kimberlee

Kimberlee's Story
Short and Sweet - just like me!!!

You are listening to
Candle in the Wind
by Elton John

I guess my story is a little different from most PCOS sufferers as I was diagnosed when I was only 14. I started getting my period at 12 and only had 3 cycles in 2 years. I was at school at the time and started growing alot facial hair. As you can imagine this was extremely traumatic for me being called the bearded lady etc at school. So my mother finally took me to a gyno, I had an ultrasound and it was discovered that I had PCOS. I was put on Androcur and Estrigen and then a few years ago I was put on Dianne. After I started taking the hormones my hair disappeared and now I just have a bit of "bum fluff" around my jaw line and have recently started getting dark hair on my upper lip and my lower tummy. I basically did not understand what was going on with my body, at 14 I don't think anybody would understand this. So my parents decided not to actually tell me about it until I got married and started to have children. About the only thing I did understand was the fact I may not be able to have children. So a few months ago when I got engaged I decided to take matters into my own hands and find out exactly what was going on. I turned to the internet of course and found out that PCOS is alot more involved than what I or my parents had thought - and especially with what they'd been told 8 years ago. So I went to a gyno and he basically asked me what I was doing there if I didn't want to have kids yet. Now after reading everything I possibly could on PCOS and waiting 3 weeks for my appointment, I was extremely stressed and anxious. So I blatently told him that this is my body and something is wrong with it, no one has looked into this for 8 years and I have been on the same medication for 8 years so either you check whats going on or I will find someone who will. Amazingly enough he was extremely understanding and informative after my little tantrum!!! At the moment I am waiting to go and see an endocronoligist next week and find out a little more about whats going on with my body. My final thoughts on the matter.... even though I'm not wanting to have children just yet and the people reading this maybe aren't either but this is not something to ignore. This condition is not only damaging to you physically but also mentally. There have been many nights over the last eight years where I have cried myself to sleep just wanting to be normal and not be a freak or the bearded lady. But as long as you have people that love you then they will make you stronger and even though they will not understand what you are going through they love you for who you are not what you look like. I am just happy to know there are reasons why I'm overweigh (my insulin levels are literaly off the graph at the moment) and I have constant mood swings and depression. Many of us think we are going insane but we're not. May of us think it's our own fault we can not lose wieght but we're not. Remember ladies - What doesn't kill you makes you stronger and having PCOS is something that has definately made me a stronger person.