Everyone with PCOS Needs to See This ☝️
My doctor told me I was "unfairly heavy." He said my PCOS was the reason. Said my metabolism was "broken." Said I just needed to eat less and move more. I tried. I ate the salads. I ran the miles. I counted every calorie. The scale didn't move. The bloating didn't go away. After a year of feeling like a failure... I went looking for what was actually wrong. What I found is the reason my face looks less puffy. And the reason I finally feel like myself again. ======== Her name was Sarah. She was a graphic designer. Single. Two cats. Loved hiking. Could run a 5K without stopping. Ate clean. She was the disciplined one. The one who did everything "right." She was 29 years old. She should have been thriving. ======== Sarah was diagnosed with PCOS at 22. Got put on birth control. Her doctor said it would "regulate" things. Said the weight gain was just "hormonal." Said to cut out sugar. She didn't. The fatigue she blamed on her thyroid. The weight she couldn't lose she blamed on her metabolism. The bloating she blamed on her food. The acne she blamed on her cycle. Her waistline started creeping up at her annual checkups. Her doctor called it "PCOS belly." Said they'd watch it. Watched it for seven years. Sarah used to call me after those appointments. Crying. Saying she ate "perfectly" but her jeans were getting tighter. I told her the same thing every time. "If your doctor says it's PCOS, it's PCOS." I wish I could take those words back. The last symptom she mentioned to me was the "pregnant belly." She said she looked six months pregnant at 29. She was terrified. She thought she was gaining fat she couldn't burn. She was going to try a new keto plan. Three months later she stopped. ======== It was a Tuesday morning. Her best friend Emily called me from the hospital. She was sobbing. I drove twenty miles in a blur. Got there too late. Ovarian cyst rupture. Complications. They worked on her for two hours. Couldn't get her back. The doct
