PCOS AND OLISTAT

HI THERE,

AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLING WITH MY WEIGHT I WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED WITH POLY CYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (AND BOY DO I KNOW IT). MY PROBLEMS STARTED 8 YEARS AGO (2006) WHEN I MISCARRIED MY BABY AT 11 WEEKS. I BLED FOR 8 WEEKS, THEN MY PERIODS STOPPED FOR TWO YEARS.

DURING THOSE TWO YEARS EVERY 28 DAYS I WOULD GET ALL THE TYPICAL SIGNS OF A DUE PERIOD BUT NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. I CONSTANTLY ATE, NOTHING EVER FILLED ME, AND DUE TO THIS MY WEIGHT ESCALATED TO 19 STONE! AFTER A CONSTANT BATTLE WITH NOT ONLY MY WEIGHT BUT ALSO WITH MY G.P HE WAS ADAMANT MY PERIODS STOPPED BECAUSE OF MY WEIGHT AND WAS NOT WILLING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT MY WEIGHT ONLY ESCALATED WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE A PERIOD. I WAS BASICALLY SHOWN THE DOOR AND FELT GUILTY FOR "WASTING A DOCTORS TIME".

FINALLY IN AUGUST 2008 I GOT A PERIOD AND SO ON, UNTIL FEB 2009 WHEN I FELL PREGNANT.... I GAINED ANOTHER STONE IN PREGNANCY WHICH THEN TOOK ME TO A DANGEROUS 20 STONE, I HAD THE USUAL TEST FOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES AND WAS COMPLETELY FINE, I ALSO HAD BLOOD TESTS FOR CHOLESTEROL - AGAIN I WAS COMPLETELY FINE!! NOVEMBER ARRIVED AND I GAVE BIRTH TO MY DAUGHTER WEIGHING 8LB 8OZ.

MAY 2010 I HAD LOST 5 STONE AND WAS COMPLETELY MADE UP WHATEVER HORMONE WAS RAGING IN MY BODY FROM HAVING MY DAUGHTER WAS CLEARLY DOING ME SOME GOOD, I WAS LOSING WEIGHT AND HAD A PERIOD EVERY 28 DAYS (HOORAY NO MORE BINGING!!)

SEPTEMBER 2010, MY WEIGHT STARTED TO CREEP BACK ON, I'D HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AND STARTED TO COMFORT EAT. MY PERIODS HAD BECOME PAINFUL, VERY HEAVY, AND ERRATIC. I DIDN'T BOTHER WITH THE DOCTORS DUE TO THE GUILT I'D FELT PREVIOUSLY. I HAD REACHED 17 STONE, I IGNORED IT, I IGNORED THE PAIN AND THE BLEEDING AND JUST GOT ON WITH IT!

OCTOBER 2013 I CHANGED DOCTORS, ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH. I COULD NOT LONGER COPE WITH LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND EXCEPT WHAT I SAW LOOKING BACK AT ME! MY CONFIDENCE IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW, MY MOODS WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE, I WAS GROWING HAIR (AND LOTS OF IT), MY STOMACH WAS HANGING, MY EATING HABITS WAS DISCUSTING, I WAS TOTALLY ASHAMED OF MYSELF. THE DOCTOR WAS LOVELY, WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING FROM MY PREVIOUS MEDICAL HISTORY AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'D NOT HAD TEST'S. I THEN WAS REFERRED FOR A SCAN ALONG WITH BLOOD TEST'S, ONE WEEK LATER I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PCOS! I WAS DEVASTATED!! EVEN THOUGH I'D FINALLY GOT AN EXPLANATION I KNEW I'D HAVE A BATTLE ON MY HANDS......

8 WEEKS AGO I WEIGHED MYSELF AND WAS MORTIFIED AT WHAT I SAW - 20 STONE!! I DECIDED TO JOIN SLIMMING WORLD I HAVE TOTALLY CHANGED EVERYTHING I EAT, NO MORE TAKEAWAYS, NO MORE CRISPS, CHOCOLATE - NOTHING!! AFTER TOTALLY WIPING EVERYTHING BAD, I WAS DEVASTATED TO LEARN OVER THOSE 8 WEEKS I'D ONLY LOST 9LB.

LAST WEEK I WENT BACK TO MY G.P, I TOTALLY BROKE DOWN. SHE PRESCRIBED ME ORLISTAT AND TOLD ME EVERYTHING FROM SIDE EFFECTS TO THE DOSAGE. IAM HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THESE WORK.

SORRY IF I'VE BORED ANYONE WITH (PART) OF MY BATTLE, BUT IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE WHO HAS PCOS AND/OR IS ALSO TAKING ORLISTAT I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL FOR HELP, TIPS.

THANK YOU X

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