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Re: Links for us guys...From: anonymous@obgyn.netTue, 30 Jan 2001 10:06:46 -0500
Oh, do I empathise! Mike, I think I know how you feel. I have PCOS and just recently have found out about the PCOS/Insulin Resistance connection. I am finding that a lower carb diet works for me to correct/stop the weight gain and take control of my health. My husband has had the same challenges as you - although now that I know some control is on the horizon I am motivated. As far as help is concerned: The only thing you can do is express to her how you want to spend a long life together and that you're afraid of losing her. Don't go on and on about it - Nagging won't work. Then support her by going on a low carb diet with her and finding a fun way (fun to her - not you) to get some exercise together. Don't try to make it all happen today. Walking the aisles of Walmart may be all the exercise she can deal with at first. If you expect her to do it on her own it will never happen. The depression will keep her from taking any action - she almost certainly feels that any effort is hopeless. It also takes a bit of effort to wrap your mind around the fact that a low fat/high carbohydrate diet is NOT good for you. Her body is addicted to the seratonin that comes from carbs and she'll have to deal with it like an addiction. You need to support her by helping to keep those foods out of the house. Don't try to control her or monitor her food intake - she will resent you. She will continue to eat and crave carbs - you can help by making them less easily available. You could check out SugarBusters (the book is probably available at the library) its a fairly reasonable, maintainable plan. Going on a Sugarbusters type plan will also improve your health. If she doesn't take control of her health she will almost certainly get diabetes and heart disease. She will only feel worse and worse. Maybe a letter to her doctor is not a bad thing... However, if the doctor is not careful, he/she will be dismissed by her as being as full of sh** as all of the others. Once I understood what the ramifications of untreated PCOS were, I was scared. The fear didn't motivate me - it paralysed me. Knowing about the PCOS/Insulin Resistance connection and how it works is what motivated me. She needs to understand the insulin mechanism and how it is possible to have some control over what has become an out of control situation. Helping her research and learn about the options is the most helpful thing you can do. Is she on any meds other than the antidepressant?
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