After all these years
After being in recovery from addiction for 4 years my weight was at its height of around 279. I started bleeding for weeks, one time for nine weeks straight. all the time going to the doctor. my doctor said the extra mensus was due to my obesidy, that if i lost weight i would cycle regularly.
Soon after this 6 month period... I was 28/ 29, my bleeding was intense and eccessive. I was using a super tampn and pad every 15-30minutes. after a couple of days of this bleeding w/no let up i called the doc. i was told to take ibuprofin, that it would slow soon. the bleeding only got worse, my family took me to the hospital. They gave me progesertone and a shot that i dont recall what it was. along with this i was given saline for my loss of fluids/ie blood.
The next week I was back to the hosptial. For the next four months i was in the emergency a total of 22 times. Finally, a doctor gave me a D&C stopping the bleeding. My parents concerned wrote a letter to my provider-Group Health Cooperative a HMO.
My doctor would not refer me to a gynocolgist. Still insisting i lose weight and all would be solved. did i mention i had women doctors, paula terhaar and cynthia talbot.
I lost alot of work. my boss put me on adminstrative leave for missing too many days. They didnt care that it was due to my health. when i was at work during this time
I would bleed so profoundly I would be spending most of the time in the rest room or changing clothes.
I was forced out of my job after four years. I was 29 yrs old. Luckily, with the job change so, did my insurance. No more Group Health.
I was 31 and in a relationship with a kind and loving man. I had another hard bleed. after the 5th day
my partner spoke to a friend who does Chinese medicine and he gave me a pill and some herbs to burn on my big toe and, it stopped, immediatly.
I was amazed. shocked. gratefull.
Recently, last march '00, i went to a dermatologist for a cyst above my ear that was causing problems with my ear and, he was to remove the cyst. He notice my chin acne. I told him it was only there cause of my need to constanly pluck my chin, other wise you'd be talking to a bearded lady. He asked if I have regular mensus. ... my respnce was as you've read...He then went on to discribe Stein-Leveson(sp) syndrom. He sent a note to my GP who, shares his office with a endocrynologist.
my GP John Gallanis, is probably one of the kindest people I know. He went on to sent me to a real gynocologist! he's not kind just becuase of his refferal.
I told my gynocologist of the dermatologist idea of some syndrom that includes hairy chin, fat girlyness, acne, thinning hair(which I have and HATE), irregular mensus, something to do with the pituatary not kicking the right stuff out. She agreed with the dermatologist. She started me on spirolactine and gave me progestorine(to get a period at least quarterly).
She went on to discribe what PCOS was and how I would ecessivly bleed.
That hormonal messages were confusing
my bleed cycle. That due to the lack of ovary cycles(ovaries not punching out of the ovum) would not be triggered. so, blood lining after blood lining would be happening till finally over bleed. Then a new lining would try to line my uterus and being in massive flush mode the continued bleed.
Its been a few months now and, just recently looked up on the web about PCOS. I keep looking for my story but, havent read it yet so, I post this to give voice to the BLEEDING NON-BREEDERS.LOL, etc...
About breeding I havent yet, and, it looks like I probably wont be. My husband doest want more kids (previous breeding experience), I want to, if it happens right on. If not, so be it.
I work with kids and am taking care of kids whom are abused and unwanted. There are so many of them. So,I am a Mom, in a way, to alot of kids-kids who really need & I get to go home afterwards.
I guess in this life I get to be an Aunty.
I am angry. I am angry for being treated with disdain and prejudice by GHC doctors. Prejudice towards fat women. I am disgusted at the years of suffering because of bad medical care and ignorance. I cant help but, think of what my life could have been like with proper diagnosis.
Hey, the bennie NO BIRTH CONTROL PILLS.
