PCOS Messages for April, 2003: Re: Do we ever really feel better

Re: Do we ever really feel better

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:15:29 -0500 (CDT)

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It's been 3 1/2 years since I was diagnosed, but let me tell you, I feel 100% better! Actually, make that 100% better! I *never* felt well my entire life. not even as a kid. I always had these darn sugar issues and was always depressed and tired and hypoglycemic and then had acne and hairy and FAT and it was a mess! Now, I am so so so SO much better. It's like suddenly you wake up one day, and you realize oh my God, I AM NORMAL. I can do normal things. I can hold down a full time job. I can clean the house. I can eat whatever I like and not freak out about it (once in a while!) I don't feel guilty, I don't feel ugly, I don't feel tired and sick! It is so amazing. It is what inspires me to volunteer with the PCOSA and spend so much of my life on this board (not just because I have too much free time!lol) but because this is so utterly AMAZING, it's a miracle and no doubt, that I want to share it with every other woman with PCOS out there!

My insulin is *almost* within normal limits - it still runs slightly high, but is very good all told. My blood sugar, even while pg, is PERFECT. My cholesterol is great (the good one is normal and the bad one is low) My blood pressure is very good. My testosterone is back within normal limits. My thyroid (sort of unrelated, I know) is perfect. My acne was pretty much gone until I got pg. I GOT PG, that is amazing. getting a period was like a wonder. I am still obese but I have lost about 70lbs. I'm just healthy these days! Phew!

For me, and I know this is not true for everyone out there, medication was the key and medication was enough. I have always been a pretty active person physically. (I used to walk over 10 miles a day... heh, before medication I was GAINING weight at that activity level!) I always ate relatively little and very healthy. I tried low carbing without really great results on its own. I started at 1500mg met and saw SOME results... moved up to 3000mg and saw WONDERFUL results.

You can do it! I won't say it's an overnight success or anything but finding the right treatment combo for your body is so so SO worth it. You will feel like a human being again :) You will feel great! Your health will be so much improved! Hang in there and keep trying things until you find what works for you. It's worth it!

At Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Ann wrote: >
>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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