P.C.O.S.

My name is Jessica...I have PCOS.

I feel like we are in a circle and I'm confessing some sort of addiction...when I'm really joining the unfortunate sisterhood of those women who have gone before me, who have and continue to live with PCOS.

Finally being diagnosed with this explains so much, the difficulty losing weight, the mood swings, lack of ovulation, increased testosterone levels etc...

We can't afford medical treatment right now, but we can afford prayer, and changes in lifestyle.

I ordered three books today to help me learn more about PCOS and change my exercise and eating habits accordingly. From what I have read on the internet the exercise part alone is what provides the most benefits.

The books I ordered are as follows

I hope these books will give me a better understanding of PCOS and empower me to make changes I can make now while we are waiting to be able to afford medical treatment. I don't have insulin resistance yet, but my blood sugar is on the high end of normal. Attempting the insulin resistance diet is def. not going to hurt anything. What is frustrating is these changes will take a while to have any affect and I want a baby now...make that yesterday :)

Also...as to the surgery...my tummy still hurts. I slept all day yesterday...literally...ALL DAY. I was planning on going into the office today (for contract work) but didn't because I was still exhausted. I didn't take any pain meds all day yesterday. I think tihs contributed to the exhaustion...so at 10am today I took a pain pill and walla not as tired and not as crampy. I have not slept since 10am and it is now 6pm. I have been sitting all day...but not snoring like yesterday. I have a day and a half of pain pills left. I plan on taking them the rest of today and tommorow. Jeremy is going to drive me to the office tommorow so I can get some work in on the case I helping on. Poor guy is going to pick me up at the end of the day too.