Entries tagged with "polycystic ovary syndrome"
So anyway, this all sucks
posted by srah on April 4, 2006 5:03 PM
Tags: doctor, glucose intolerance, health, insulin resistance, low-carb diet, polycystic ovary syndrome
I had a doctor's appointment yesterday wherein I learned that I am, it would appear, a fat old woman trapped in a tiny young body. As she diagnosed me with PCOS and some glucose intolerance (both related to the diabetes that runs in my family), she kept telling me how unusual it was for me to have these problems because they're usually found in obese people who are older than me and "YOU'RE ONLY 25! AND YOU WEIGH 111 POUNDS¹!" Yeah, that doesn't really make me feel any better. I was told for years that the way to avoid diabetes-related...
Our second and third place contestants will receive... Scooby Doo band-aids!
posted by srah on February 22, 2006 9:18 PM
Tags: health, insulin resistance, moving, ohio, on my own, polycystic ovary syndrome
This morning, I took the Glucose Challenge and I won! At least... I think I won. They're going to let me know. I guess they have to wait for the voting public to weigh in. Actually, come to think of it, I don't remember seeing any of the other contestants. Or any cameras. This is the worst reality show ever! Well, that ate two hours out of my life. Actually, it ate a lot more, if you count all the time I spent thinking about food when I was supposed to be fasting 10-12 hours before the test. And if...
I was going to go on...
posted by srah on January 4, 2002 12:47 PM
Tags: birth control, doctor, health, polycystic ovary syndrome
I was going to go on and on yesterday about my car and how I thought it was frozen to the garage floor, but I don't particularly feel like it anymore. Maybe when I get back to school. I had a physical yesterday. According to the doctor, I am 5'2". My theory is that I drank a lot of water and expanded. Or that whole you're-taller-in-the-morning-and-gradually-shrink-as-the-day-goes-on thing. You know, that thing. The doctor thinks (stop reading here, you're really not going to care and if you do, I'd be concerned) that I have estrogen problems and is putting me on...
