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My Life’s Journey: Living with PCOS
PCOS formerly called I was 36 yrs. old I came flow of blood. I called the
Stein Leventhal Syndro- to the conclusion that it doctor and he was confu-
me. was time for me to de- sed at why I am bleeding
cide if I wanted to have so much. I went to see the
I sat down with the doc- a baby. I just got to the doctor the next day and
tor and he explained to point that I did not want he gave me a transvaginal
me what PCOS was and to put it off anymore. I ultrasound. The doctor
that it was going to be a went to the University of discovered that I had an
tough road and I had no Pennsylvania where they unknown mass inside of
idea what he meant at specialized in Invitro Fer- my uterus that was cau-
that time but he was so tilization. I met with the sing the excess bleeding.
right. The doctor stared doctor had an examination He scheduled me for
me on birth control Ortho and everything checked emergency surgery two
Triclen I took it for about out positive. The doctor days later. Once the sur-
two years, but I experien- told me everything looked gery was over my doctor
ced negative side effects good and he prescribed told me that I had a large
with this form of birth me a medication (I do not mass of polyps growing
control. I eventually stop- remember the name of it) inside of my uterus. I had
ped taking birth control that would shed layer off never heard of polyps be-
and stopped going to the of my uterus so that the fore but my doctor explai-
doctors completely. I re- lining would not be too ned what they were to me.
ally can’t explain why I thick during the implan-
did this I am sure it was tation process. I took the Polyps are abnormal tissue
because I was young and medication and it began growths that most often
did not feel I needed any to work; you will expe- look like small, flat bumps
help. rience bleeding as if you or tiny mushroom like
are having your menstrual stalks. Most polyps are
I experienced a lot of cycle. small and less than half an
problems in the coming inch wide.
years where my menstrual Unfortunately, the after I
cycle became more and took the medicine I never Polyps in the colon are
more inconsistent and it stopped bleeding. I notice the most common, but it’s
would stay on for a com- that I was still bleeding, also possible to develop
plete month. This is where and it should have stop- polyps in places that in-
things in my life took a ped by now but there was clude:
turn for the worst. When a consistent very heavy • ear canal
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