PCOS affects one in 10 women in the UK.
Sorry for the bleak opener.
We have an excess of androgen, which can cause excessive facial and body hair, acne, weight gain, thinning hair on the head, abnormal bloating, irregular periods, and difficulty getting pregnant.PCOS affects one in 10 women in the UK, but its cause is unknown.My story involves a lot of fad diets, wax appointments, anxiety and emotional outbursts.
I laid on my bedroom carpet counting to one hundred stomach crunches every evening after school, desperately trying to flatten my stomach, and every time I looked in the mirror naked, I wanted to be sick. But that was to be short-lived when the doctor explained how I could manage the PCOS side effect of weight gain. He calmly went through the list:
While I salute anyone who embraces this symptom, I fight with it each day. It makes me feel unattractive and desperately insecure.
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