PCOS shoosh

Have you heard a term called PCOS?  No? Me neither until last Dec 2016. Just before my year end getaway. How convenient.

Well, I experienced an irregular period for quite some times already. It just come and go whenever she feels like. Until it got really bad by end of last year. I was bleeding for the whole month, pores breakout, moody and body pain. Which not all of that I normally experienced.

Finally, I set an appointment with Dr Premitha, a gynae at Pantai Hospital after received a referral letter from clinic and continuous nagging from my bestie. After a session with her and the blood test result was out, I was finally diagnosed with PCOS.

At first I was so confused when she explained it to me. I even asked her “Bahaya ke benda ni?” And her reply was “Bahaya macam mana u nak? Its not as dangerous as you might die because of this but its dangerous enough that u might not conceived a baby”

Sedih gilaaaaaaaa. Tapi x mampu nak express time tu sebab still blur.

Then only I can focused on what she said. She drawed how the normal ovary should be, hows mine, the normal period cycle, hows my period cycle was, what should you expect and the necessary treatment.

So apa PCOS ni? Kat bawah tu ha aku google.

What is polycystic ovarian syndrome?

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a condition in which a woman’s levels of the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone are out of balance. This leads to the growth of ovarian cysts (benign masses on the ovaries). PCOS can affect a women’s menstrual cycle, fertility, cardiac function, and appearance.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, between 1 in 10 and 1 in 20 women of childbearing age has PCOS. 

Ni gambar from Google, camtu ha rupa dia. 

In a layman term, PCOS ni sebenarnya, cyst kecik2 yang ada dalam ovary disebabkan period yang keluar tak habis. So the next cycle, period yang baru x leh keluar sempurna sebab ada cyst melekat kat ovary and dia developed lagi banyak cyst yang melekat lekat kat ovary kau.

Macam doc aku cakap, dia tak buat kau mati ke apa, tapi banyak benda lain lah. Contoh, kau susah nak pregnant, hormonal imbalance, masalah jantung and kau gemok! PCOS ni tak boleh cure, boleh improve kan je dia. So memang kene ada treatment lah.

Hahaha, tetiba aku rasa all make sense. Patutlah aku susah gila nak lose weight and body shape aku proportionate. Patut period aku huru hara semua. Doc aku kata, no absolute cause for PCOS, but it can be genetic and hormone kau memang ke laut lah.

So doc pon bagi aku Metformin, ni ubat kencing manis sbb gula aku border line and hormone pill, ni snanye pil perancang, 2 bulan punya consumption and these medications are supposed to regulate back my period cycle.

Tapi ultimate treatment for PCOS is managing your weight! Which obviously I failed to do so till now. Huhuhuhu.

I once told myself, I will seriously consider of losing weight when it affecting my health. I think now is the time. This is what I told myself in Dec 2016, just after I knew about PCOS.

And now July, I am not even lighter, I am 6kgs heavier. Good lord! And my next appointment is on 10 August.

Im so dead. Doc aku confirm mengamok.

Oklah nak pegi kuruskan badan before next week arrive.