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My Life’s Journey: Living with PCOS

producing hormones and again it was coming on to my surprise something

P making eggs normally. more often but it would very unexpected happe-

C Genes, insulin resistance, skip months and would ned. I met with the doctor
O and inflammation have all stay on 2 weeks and my and I told her what I had

S been linked to excess an- menstrual cramps were been experiencing with
drogen production. (www. terrible. I didn’t know that my menstrual cycle and

A healthline.com) this was the start to all my that it had been skipping a

W problems. lot of months along with
A So after reading that de- the other symptoms I had

R scription I am pretty sure So I am going to fast been experiencing. She
E you are like what the hell. forward to me at 20 years went to consult with ano-
N Well can you imagine how old at this point my I was ther doctor; he came in

E I felt when I learned I had beginning to get very sick. and spoke to me in detail
S this and that it was not I notice issues with my about my symptoms.

S going to go away. I can menstrual cycle skipping a
honestly say that this was lot of months of no cycle He was a very nice man

2 a serious life-changing or I would have very bad and was very specific

0 event that sent me on a cycles where I was blee- about the questions he
2 whirlwind ride to what felt ding very heavily and very asked; this is when he

0 like hell. bad cramps. So I had been turned to the female doc-
to various Gynecologist tor and told her he thinks

I had always had issues and these doctors felt that I have Stein Leventhal
with my menstrual cycle what I was experiencing Syndrome also known as
from the beginning. Most was normal and apart PCOS. The female doctor

females start their men- of the process of bodily was like what is that and I
strual cycle at 8 or 9 yrs. changes. was like yeah what is that

old. I first started mine at and he began to explain
14 yrs. old; it came on for I ended up going to the what it was and the test
3 months and then just University of Pennsylva- that I needed to get to

stopped and did not come nia Hospital Clinic, where confirm his theory. So, the
back on for 2 years. At people who didn’t have doctor set me up to get 7

this point I was 16 years insurance could go to re- vials of blood drawn each
old and I was all man it ceive treatment. My main for a different test and an
came back I so thought it reason for going there was ultrasound of my ovari-

was gone forever. When to see the Gynecologist es. When the test came it
I started to menstruate for a regular checkup and was confirmed that I had

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