Good times?
Bumped into an interesting little article on the ‘New Scientist’ Twitter feed:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19012-later-menopause-for-women-with-polycystic-ovaries.html
I can’t make up my mind whether this is indeed good news or whether it’s not so good :O/ lol
Don’t get me wrong. Hooray! for the little detail that although it’s harder for Polycystic Ovary (PCOS) sufferers to conceive due to decrease fertility, it’s kinda balanced out by the fact that we get a teensy bit more time to try. Or at least I was always told it would be harder for me to have children. But later menopause?! Which essentially means we have to suffer the monthly’s longer! That surely deserves a: Boooo! :O( Although we don’t exactly suffer ‘monthly’ - So maybe I’ve just made my mind up about the news lol.
When I was first (eventually) diagnosed with PCOS, around 3 years ago, it was mainly thanks to investigation following scarce and irregular menstruation, coupled with issues around my weight. Both still aren’t great but they are getting better. My hormone levels are also balancing themselves out :O) Yay me!
The infertility for me was never an issue. It didn’t matter. It’s not that I’m not interested in children, but that I don’t have this huge urge to have any (maybe that will change if I ever meet the right person?!). Also, as a lesbian, it’s not possible to just naturally fall pregnant with a partner and I always subconsciously thought I would like to adopt, if the time come, anyway. For now though, I’m quite happy to be the person that spoils my niece, nephew and godchildren silly. The scarce and irregular menstruation on the other hand… I’d quite like not to develop endometriosis or Cancer so yeah that needed/needs sorting out.
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For anyone that may be reading this and thinking “What the chuffs is PCOS?”
To take the blurb from www.verity-pcos.org.uk : Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the most common hormonal disturbance among premenopausal women. It is the leading cause of infertility due to lack of ovulation. Although PCOS is treatable, it cannot currently be totally cured.
Part of my treatment is Metformin (the same stuff they give Diabetic’s), which is free if you are diabetic but not free if you aren’t. Quite crappy considering my condition means I could develop diabetes. Anyway, when I first started getting my prescriptions, I always used to get 20 questions as it’s a relatively new thing, or so I’ve been told…over and over ;O) Lots of people used to ask me if it was painful, which used to leave me feeling slightly guilty. Am I supposed to feel pain…as I don’t ; or I haven’t so far anyway. Sure, I have my moments, just like most women, it’s just that mine don’t happen every month. It’s a curse and a blessing all at once lol. To me, it’s just something that’s there, I just have to deal and there’s not much I can do about it so there is no point in getting all depressed about it. Is that wrong? I don’t know.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19012-later-menopause-for-women-with-polycystic-ovaries.html
I can’t make up my mind whether this is indeed good news or whether it’s not so good :O/ lol
Don’t get me wrong. Hooray! for the little detail that although it’s harder for Polycystic Ovary (PCOS) sufferers to conceive due to decrease fertility, it’s kinda balanced out by the fact that we get a teensy bit more time to try. Or at least I was always told it would be harder for me to have children. But later menopause?! Which essentially means we have to suffer the monthly’s longer! That surely deserves a: Boooo! :O( Although we don’t exactly suffer ‘monthly’ - So maybe I’ve just made my mind up about the news lol.
When I was first (eventually) diagnosed with PCOS, around 3 years ago, it was mainly thanks to investigation following scarce and irregular menstruation, coupled with issues around my weight. Both still aren’t great but they are getting better. My hormone levels are also balancing themselves out :O) Yay me!
The infertility for me was never an issue. It didn’t matter. It’s not that I’m not interested in children, but that I don’t have this huge urge to have any (maybe that will change if I ever meet the right person?!). Also, as a lesbian, it’s not possible to just naturally fall pregnant with a partner and I always subconsciously thought I would like to adopt, if the time come, anyway. For now though, I’m quite happy to be the person that spoils my niece, nephew and godchildren silly. The scarce and irregular menstruation on the other hand… I’d quite like not to develop endometriosis or Cancer so yeah that needed/needs sorting out.
____________________________________________
For anyone that may be reading this and thinking “What the chuffs is PCOS?”
To take the blurb from www.verity-pcos.org.uk : Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the most common hormonal disturbance among premenopausal women. It is the leading cause of infertility due to lack of ovulation. Although PCOS is treatable, it cannot currently be totally cured.
Part of my treatment is Metformin (the same stuff they give Diabetic’s), which is free if you are diabetic but not free if you aren’t. Quite crappy considering my condition means I could develop diabetes. Anyway, when I first started getting my prescriptions, I always used to get 20 questions as it’s a relatively new thing, or so I’ve been told…over and over ;O) Lots of people used to ask me if it was painful, which used to leave me feeling slightly guilty. Am I supposed to feel pain…as I don’t ; or I haven’t so far anyway. Sure, I have my moments, just like most women, it’s just that mine don’t happen every month. It’s a curse and a blessing all at once lol. To me, it’s just something that’s there, I just have to deal and there’s not much I can do about it so there is no point in getting all depressed about it. Is that wrong? I don’t know.