Faces of PCOS
I haven't posted much about PCOS lately and I was thinking about how my recent treatments and such have kind of caused me to ignore that I also live with PCOS. I've talked about my infertility, but not really why I have infertility lately.
I've noticed that my depression, female issues, and arthritis pain have been pretty heavily linked lately. I need to restructure my treatment plans for PCOS, and because I haven't yet I'm feeling many of these issues growing again. Fortunately I'm not gaining weight, but I think that's because of how active I've been for the physical therapy I just completed. I'm hoping to soon buy a recumbent stationary bicycle to keep up on those benefits. I have an Ab lounge, which is fun, but it always aggravates my vertigo tendencies and I just don't want to live dizzy all the time, so I'll probably sell it soon.
My cycles have been completely messed up for about half a year now. A little over a year ago I switched from Lowestrin birth control, to Yasmin birth control. The result has been less control of my cycles, depression, insomnia, and fatigue. Now some of those issues could be PCOS itself, or depression itself, or arthritis... I just get to be a big puzzle. In any case, the cycle disruption was the reason I stopped that medication. Since I am no longer on any medication treating my hormones (I'm not taking metphormine either, until I can afford the meds.) I've started having 2-3 migraine headaches a week. More inflammation with my arthritis, tons of hair growth and I already wrote about my completely absent cycles.
I'm starting to search various sites to see that there are a fair amount of PCOS women who also have arthritis and how their two diseases link. I find it both depressing and affirming to see that there are other women dealing with both, and who see the treatment of both as being linked. As I find out more I'll try to post some links in regards to this, but if I don't and you're curious just do a web search for PCOS and RA or arthritis.
Since I'm poking around the soulcyster site again I came across some videos from fellow women with PCOS. I thought this following one was gutsy and worth a view. Her language is not for everyone, but her message is a very true issue; That hollywood and popular society give nothing but negative feedback and disgust to a woman with many of the physical symptoms of PCOS.
When I was in high school the only play I was able to be in, I was an old lady, a church lady set in her ways and picked on, and it just was depressing. I did the roll, and I was proud of my performance, but I was self conscious of the fact that my size was more of the character than my own acting ability. Fortunately I had loving friends and family in the audience and I just focused on having fun with the roll and pretending there was no one else in the audience.
I truly appreciate what Dove does with their campaign for real beauty. I wish more companies would be so caring and honest. It causes more harm than good to tell someone who is different how they are different. Why not bring people up and tell them how they are valued and exceptional. I never thought about myself as having great hair, or pretty coloring, or a face that naturally doesn't need make-up, but these simple beauties are true of me. I'm actually really perplexed when someone stops me to tell me my hair is healthy and beautiful because I don't focus on that, my whole life tells me I'm a failure for being plus size and that society looks down on this, in all honesty I have done nothing to myself to live like this. The poor people who eat high fat and sugar to cause their obesity have a much different issue going on, for those of us who are not the normal size tend to get lumped together with that group and it's very humiliating. I honestly do not like eating out because I don't want people around me to think it's what I eat, or overeating that has caused this. The truth of the matter is that 'over-eaters' has become, I think, too much of an issue in recent decades and now society is lead to believe that it's the only way one becomes over-weight. WHICH IS SUCH A LIE!
I'm not looking to write much more, I just wanted to write enough to set this video up. I think this gal is gutsy for willingly growing out her beard and trying to video it. The video doesn't show it that well, but as someone who has to deal with it too I could see it more than I'm sure others could. Well, here is the video. She puts it all on the line. Open and honest, if more people were this strong then maybe some of these ridiculous stereotypes could be smashed!
Here is one more I just saw and feel needs to be shared.
I've noticed that my depression, female issues, and arthritis pain have been pretty heavily linked lately. I need to restructure my treatment plans for PCOS, and because I haven't yet I'm feeling many of these issues growing again. Fortunately I'm not gaining weight, but I think that's because of how active I've been for the physical therapy I just completed. I'm hoping to soon buy a recumbent stationary bicycle to keep up on those benefits. I have an Ab lounge, which is fun, but it always aggravates my vertigo tendencies and I just don't want to live dizzy all the time, so I'll probably sell it soon.
My cycles have been completely messed up for about half a year now. A little over a year ago I switched from Lowestrin birth control, to Yasmin birth control. The result has been less control of my cycles, depression, insomnia, and fatigue. Now some of those issues could be PCOS itself, or depression itself, or arthritis... I just get to be a big puzzle. In any case, the cycle disruption was the reason I stopped that medication. Since I am no longer on any medication treating my hormones (I'm not taking metphormine either, until I can afford the meds.) I've started having 2-3 migraine headaches a week. More inflammation with my arthritis, tons of hair growth and I already wrote about my completely absent cycles.
I'm starting to search various sites to see that there are a fair amount of PCOS women who also have arthritis and how their two diseases link. I find it both depressing and affirming to see that there are other women dealing with both, and who see the treatment of both as being linked. As I find out more I'll try to post some links in regards to this, but if I don't and you're curious just do a web search for PCOS and RA or arthritis.
Since I'm poking around the soulcyster site again I came across some videos from fellow women with PCOS. I thought this following one was gutsy and worth a view. Her language is not for everyone, but her message is a very true issue; That hollywood and popular society give nothing but negative feedback and disgust to a woman with many of the physical symptoms of PCOS.
When I was in high school the only play I was able to be in, I was an old lady, a church lady set in her ways and picked on, and it just was depressing. I did the roll, and I was proud of my performance, but I was self conscious of the fact that my size was more of the character than my own acting ability. Fortunately I had loving friends and family in the audience and I just focused on having fun with the roll and pretending there was no one else in the audience.
I truly appreciate what Dove does with their campaign for real beauty. I wish more companies would be so caring and honest. It causes more harm than good to tell someone who is different how they are different. Why not bring people up and tell them how they are valued and exceptional. I never thought about myself as having great hair, or pretty coloring, or a face that naturally doesn't need make-up, but these simple beauties are true of me. I'm actually really perplexed when someone stops me to tell me my hair is healthy and beautiful because I don't focus on that, my whole life tells me I'm a failure for being plus size and that society looks down on this, in all honesty I have done nothing to myself to live like this. The poor people who eat high fat and sugar to cause their obesity have a much different issue going on, for those of us who are not the normal size tend to get lumped together with that group and it's very humiliating. I honestly do not like eating out because I don't want people around me to think it's what I eat, or overeating that has caused this. The truth of the matter is that 'over-eaters' has become, I think, too much of an issue in recent decades and now society is lead to believe that it's the only way one becomes over-weight. WHICH IS SUCH A LIE!
I'm not looking to write much more, I just wanted to write enough to set this video up. I think this gal is gutsy for willingly growing out her beard and trying to video it. The video doesn't show it that well, but as someone who has to deal with it too I could see it more than I'm sure others could. Well, here is the video. She puts it all on the line. Open and honest, if more people were this strong then maybe some of these ridiculous stereotypes could be smashed!
Here is one more I just saw and feel needs to be shared.
Labels: Arthritis, PCOS, plus size, Rheumatoid Arthritis, size acceptance, video, YouTube
posted by Celestial Freak @ 9/25/2008 12:29:00 PM
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