I will not be discouraged!

Hello Bloggers

Okay I've been really bad because I haven't blogged in a while. Well I sort of have blogged but I haven't posted them (sigh). Nevertheless I am here blogging now as I watch the Search for OWN the new show on the Oprah Network about a group of people competing to have the show on Oprahs new network. Today I am blogging about my visit to the doctor today. I went to the doctor today to check on the cysts on my ovaries. The obgyn doctor that I usually talk to has moved to another location so I picked another doctor a few months ago and today was my first day meeting her. Well long story short I am not too fond of her. Well let me explain. As soon as the doctor walked into the room she seemed rush. She asked the usual why are you here question. I informed her that I want to stop taking the birth control that I am taking and instead try to heal my cysts naturally. So begins to go on and on about how it would be a good idea to do that because the cysts will be there forever. And she went on and on about all of the negative things like I wont be able to have kids with IVF blah blah blah.

I share this just to motivate you ladies not to get discouraged when the doctor gives you the textbook diagnosis of a situation. I absolutely believe in the manifestation of divine decree. Or any type of higher power that heals. We just have to listen.

Action Plan

As I mentioned in my first post that I was going to start taking Vitamins. Well I just recieved them in the mail. I basically ordered them from the Vitamin shoppe which is a great store for vitamins and any health food products that you need. I can't say it enough! I do not advise taking vitamins without seeking the help of a professional that would be equipped to tell you what you need if anything.

So the next step in my health journey is to go food shopping. Now ladies I don't know if you are like me but personally speaking if I do not have some sort of plan when I go into the store then I will either over purchase, forget something or intentionally not get what I went there for because I found something that I thought was better (that is until I reach home). So to advoid that I am going to create what I call an action plan. My action place consist of specific things that I am going there for that I have preselected before I get to the store and will then purchase it. The items will be based on specific items that I need to eat in an attempt to eat healther in addition to them being items that I need to go with the vitamins that I have selected. When I am serious about taking vitamins and working out and stuff I usually try to add the vitamins into the food that I am eating. If they are pills then I have to crush them because I cannot swallow pills. Most of the things that use are liquids thought. I love liquid multivitamins. The one that I use has a leafy aquired taste to it.

PCOS

As I mentioned in my other blog I would talk about my health issues. Well here it is. I have PCOS which is the abbreviation for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. I will give you the textbook definition on it and additional information in a little while. In summary I have a bunch of small cysts that are within my ovaries. That appearance are often times referred to as a string of pearls. Some of the symptoms that a woman would face because of this is missed periods, abdominal pain and hair growth in places that are not usual for most woman i.e. chin, lip face. The presence of the cysts are one of the causes of my missed periods. One of the reasons that I want to change my lifestyle right now is because I feel as if the symptoms that I am facing because of this are increasing as I get older. When I turned 31 I began having an increasing amount of additional problems. Oftentimes I feel as if I am having my own personal summer (as if my body is in early stages of menopause) I become really hot internally. This happens often no matter if it is a hot day or a cold day. I sweat a lot despite the fact of wearing cotton clothes. I can take a shower and begin sweating shortly after. A symptom that I am facing right now that I am sure it is tied to this is hyperpigmentation on my lip. I have a scar above me lip that could easily be passed as a mustache unless you look closely then it looks like a bruise of some sort. For me the bruise of my lip is the straw that broke the camels back because I do not want to walk around with some sort of mark on my face that can potentially be fixed. I have an appointment with the doctor in an effort to find some possible solution to rid myself of it. I am hoping that changing my eating habits and exercising will help so that hopefully my internal situation will improve. From what I was told PCOS is something that just has to be managed and it is possible that the symptoms can decrease or go away.

As I previously mentioned in my other post that I am not one of those type of woman that is obsessed with my weight. Well to a certain degree maybe I should be. And I feel that I have build a defense mechanism in an effort to feel ok. One thing is for certain is that I refuse to be a victim of PCOS because there will always be someone out there who is in a worst situation. But I will not feel sorry for myself. So my defense mechanism is to say that no matter what I will be okay.

Now I know that there are some ladies that cannot relate to this matter and that is fine. Because I feel that within every story there is some type of commonality. So perhaps this is not your problem but you have another situation that you are going through. That alone links you to someone because there will always be someone out there that has a problem also.

One of the ways I am counter acting this is through reading a lot about it. Ladies if the symptoms sounds like something that you might think that you have, even if it doesn't sound like something that you think you have perhaps you have something else or it has been a little while since you went of the check up at the GYN please, please, please set up that appointment and go. Your health is important and putting of that appointment is very dangerous. It should take no longer then one day out of your busy schedule to go to the doctor. Your worth it! That one visit to the doctor could potentially save your life or prevent any problems that you are having.

Over the years I have found informative information about PCOS. Please feel free to check out the links below to the information that I have found. If you have some information you would like to share regarding PCOS please feel free to post on this blog.


Informative information:

PCOS defined (definition from WEBmd)Polycystic ovary syndrome (say "pah-lee-SIS-tik OH-vuh-ree SIN-drohm") is a problem in which a woman’s hormones are out of balance. It can cause problems with your periods and make it difficult to get pregnant. PCOS may also cause unwanted changes in the way you look. If it is not treated, over time it can lead to serious health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease.

For more info from web MD go to the following link: http://women.webmd.com/tc/polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos-topic-overview


Helpful websites:

• http://www.pcosupport.org/
• http://www.soulcysters.com/
• http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/polycystic-ovary-syndrome.cfm
• http://www.freedomfrompcos.com/
• http://www.mum.org/pcos.htm