Post by Rian on Oct 30, 2008 7:54:18 GMT -5
This is my story about Insulin dependant Diabetes and PCOS
On 14th of August 1987 at the age of 10 I was diagonosed with type 1 Diabetes, and my world come crashing down not only was I scared but I also felt like it was the end of the world for me after all I was still a child and being told that I have to take injections for the rest of my life was earth shattering to say the least, but somehow I managed to cope and learn about my illiness and to survive.
Then when I was 16 I went to my doctor and asked her why I still hadn't had my periods, she did some tests and said to come back in a few days, well I went back and thats when she told me that you have PCOS and I was shocked and confused and started asking her all these questions about PCOS, and what hit me the most was when she said it will be hard for you to have children well when she said that I just wanted to die cos I wanted children some day since Im the eldest of 6 kids in my family I thought I wont have a problem having my own kids, so I made it my mission to prove them wrong even though I was only 16 at the time I said to her I will have kids one day and PCOS wont stop me from having them.
Then to make matters worse I also found out that the PCOS was a result cos of me having Diabetes, so now I was a 16 year old sufferer of Diabetes and PCOS. and I got PCOS cos of the Diabetes I was finding it hard to struggle with the ins and outs of living and took comfort in eating and going from a slim person to an obese person.
When I was 20 I met the man of my dreams even though I thought I was fat and ugly my Frenchie ( Steph my hubby now) saw past all that and fell in love with me with who I was inside, now the hardest part here was how was I going to tell him that I have Diabetes and PCOS and that I cant have kids Frenchie already has a son and I know that he loves kids.
Well I finally had the courage to tell him about my Diabetes and PCOS and I thought he will do a runner and leave me but NO he stayed and said I dont care what you have and if you cant have kids I will still love you and stay with you.
By now I was determine now more then ever to have at least 1 child so I went back to my Doctor and said what can I do to make sure I have kids mind you I was only getting my periods once a year.
My Doctor told me for starters you can try and lose weight and I thought ok I can do this, so that some day I started to cut out certain foods and exercise more, but it was not so easy as I thought it took me 3 years to lose my weight but finally I did it.
The biggest shock of my life come 2001 when I found out I was pregnant, and my miracle baby come in March 2002, I finally had my very own child and it was a wonderful birthday gift to myself you see my birthdate is 12th of March and my daughter was born 4th of March, I was finally walking on cloud nine.
Now my daughter is asking for a brother or sister, and I did fall pregnant last year with twins but sadly I miscarried and even if I did go right through with the pregnancy it would have been born on my actual birthday this year that would have been another wonderful birthday present, but oh well it was never meant to be.
If I don't ever have another child it wont bother me cos I have a stepson and a daughter who I love dearly and 4 nephews, 1 niece and a goddaughter who I also love dearly.
To this day I have learnt to live with having Diabetes and PCOS and I do not let it ruin my life, I wont let it ruin my life and let it stop me from doing things in life that I wont to do just because I have Diabetes and PCOS, it took me a long time to come to terms with it but I finally managed to accept it and live life to the full after all I do have a daughter to think about as well now, and my Frenchie who has been my rock and tower of strength during my dark moody days, with out his love and support and also my familys love and support I dont think I would be here today or the person who I have become.
So please dont let PCOS run your life (like I let it do to me) try and work around it and live with it remember its your life not your PCOS life you can still do things and have dreams like any other girl cos miracles and dreams do happen and Im living proof of that.
Well this is my story for now
Rian
On 14th of August 1987 at the age of 10 I was diagonosed with type 1 Diabetes, and my world come crashing down not only was I scared but I also felt like it was the end of the world for me after all I was still a child and being told that I have to take injections for the rest of my life was earth shattering to say the least, but somehow I managed to cope and learn about my illiness and to survive.
Then when I was 16 I went to my doctor and asked her why I still hadn't had my periods, she did some tests and said to come back in a few days, well I went back and thats when she told me that you have PCOS and I was shocked and confused and started asking her all these questions about PCOS, and what hit me the most was when she said it will be hard for you to have children well when she said that I just wanted to die cos I wanted children some day since Im the eldest of 6 kids in my family I thought I wont have a problem having my own kids, so I made it my mission to prove them wrong even though I was only 16 at the time I said to her I will have kids one day and PCOS wont stop me from having them.
Then to make matters worse I also found out that the PCOS was a result cos of me having Diabetes, so now I was a 16 year old sufferer of Diabetes and PCOS. and I got PCOS cos of the Diabetes I was finding it hard to struggle with the ins and outs of living and took comfort in eating and going from a slim person to an obese person.
When I was 20 I met the man of my dreams even though I thought I was fat and ugly my Frenchie ( Steph my hubby now) saw past all that and fell in love with me with who I was inside, now the hardest part here was how was I going to tell him that I have Diabetes and PCOS and that I cant have kids Frenchie already has a son and I know that he loves kids.
Well I finally had the courage to tell him about my Diabetes and PCOS and I thought he will do a runner and leave me but NO he stayed and said I dont care what you have and if you cant have kids I will still love you and stay with you.
By now I was determine now more then ever to have at least 1 child so I went back to my Doctor and said what can I do to make sure I have kids mind you I was only getting my periods once a year.
My Doctor told me for starters you can try and lose weight and I thought ok I can do this, so that some day I started to cut out certain foods and exercise more, but it was not so easy as I thought it took me 3 years to lose my weight but finally I did it.
The biggest shock of my life come 2001 when I found out I was pregnant, and my miracle baby come in March 2002, I finally had my very own child and it was a wonderful birthday gift to myself you see my birthdate is 12th of March and my daughter was born 4th of March, I was finally walking on cloud nine.
Now my daughter is asking for a brother or sister, and I did fall pregnant last year with twins but sadly I miscarried and even if I did go right through with the pregnancy it would have been born on my actual birthday this year that would have been another wonderful birthday present, but oh well it was never meant to be.
If I don't ever have another child it wont bother me cos I have a stepson and a daughter who I love dearly and 4 nephews, 1 niece and a goddaughter who I also love dearly.
To this day I have learnt to live with having Diabetes and PCOS and I do not let it ruin my life, I wont let it ruin my life and let it stop me from doing things in life that I wont to do just because I have Diabetes and PCOS, it took me a long time to come to terms with it but I finally managed to accept it and live life to the full after all I do have a daughter to think about as well now, and my Frenchie who has been my rock and tower of strength during my dark moody days, with out his love and support and also my familys love and support I dont think I would be here today or the person who I have become.
So please dont let PCOS run your life (like I let it do to me) try and work around it and live with it remember its your life not your PCOS life you can still do things and have dreams like any other girl cos miracles and dreams do happen and Im living proof of that.
Well this is my story for now
Rian
