PCOS, OR POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME

LET ME START BY SAYING IM 35 YEARS OLD NOW AND IM GOING TO TRY TO GO BACK AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER ON MY ILLNESS AND DIAGNOSIS SO MAYBE WITH EVERYTHING IVE BEEN THROUGH CAN HELP OTHERS, IM GOING TO START AT ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD, I NEVER STARTED MY CYCLE ON MY OWN SO MY MOTHER TOOK ME TO THE DR AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME THEY DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS DISEASE OR THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A ISSUE FOR ME, SO THEY PUT ME ON ORTHOTRICYCLEN A BIRTH CONTROL PILL TO TRY TO MAKE ME START MY PERIOD, THIS DIDN'T WORK AND MADE ME GAIN HUGE AMOUNTS OF WEIGHT, I WAS TAKEN OFF THIS MEDICINE AND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS RUSHED INTO EMERGENCY SURGERY TO REMOVE CYSYS FROM MY OVARIES AND MY APPENDIX DURING A TORNADO WARNING, AND TO THIS DAY I HAVE A HUGE MASSIVE SCAR, I WAS 16 WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AT THE AGE OF 17 I MET MY BOYFRIEND AND MY HUSBAND TO BE AND LIKE MOST TEENAGERS THINGS HAPPENED AND WE WERE SCARED AS I WAS NOT NORMAL AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS PREGNANT OR WOULD THIS BE ANOTHER SCARE AND RANDOM MONTH THAT ID START FOR A DAY AND THEN STOP, ALL I COULD DO WAS WAIT AND TEST AND I HAD SOME TEST COME BACK POSITIVE AND THEY WERE NOT TRUE POSITIVE, SKIPPING AHEAD A FEW YEARS MY HUSBAND AND I WANTED TO BECOME PARENTS, SO WE STARTED SEEING A FERTILITY SPECIALIST AND WE SPENT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO TRY TO HAVE A CHILD AND I PUT MY BODY AND MY HUSBAND THROUGH SO MANY THINGS TO TRY TO CONCEIVE A CHILD OF OUR OWN, WE HURT MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY AND THE TREATMENTS DIDN'T WORK, I STARTED BLEEDING FOR 7 MONTHS STRAIGHT SO I WENT TOO MY DR TO BEG FOR A D&C TO MAKE THE BLEEDING STOP, I WASN'T ABLE TO DO ANYTHING DUE TOO THE BLEEDING AND TO MAKE SURE ALL WAS OK SO I COULD CONTINUE MY FERTILITY TREATMENTS, SO I GOT THE D&C AND A FEW DAYS LATER I GOT A PHONE CALL THAT WOULD CHANGE MINE AND MY HUSBANDS LIVES FOREVER, MY DOCTOR WAS EVEN SHOCKED, IN OCTOBER 2016 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER 2 DIFFERENT TYPES, A MONTH BEFORE MY 34TH BIRTHDAY, I HAD UTERINE AND ENDOMETRIAL CANCER, I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A HYSTERECTOMY AT THE AGE OF 33 AND I WAS MY DOCTORS YOUNGEST PATIENT EVER, MY DREAMS OF BEING A MOTHER WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, I WANTED TO WRITE AND SHARE MY STORY TO TRY TO HELP ANYONE THAT MAYBE GOING THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THIS SO MAYBE I COULD BE THERE TO HELP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM, ITS BEEN A HARD LIFE AND I HAVE A LOT OF OTHER HEALTH ISSUES BUT FOR SOME REASON IM STILL HERE AND I HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AND SUPPORTIVE LOVING HUSBAND WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE WITH ME THROUGH EVRYTHING HES MY ROCK AND I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT HIM! I ALSO HAVE A SWEET CHIHUAHUA WHO WE RESCUED NAMED CHICO WHO IS MY FUR BABY AND MEANS SO VERY MUCH TOO ME! PLEASE IF YOU FEEL SOMETHING IS OFF WITH YOUR BODY MAKE YOUR DOCTOR DO WHAT YOU WANT TO CHECK, MY DOCTOR DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE D&C BUT THE CANCER WOULD HAD GROWN TO MUCH WORSE IF I HAD NOT MADE HIM!