Well I didn't weigh in this weekend as I am adjusting to my new medicines. I have been extremely tired and still trying to understand why one doctor can find what's wrong with me but others can't. So just a little history over the past months/year. (maybe even longer)
I have been struggling with my blood pressure being high so I decided to start seeing a doctor through Mercy Clinics because I was not feeling the greatest about the doctor here in Norwalk. He immediately started me back on my thyroid medicine and then said we would monitor my blood pressure before deciding if I needed meds. After monitoring for awhile he decided to put me on a blood pressure/diuretic medicine for 6 months. In between these months I decided I better go back to my kitty (hehe) doctor since I had an abnormal pap the last time I was in. (years ago) I told her everything that had been going on so she scheduled an ultrasound and a pelvic ultrasound. Nothing much showed here. So I went for another check up with my regular doctor on Friday and told him that I was still having horrible pains, I have never had a regular period since I had my children but the doctors never really said anything about this, I obviously have struggled with my weight, and my list goes on. So the end of the story is that I have to stay on my thyroid medicine, he changed my blood pressure medicine and he started me on Metformin which will hopefully help me with my new diagnosis. He said that I have PCOS. You can go to this website if you want to know about PCOS.
http://women.webmd.com/tc/polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos-topic-overview
With all that said, I am moving forward. Things could be worse. I still have a wonderful family and I have wonderful friends that I know will help me when I am down and I am looking for an online support group to join. I am going to stay motivated to lose more weight and continue to eat healthy. What else can I do?
PCOS...it's such a part of who I am now that I can barely remember what it was like when I was first diagnosed...
ReplyDeleteMy biggest memory of it was that I was PISSED. Because, you see, I'd been tested for it when I was 19 and told I couldn't have it because I didn't have enough cysts on my ovaries (needed to have 8 - only had 7 - wtf?!). Even though I had every other symptom. In the seven years between then and my eventual diagnosis they realized not all suffers have cysts. And in those 7 years things just got worse and worse for me, weight gain, skin issues, depression, it goes on and on. And each doc I saw just treated that symptom instead of looking at the big issue.
Thank G-d, for Dr. Larrison in DSM, she looked at my chart and history, did a quick blood test, and was basically like, "Hunny, you're textbook PCOS and have been since you were 14 (age 26 at diagnosis). Let's get you well." All those years I'd really thought I was crazy. I wasn't. You aren't.
Now, my biggest question is if in all those years of not being diagnosed is if I'll be able to get pregnant when the time comes. I won't know until I try.
I love you, and if you need someone to talk to about this, just call me.