PCOS Stories

Hello, my name is Ashley. Around nine years ago, I found out I had polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). September is the month for PCOS awareness, so today, I wish to share my story. At that time, I was 13 years old, and I didn’t understand what it all meant. I refused …

I was diagnosed with Endometriosis, PCOS and Hydrosalpinx nearly three years ago on 17th March 2012 during a diagnostic lap. I had previously undergone an emergency appendectomy only ten months earlier after collapsing in pain at work. I was diagnosed during my second lap, but it wasn’t treated until three …

Looking at TV commercials, bullies at school, and the rest of the girls around me, I knew something was different about me. Something that I could not really describe at the time. I sounded crazy. I was 14, and I was gaining so much weight, no matter what I did. No …

Hi all. I’m 36, and for years I had been struggling with really heavy periods since I was young, but was told it was something I just had to live with. Occasionally doctors would put me on the pill to regulate things, but nothing seemed to work, and I was …

When I was eight years old I got my first period. I had a lot of cramps that used to put me in the hospital. My mother thought I was too young to see a gyno so I didn’t see one. My mother picked my doctor when I was 16 …

I guess you can say that I have always been a fighter. My periods started at 13 and were pretty normal up until I was about 15 years old.  At 15 I was raped by someone I thought I could trust, but I guess I was naive. Not long after …

My name is Christine Medina. For many years I went from doctor to doctor because I believed something was wrong with me, my body and the way it was working. Some doctors were in disbelief, and I truly think that others just thought I was over reacting. Blood work and …

Hi, my name is Carly and I am 19 years old, almost 20. When I was thirteen I woke up in the middle of night with abdominal pain so strong that I couldn’t even stand up to go get my mom. The next day, she let me stay home from …

I had such bad abdominal pain, it was insane. I would get these cramps every single day, for hours straight, and I thought it was just my period. Finally I got fed up and told my mom. She made a doctor’s appointment and I had to get 3 ultrasounds and …

In the fall of 2011, I started having frequent pain in my lower abdomen. The only way I could explain the positioning was to put my hands all the way into my pockets and and to say the pain was where my finger tips were. Finally the pain was so …