Hello!
It's taken me over two years to get a diagnosis of PCOS, mostly due to it being so difficult to see my family doctor and instead relying on duty clinics, but yesterday my family doctor diagnosed me. He said he wants the gynecologist to confirm the diagnosis next week and start me on a plan, but gave me some stuff to think about on treatment options. A part of me is upset that this is the cause of my weight gain that is nearly impossible to lose, my embarrassing facial and body hair, my menstrual issues and the discoloured skin on my neck and arm pits. But a part of me is also really relieved! Does that sound weird? Instead of guessing what's wrong with me and not understanding why my cycle is so long, or why I spot between periods, or why I can't lose weight after working out in the gym for weeks...it's just nice to know.
I thought deciding on a treatment plan would be difficult, especially where my boyfriend is so undecided on having children. Last night we had a serious talk about the options my doctor gave me and we both agreed that birth control, for us, would not be the right option. I'm starting to feel like this could be a blessing in disguise, especially where my boyfriend is all for promoting fertility instead of using birth control. It's the first time in 9 years that he has actually said anything about children so certainly. I'm a little nervous about the fertility side because my boyfriend and I have been having unprotected sex for almost 9 years and have never ended up pregnant, although he often pulls out (sorry if this was too much info!! :i_suspici ). I don't know what the road ahead will be like, but I'm grateful to have the support of my boyfriend along the way.
I'm anxious about how hard it might be to lose weight, especially where I've tried so hard in the past with so little success. My weight is something that I've been struggling with for years and has affected my self-esteem and confidence a lot...I used to run a holistic nutrition consultation business and ended up stopping it, even though I put so much work into my certification/training and developing my own business. But I felt like I was a failure because I couldn't lose weight. At least now I know that I'm not a failure, and that PCOS is the reason I've struggled so much.
I'm trying to stay as positive as I can, when I can but hope that I'm not looking at this through rose-rimed glasses. I've just felt so icky for so long, and I'm looking forward to working on feeling better..whatever "better" might mean. Thanks for reading my ramble!
-Miss Love:i_heart:
It's taken me over two years to get a diagnosis of PCOS, mostly due to it being so difficult to see my family doctor and instead relying on duty clinics, but yesterday my family doctor diagnosed me. He said he wants the gynecologist to confirm the diagnosis next week and start me on a plan, but gave me some stuff to think about on treatment options. A part of me is upset that this is the cause of my weight gain that is nearly impossible to lose, my embarrassing facial and body hair, my menstrual issues and the discoloured skin on my neck and arm pits. But a part of me is also really relieved! Does that sound weird? Instead of guessing what's wrong with me and not understanding why my cycle is so long, or why I spot between periods, or why I can't lose weight after working out in the gym for weeks...it's just nice to know.
I thought deciding on a treatment plan would be difficult, especially where my boyfriend is so undecided on having children. Last night we had a serious talk about the options my doctor gave me and we both agreed that birth control, for us, would not be the right option. I'm starting to feel like this could be a blessing in disguise, especially where my boyfriend is all for promoting fertility instead of using birth control. It's the first time in 9 years that he has actually said anything about children so certainly. I'm a little nervous about the fertility side because my boyfriend and I have been having unprotected sex for almost 9 years and have never ended up pregnant, although he often pulls out (sorry if this was too much info!! :i_suspici ). I don't know what the road ahead will be like, but I'm grateful to have the support of my boyfriend along the way.
I'm anxious about how hard it might be to lose weight, especially where I've tried so hard in the past with so little success. My weight is something that I've been struggling with for years and has affected my self-esteem and confidence a lot...I used to run a holistic nutrition consultation business and ended up stopping it, even though I put so much work into my certification/training and developing my own business. But I felt like I was a failure because I couldn't lose weight. At least now I know that I'm not a failure, and that PCOS is the reason I've struggled so much.
I'm trying to stay as positive as I can, when I can but hope that I'm not looking at this through rose-rimed glasses. I've just felt so icky for so long, and I'm looking forward to working on feeling better..whatever "better" might mean. Thanks for reading my ramble!
-Miss Love:i_heart:
Diagnosed yesterday, new here!
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