Hope Hinged on Modern Science.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Fear and Healing
I'm 20 years old and I'm afraid. I'm afraid for my future, not just for the usual reasons, but because I have an illness and I have no idea what it is. I stopped menstruating at 17 years old, after 6 years of regular periods.. I saw a gynecologist. They think it might be PCOS but they don't know for sure. They recommended me to a specialist whom I never got a chance to see and then weeks and months passed and finally I realized, I have to do something. I've gone a year without a medically induced period. This isn't healthy. I'm unhappy. I'm experiencing symptoms that are not particularly pleasant and I don't want to develop diseases later in life. I need to act. So I found UCSF specialists and a PCOS clinic. I just spoke to them for the first time today... I have to go in and have hours of lab work done... In the hope that it will tell me what's wrong with me and I can begin some sort of treatment and get my life back together. I'm a third year student, I am on the Dean's list, I am set to transfer next fall. I want to be healthy, thinner, happier, mentally stable and fit in all the ways. I have to do something and so I'm hoping and trying to solve this 3 year long 'puzzle' and I hope the final piece will come into view now that I am going ahead against the fear, facing on the scale and embarrassment of my overweight number. Forget the numbers. I need to heal...
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