Re: Check in type whingy note - Beware!
From: Dave (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 31 Dec 2000 20:50:23 -0000
Patti - what a lovely message, it is GOOD to have hope!
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From: "Patti" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
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To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: Check in type whingy note - Beware!
> I hope I'm not cutting in on a "private" posting :). My name is Patti
> and I could read Sonnet's letter and think I wrote it myself! That is
> the beauty of this website - I finally realize that I'm not alone. I'm
> not the only one that has family members who keep telling me to "just
> relax and you'll get pregnant." I just want to scream, "IT'S NOT A
> MATTER OF RELAXING! I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER MY REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM!!!"
>
> I also struggle day to day thinking each morning when I wake up that
> today I will control what I eat and avoid sweets. Then I go to bed each
> night and think since I failed again, I will just start again tomorrow.
> It never ends. I agree with what Bonnie said that our bodies over-ride
> our brain's messages. I sometimes feel like a drug addict with needing
> sugar or carbs all day long. I know I am pushing towards Type II.
>
> Then to make matters worse (please indulge me for another whiney moment)
> I have a sister that is 18 months older than me, atleast 60lbs. lighter,
> has a FULL head of hair AND got pregnant without even thinking about it.
> I know I shouldn't compare myself to her but how can I not?
>
> What I keep telling myself that tomorrow is a new day, my husband loves
> me despite PCOS symptoms, I have great friends and strong family ties,
> etc.. Hopefully one day I will also have someone calling me Mommy. God
> bless you both and feel free to e-mail me if you ever want to vent!
>
> At Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Koolaide wrote:
> >
> >Hey Sonnet.... ohhhhh, I just hate that when people don't understand.
> >You are such a saint and a honest godsend to this board, how dare
> >someone rain on your Christmas. My heart really goes out to you. You
> >are certainly a special lady and I would love to see you with children,
> >it will come. DOn't get down on yourself over things you cannot
> >control. It is NOT your fault that you have pcos and all the shittier
> >than shitty symptoms that go with it. You cannot control the sugar
> >cravings. Do you know that your body cannot live without sugar? It is
> >not mind over matter here, your body knows what it wants and I honestly
> >think overrides the brain and the sugar goes in. Doesn't matter the
> >form, pasta to the chocolate orange I'm eating right now. THIS IS NOT
> >YOUR FAULT, YOU CANNOT HELP IT.
> >I'm glad you are lucky with the friends you have and the wonderful
> >supportive hubby. Don't forget, he's a lucky guy too! I hope you are
> >feeling better, you have made me feel better so many times without ever
> >knowing it. For totally selfish reasons, I hope you get a computer
> >sometime because I miss your posts and answers.
> >Wishing you a very happy New Year, and I will say an extra prayer for
> >you tonight before I go to sleep that you too will hear little voices
> >calling you mommy.
> > Bonnie
> >
> >At Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Sonnet wrote:
> >>
> >>I'm so so sorry I haven't been around a lot lately. It's hard as we now
> >>have no computer (can't afford one just yet!) so I'm limited to coming
> >>online when I can make it down to the library. And I don't know if it
> >>is the holidays or what, but man I am just so down about all this PCOS
> >>stuff, and really - that's not like me! I find it hard to even post here
> >>recently, and that's DEFINITELY not like me, as you all should know by
> >>now! I'm discouraged by my symptoms seeing to get worse, by my own
> >>failure to control my sugar intake. I just can't seem to stop it, not
> >>for more than a week or so at a go. It's so depressing. And of course
> >>there's the whole deal of another Christmas with just me and Pete, no
> >>baby yet. My family got so bad about it this year that by Christmas Eve
> >>we had told them to get stuffed and spent the day by ourselves. I'm
> >>lucky to have him around, but geez I sure wish I had some other support
> >>sometimes. I have a lot of friends who are really great, and I know
> >>they care, but it's just that they've never been through anything like
> >>this, I can tell I always lose them, it's not something you can
> >>understand if you haven't been there. So I'm lonely and discouraged and
> >>whiny. Anyone have an antidote for this???
> >>
> >>And Stacey - thanks for the lovely note you posted a bit ago, that
> >>lifted me quite a bit :) You rock, thankyou for making me feel like I
> >>belong somewhere!
> >>
> >>I love you guys, I really do.... so sorry that I am just sitting it out
> >>for a bit trying to cope.
> >>
> >>Sonn
> >>
> >>--
> >>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
> >>
>
> --
> -Patti
>
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