Relief

[cornerofmadness]

I've been keeping a secret, a worry that i wasn't ready to put out there. Polycystic ovarian disease, in addition to making you unable to lose weight (check), gives you diabetes (check) can also kick you into early menopause. I haven't had a period in two months. I was about to call the ob/gyn for an emergency appt. I've had perimenopausal symptoms for years and I've never had a normal period. I dont' usually skip a month. I'm more of the two in one month type of gal. So this had me worried.

I knew I wasn't pregnant. Hell I can't even remember the last time I had a date so if I was pregnant, expect the world to end. But I'm not ready for menopause. I have enough health issues. I wasn't so much worried about not having kids. I've been thinking about adoption anyhow. There's more to being a parent than genetics. BUt I was worried about all the other things that go with menopause and there are ways of fending it off if it comes early. AND it can be a sign of something else being wrong with you.

So, I've never been so happy to see my stupid period. But you would know it waited until the first day of class just to be totally inconvienent. Go me.

Oddly enough the main character on The Closer is dealing with these issues so it made it easy to explain to Dad what was up with me. Point. Watch. Learn. he has asked me in the past why, since my ovaries are the reason I can't lose weight and am most likely diabetic, haven't I just had them removed since I don't really want to have kids. Well he found and sent me this article today. newsarticle at yahoo My question has to be, why are men not at higher risk (appreciably) for dementia and parkinsons since they hardly have any estrogen in them but a woman without her ovaries is very high risk. Curious bit of physiology there.

and apropos of nothing the Stouffer's bistro flat bread pizza was delicious. evil_little_dog will tell you how much I don't like frozen pizza but this was good, small but good. I had the shrimp and roasted garlic (with an alfredo sauce base), plenty of delicious buttery garlic. Ah....

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[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks and yes isn't it amazing what those sex horomones actually control. And yeah, castration does stuff too, especially depending on when it's done. I'm thinking of the Castrati