many PCO who are not overweight). O)f course, infertility is a terrible plight (I have been there) and I don’t think any amount of sympathy in this area, is too much (enough said there) No one would like it better than me, to be able to blame my weight, ect on something but that’s not the case entirely. I am heavy but I eat too much FOR ME. Yes PCO makes loosing weight harder for me, period. I take respopnsibiliy to know that if I eat the same thing as my thin friends and hubby, I will gain weight. So live with it, for god’s sake! We can do something about it! I am a strong woman who knows what I have to do - I can take power and control over this and I can win but this is not the case with so many others where there is nothing they can do. I am not Michael Fox and fighting Parkinsons (he also subscribes to not defining yourself by your illness), I am not a little 2 year old girl fighting for her life with Leukemia, I am not having my foot amputated because of my severe diabtetes - I have a treatable condition which I have the power and resourses to do so. My original point was actually that i get tired of hearing about how any symptom experienced by some people with PCO automatically becomes a PCO symptoms when in fact, it may not be. The main crux of my point is that we lose credibility when we do that - PCO does not cause many of the symptoms which I have seen attributed to it over the years. It just can’t - and the problem is that women who go around believing it does, are leaving themselves at risk by Doctors who get tired of hearing about it and then become apathetic in their treatment. We have to take responbility for our own selves and the most important thing is to NOT DEFINE OURSELVES BY A CONDITION WHICH IS ONLY A PART OF US! This is all I have to say. }}}} end quote. Finally, I think many people have misunderstood what I had to say which is a shame. I just don't like the idea of blaming everything on PCO when it only accounts for some (this is the nature of a "syndrome". With regards to the weight loss, yes it is very hard to lose weight but no impossible (for most). I am also very heavy by the way and congradulate all of those who have lost weight. I am down about 30lbs so that's good but I still slip alot. Someone also said that PCO causes poor eating habits and this I agree with. If it is so hard to lose weight and if you gain unexpectedly, this is bound to screw up eating habits. BUT, knowledge is power. We know what to do but it is hard but some do manage it. I am not on a soap box, I am just suggesting that if we are not responsible for our actions, we are powerless. We absolve any ability to take control of our bodies and minds...this is a sad thing in my books. That's all i have to say and I would suggest that we all just drop it - that's what I am doing now. As for why I remain anon - I had a an experience once where I was not anon and I received a barage of emails which was a problem considering I work from home and use my email constantly. Also, I think being anon is good in same way that you can be the same when you vote. I encourages freedome of choice and speech. Holli
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