Sorry, a bit of a rant- I've known something wasn’t right with my periods for over 10 years. I’ve mentioned it to various medical staff over the years and some have been so helpful and supportive and others have been so dismissive and told me it’s normal and acted like I was being hysterical. I’m a bit annoyed that I’ve potentially had this problem for 10 years and in that time only had one blood test and no other checks which could have picked it up.
I’m probably just being a bit bitter but when I think about all the times I cried as a teenager and shaved my face everyday before school and thought I was a freak, or all the times I got caught out because my period follows no pattern or cycle and could come anytime in a 6 month period, I feel so upset. I’ve spent so long hating my body and myself. When I went to the doctor about it as a 19 year old, my mum specifically asked about PCOS being a possibility and they said it’s not that because I’m not overweight and my blood test was fine
Yesterday I had a private ultrasound which showed ‘polycystic morphology’ and the report said that my ovary was ‘bulky’ and that I had too many follicles (I think that was the word?!)
I’ve been having symptoms of irregular but painfree and light periods, with cycles sometimes 100+ days long, and excess facial and body hair. I booked the ultrasound because I knew something wasn’t right.
has anyone else experienced this or know anything else about it? She said it’s looking like PCOS and recommended going to the GP and asking for blood tests to confirm it because she said sometimes extra follicles and big ovaries can be normal in younger people.
I really, really hope it’s not PCOS and that it’s actually ok and normal, but if it is PCOS after all, I’m a bit upset that for years I’ve felt like a freak because of how my body is!