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Re: Hair Not HappyFrom: Maggie (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 31 Dec 2000 16:07:15 -0600 (CST)
I am SO sorry you are feeling this way. Yeah, it is no fun, but honey, women have been surviving this forever. 30 years ago, when at the age of 20, and having just had the 4th period of my life I was diagnosed with PCOS, what I was told was this: "You have cystic ovaries. This is not a harmful problem, you should be having periods though to ease the risk of endometrial cancer, and prescribed provera 5 days a month to cause a period. I was also told that they could do surgery (wedge resection) to cause periods, but this way I was more in control of when and where, ya know. I was NOT told that my weight, the hairy chin and body, insulin resistance that would lead to type 2 diabetes, for which I should be on a specialized diet, infertility, increased risk of ovarian cancer, or a miriad of other symptoms were a part of this syndrome. I was not told to get regular gyn checkups (it was 25 years until my next pap smear!) I was left in the dark, and lived with this thinking it was ME that had problems. I had NO CLUE that this was something that other women went through. 5 years ago I began having periods every 14 days, and after 3 months found an ob/gyn, who after taking my history, told me what was going on, and spent over an hour talking to me about it. I cried and cried, relieved to know, finally, why my body was betraying me like this, and that not only were there others like me, but there were ways to treat the problems. It was too late for me to think of starting a family, at 40 I just couldn't imagine raising a baby, but it made a very large difference in my outlook, and the way I handled the cards I was dealt. You are very lucky to live in an age where women with this condition are given enough information to live normal lives, and even have the children they desire. The hair is nothing. Use a razor, nair, or see a specialist for electrolysis or laser removal. That is merely cosmetic, and CAN be handled. Sure, it will cost a little money, but your self esteem is worth that, isn't it? What is really important is how you choose to live your life, the kind of person you are, who you love, and who loves you. I outlived 1 husband, divorced #2 when he told me my hairy body grossed him out and would I shave it (we were 3 days into the marriage, and I ended it right there! I am VERY happily married to #3, and had relationships in between. None of these men judged me for a hairy overweight body with the exception of the one, who I left. They didn't seem to notice, and that made me feel more comfortable with myself. To this day if I see "#2 (the pig)" I tell him he is a pig and walk away. I refuse to talk to him, and we both belong to the same church, so see each other occasionally, although we don't attend the same services. Learn to love yourself for what you are, handle any cosmetics you simply cannot live with, and go out and paint the world, it is yours, you only live once, and this syndrome is NOT a death sentence!
At Sun, 31 Dec 2000, anonymous wrote:
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-- Maggie Weber....
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