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It is very hard to be a supersized woman with PCOSFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:35:15 -0600 (CST)
It is very hard to be a supersized woman with PCOS. Coming to this board is very difficult to me as I weigh in the midhigh 400s...It is tiresome to be told as long as I eat right and I exercise that I shouldnt be having such extreme symtpons that it is all my fault. I had that huge weight gain to the 600s, Ive talked to you all about but I had a stable weight where I was happy for years before I started the gain. I dont eat any sugar. I eat desserts only on holidays. My house hasnt seen butter or margarine in two years. I snack on radishes cauliflower, I only allow myself to eat Chinese food once every two months unless I cook it myself. I limit carbos and allow ONLY complex carbos in this house. I am still very fat. Ive had some losses but even then weight is a constant struggle. People almost have this attitude that PCOS is a self inflicted illness and IT IS NOT. I am tired of this atttitude being propagated on this board that as long as we eat all the perfect foods, exercise and "do all the right things" that we no longer will have this disorder. I think that is deteriorating the actual seriousness of PCOS. It reminds me of all the doctors who told me while I was gaining even while on steroids...they werent honest about, that I was just fat and needed to control myself and then I wouldnt be sick. That my hypothyroidism, severe brown spots and other symptons were all my fault. All I know is I was at a thin health weight when this trouble began. Thats when I lost my period at age 21. I had spend the summer working and hiking at a camp in the woods where we even had to walk a mile to get to the showers! I had no idea I would be disabled and over 630lbs 7-8 short years later! Fatness is hated in this culture. I am tired of the condemnation. I think everyone on this board needs to read Losing it by Laura Fraser and some fat liberation literature to read how this shame and blame stuff has affected fat people and actually led to worsened health. Unlike the size acceptance movement I belive one should lose weight if at all possible--for health but Im not going to do it at the expense of my dignity and being told that I am worthless or to blame for my own endocrine disorder. This stuff applies to us here. Here we are with a serious endocrine disease being told that we are fault for its symptons even by fellow suffers. This makes me cry even. I cried enough that it wasnt Cushings because then I would have had a cure and at least some understanding. This makes me hate this disease even more. Sometimes coming to this board makes me feel very badly. I come here for info. Here is where I found out about Spiro and from a friend, so I was able to even get better. I know other fat PCOSers are feeling like they are to blame on here
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