Re: Incredible To ME!!!
From: Andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:49:50 -0600 (CST)
Thanks liz, I appreciate your words. I have had gynecological problems
since age 16 (as far as I know) but no one ever mentioned anything about
PCOS until six months ago. I feel I have been somewhat robbed. I too
blamed many different things for the weight, as I have struggled with it
since grade school. But it has slowly gotten worse over the past four
years.
Part of me feels as though it's not fair, but I know that is just
self-pity. So, I will use this site as a source of strength!
Thanks again!
At Tue, 26 Mar 2002, liz wrote:
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>hi andrea,
>i found this site last fall. i had suspected pcos for about a year
>prior but my gp said no. finially the gyn affirmed it. until then i
>thought i was just falling apart at the seams and rotting from the
>inside out! at least now i know what is wrong and how i can help myself.
>
>i would get so discouraged with the weight gain, and the inability to
>loose any weight. after a few weeks of no results i would fall off my
>diet even more discouraged. my hair fell out in clumps and i am almost
>bald on top (well, very, very thin)and i thought it was from the stress
>of the depression ... ...
>
>now that i know what i am dealing with i can get to work on trying to
>fix it. i finially feel hope now. i realize that i am not going to
>loose the weight quickly, and that i need to stick to diet & exercise
>for the long run. i was also eating all the wrong things for someone
>with pcos. i was eating 12 grain cereal every morning for breakfast,
>and brown rice & brown pasta, thinking they were good for me. little
>did i know those carbs were just making everything worse!
>
>through reading the messages on this site i have found so many more
>symptoms that i did not even know where related to pcos are common to
>alot of us. again, it is reassuring to know that i'm not going 'crazy'
>or actually rotting from the inside out.
>
>so, get all the information you can and find a doctor that can help you!
>best of luck.
>
>At Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Andrea wrote:
>>
>>I just found this site. I have recently (within the past six months)
>>been diagnosed with PCOS. I believe I have had it much longer than
>>that. I am 25 years old, and very upset. I am very comforted to see
>>that there are women out there that understand (even about lopsided
>>boobs!:)) If you have any words of encouragement, I would appreciate
>>them!
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