RE: Has anyone started seeking treatment?
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8/13/08 11:38 AM
as a reply to pnolan.
I really wanted to post to this, wether or not anyone sees it or not. I was diagnosed at PCOS at 29, and have had some of the worst symptoms possible! Robbed of beauty and youth, I allowed doctor after doctor to diagnose me with everything from depression to Fibromyalgia. All it took was a simple freaking hormone panel to give me life back. As a Senior in High school, I was a size 6 and had a beautiful head of long curly hair. As a freshman in college, I got a job at Hooters and fit right in. Over the course of the next ten years, my weight ballooned to over 225 pounds and I lost most of my beautiful hair. I am SICKENED at what the medical profession thinks it knows. I finally found a doctor who cares about his patients. He was able to bring me back from the dead. I went on Metformin and started the PCOS diet. I lost 86 pounds in the course of a year, and I was pregnant 3 months after I lost my 86th pound. I know this may not work for everyone. But it really worked for me. I'm writing because I wanted to let you know there is hope and it is possible to get your life back again. I am almost 7 months pregnant with a very healthy and beautiful baby girl. I want to tell anyone who has PCOS that with hard work and weight loss, I was able to completely reverse my symptoms. My hair started growing back and the facial hair lessened. I am frustrated that, pregnant, I had to go off the medicine, and some of my symptoms are back, with the hair loss and the facial hair, but I believe that things are going to get better when the baby is here because I am in charge of my health. I am the Captain of the ship and no doctor will ever tell me again what my limitations are! Best of luck!
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