PCOS

Well, this post has been a long time in the making I started it on June 13th and have no definite time line of when I'll be publishing it, but it's something that's been on my mind since the moment I found out, and often consumes my thoughts late at night before bed.

I got diagnosed with PCOS on May 26th, the day before my birthday. I also found out I have insulin resistance, which means my pancreas has to pump out twice as much insulin to break down sugars/glucose, which apparently can lead to type 2 diabetes, so at some point in life there's potential for me to become diabetic. Looking back on it, I probably had PCOS at the age of 15/16.

This isn't really something I had on my "to-do" list of summer, nor was it something I ever really imagined I'd have to deal with. Since I was diagnosed I was put on meds to help with the insulin resistance and will soon start others so to regulate my body again, but at the ripe age of 19 it's generally not something I want to deal with. Through the past 3 months of summer I've more readily come to terms with this diagnosis, and been able to accept the fact that this is something that I will have to deal with for the rest of my life. I truly am okay with this diagnosis, there are millions of people that have more severe health problems than this.

On top of this diagnosis, I have elevated liver tests, so that might just mean I have a "fatty liver" (meaning there could be fat deposits within my liver) or there are other possibilities too. My doctor is trying to find me a nutritionist, honestly? I didn't even know she was looking for one until I called today, and I'm not really sure what they're suppose to do with me but I haven't really inquired further about it either. In about 4 weeks I'm going to see an endocrinologist and I'm hoping that she'll have some answers of what I can do. I know one thing you can do it lose weight, and I've been doing that. I don't eat a lot anymore, I honestly just am rarely hungry. I eat breakfast and dinner, and that's it usually I don't have time for lunch so I just have a small snack to make me last until dinner. I know it's not the "healthiest" thing to do but it works for me. Although I don't know how I last from breakfast( usually around 9:45) until dinner(around 6:00) without being hungry but then end up usually going to bed hungry. It's odd, but it works.


Update 3 months later:
It's August 26th and I plan on finally publishing this.
I've officially come to terms about this diagnosis, and have continued to take meds that help me. As it turns out I do just have a fatty liver and nothing else wrong with it, I'm not sure but the meds they put me on can screw up my kidney so I'm assuming that they'll do regular tests on my kidneys to make sure nothing is going wrong with them.

I went and saw a nutritionist on the 18th, and was put on a diabetic diet because of my insulin resistance, so now I am counting carbs and losing weight although being back at school as been one of the hardest parts of this whole thing, I can't serve myself a meal so now I'm just guessing how many carbs are in what they serve.


And that is mostly the story of what I've been doing this summer besides working!