Comments on: My PCOS Story

By: NoMorePCOS

NoMorePCOS — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:12:00 +0000

Amazing story! I know how it is when you put so much time and effort into weight loss but it goes so slowly or it doesn’t work out too well. While I was reading your lines, I was thinking I felt the same way as a teen. I always knew something was wrong with me but never understood what. They had no Internet back then to look it up. When I went to the doctor, they never found anything in my teen years. It felt like I was the only girl with this issue and got so isolated since I didn’t know anyone with the same problem…they say approx. 10% of women suffer from PCOS but in your micro-environment, you don’t have hundreds of people to know a few with PCOS. I had like 14 girls in my HS class. If 10% of them had PCOS, that would only be me. People probably thought I ate so much. People who see the chin hair (because unfortunately, it’s usually still there a bit no matter how often you remove it…) think you don’t take care of yourself or you’re a freak. They have no idea how much time you spend in front of the mirror getting rid of hair on a daily basis. PCOS sucks because women usually find out what their problem is after suffering from it for several years, or even decades but once you know it, it’s so much easier to fix it. Thank you for sharing your inspiring journey!

By: Beautiful Skin in My 40′s | Go Kaleo

Beautiful Skin in My 40′s | Go Kaleo — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 20:05:20 +0000

[…] cystic acne on my face, chest and back. I know now it was due to hormonal issues (see my PCOS story here), but of course I didn’t know that then, nor did my parents, neither of whom had dealt with […]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:19:43 +0000

What you eat and did you follow the paleo diet… Dod you have the rregullar menstrual period after changed your diet..

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Reference Page: Go Kaleo | Taper Strength Training — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 11:53:26 +0000

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By: Mean Jean

Mean Jean — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:12:13 +0000

I should have looked back at my life as a whole, not what is going on right now. 3 times I was pregnant and never got further than 12 weeks. When I was in my 20’s , there were months with no periods and that went on for years. Then 39’s came and very bad periods and and ectopic and molar pregnancy. My husband left me for a healthy woman in hopes of having kids. I met someone 8 years later and pregnant 2 more times…same story…no kids. My thyroid is not working for over 30 years and I have a history of cysts, diabetes and an auto immune disease. You are on to something and I want to add our food may be to blame. I’m trying to eat clean, in addition to weight training and exercise. No more processed junk. This is way out there, but Our food has turned into population control as it affects the thyroid on so many levels.

By: gomaleo

gomaleo — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 22:03:28 +0000

Depending on your symptoms: The other thing to consider at younger ages and VERY active is not PCOS but hypothalamic dysfunction related to exercise or undereating. Irregular periods, being thin, and no significant body hair issues would be more suggestive of that. PCOS usually (usually but not always) is associated with some degree of being overweight and signs of excessive male hormones: acne, body hair (face and body) and balding.

By: Annie E

Annie E — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 21:45:08 +0000

So powerful. I also have PCOS and it was undiagnosed for YEARS!! I was tested multiple times while on the pill so the blood work came out “normal”. And the one thing that amazes me now…that not ONE doctor ever told me I was overweight. Me, at 5’4″ and 220 pounds!

By: Crity

Crity — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:51:52 +0000

Wow! I haven’t been diagnosed with PCOS but every description sounds like mine! I would go to the doctor and he would tell me that that was just my pattern of menstruation and that’s just ridiculous…one time I didn’t get my period for almost 2 years and that is NOT normal. I’ve lost 50 lbs and I’ve had a regular cycle every month for a year now its incredible I’ve never been regular. The only things is that my hair is still not growing back

By: hitch_please

hitch_please — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:48:20 +0000

Thank you for your candor! I just listened to this TED talk by Dr Peter Attia, which raises the question of whether it’s the insulin resistance that causes the obesity, diabetes, etc, instead of the other way around.

It raises an interesting point about the shame of obesity and diabetes: http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_attia_what_if_we_re_wrong_about_diabetes.html

By: Go Kaleo

Go Kaleo — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:05:59 +0000

My understanding is that once those follicles are ‘turned on’ there’s no turning them off. I got electrolysis several years ago to deal with the hair.