Re: Do we ever really feel better
From: sally (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:55:05 -0500 (CDT)
YES YES YES!!!
We can feel better. The PCOS does not go away but by eating right and
controlling our weight and getting fit things can get SO much better.
2 1/2 years ago I was thinking whether or not I really wanted to
continue as I was.
Today I have lost 60 lbs (only 10 to go!), am very fit and strong, and
feel better than I have since I was a young teenager. I am also a wiser
and stronger and more confident person. My periods are still not
regular and I have some other chronic health problems (which can be
debilitating at times), I am still single and time is ticking away and i
would love children, BUT now i have no doubt that it is worth it and
that i want to go on.
You can go on and things can get better!
Best wishes
--
Sally
At Tue, 29 Apr 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Oh . .yes . .yes we CAN feel better!! I'm not a good person to talk right now,
>as my weight is up to 350.5 (DOWN from 361.5!!) and I'm diabetic now due to my
>weight, but I feel SO much better than I did in years gone by, and I know that
>I will feel even "MORE BETTER" (as my children say) as I continue to lose
>weight and eat right and exercise.
>
>It's all worth it. Some days it's harder to do than others, but when you get
>to the point where you have three weeks or a month or two of eating right and
>regular exercise under your belt you can REALLY tell the difference. Some
>people see results much sooner, after only a week or so.
>
>Just hang in there; it does get better.
>
>By the way -- if someone is exercising and they feel WORSE -- I mean they
>REALLY REALLY feel WORSE -- then they should be checked out for chronic fatigue
>syndrome or fibromyalgia, which are known to be exacerbated after exercise.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Donna in Utah
>> Does anyone know if you really ever feel better if you succeed with all
>> the diet, exercise, meds, etc... I have a problem with sticking to my
>> diets and stuff because I have convinced myself that even if I lose
>> weight and start exercising regularly that I will still have PCOS so I
>> will just feel as miserable as I do know. Since PCOS will never go away
>> then how will we ever feel better. I hope some of you can convince me
>> otherwise. Thanks!
>>
>> Ann
>>
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