Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

So for my free write for this week I wanted to talk about something special to me. I mentioned in a previous blog that I had a disease that makes me gain weight, no matter how healthy I eat or how much I work out. I wanted to take some time spread some awareness about my Disease that not many know about and no one really likes to talk about.  The disease I have is called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). This is an endocrine disorder or in simple laymen terms a hormone imbalance. This makes it extremely difficult to lose weight, because my body doesn’t process food like everyone else. It also has a lot of other side effects as well and sometimes side effects from weight gain. Some women with PCOS can grow facial hair (and I am talking lady with a beard in a circus), your hair can fall out and get what’s known as male pattern baldness. But what seems to hit most women the hardest is it also makes conceiving a child extremely difficult if not nearly impossible.  One and four women have PCOS and most don’t even know they have it. It can affect your time of the month and either make you not have a period or constantly have a period. Either way neither of those option are fun. Most of the side effects I have said show on the outside, but it effects the inside too. You can get things like heart disease and diabetes, painful cysts on your ovaries, and so many other things. I really wanted to talk about this more because so many people just see a fat person and assume they are fat because they eat too much and they don’t know healthy food, or they don’t work out and they are just lazy. Now don’t get me wrong I’m not trying to be the PC police and say stop fat shaming I’m just saying to be educated on what some fat people may be going through. This Disease has made me gain nearly 75 ponds in the last 3 years. But not only did I have to struggle with weight gain I also have to deal with that I may never have children of my own. And anyone who knows me knows this is very important to me and has been a dream of mine since I was a very young girl to have my own children. It’s because of this is why I decide to have weight loss surgery. I needed something else to help kick start my weight loss. Because nothing I did worked. Its has been 12 days today since I had my surgery and for the first time in over three years the scale is finally going down and not up. I’ve lost 14 pounds. And some people may think that weight loss surgery is the easy way out let me reassure you it is the furthers from easy. This is by far one of the most difficult things I have ever done. It is challenging mentally, emotionally, and physically. For the rest of my life the most food I can consume in a setting is no more than ¾ of a cup. The first month after surgery you feel like your starving, literally. You’re on a pure liquid diet for the first three weeks after surgery. Trust me there is only so much soup someone can eat before they lose their mind and want something else. And that leads to the emotional have you ever cried because you were so hungry but you couldn’t eat! Yea it’s hard and the pain after surgery is just crazy, I have never felt anything like it! But in the end it is worth it those 14 pounds I’ve lost and the possibility that I have helped increase my odds for having children is worth all the pain and tears.

Well thanks for stopping by

Tammie