I have been keeping my journal in paper form and just now realized that it has been a long time since I have updated this page. Here are my last entries since the new year.

3 January 2000-- Happy New Year! So far things are going remarkably well with the new doctor. In fact, he is wonderful1 I went in on December 30 to find out the results of my ultrasounds and for a consultation with him. The ultrasounds were fine--no cysts (other than those that are normally present as follicles), no fibroids (what a relief!), and nothing seems out of the ordinary. I do know that many women without PCOS have polycystic ovaries and many women with POCS do not have polycystic ovaries. I don't think that a lot of women know this.

I was just so amazed with this docotr. I felt comfortable talking with him about what I knew about PCOS and he seemed to welcome my knowledge and in fact, complimented me on how much i actually knew about my own body and this syndrome. I never expected such a wonderful reaction. I went in there with my guns ablazin' thinking taht I would have to fight for my well being again, but I did not have to . He was open to new ideas and thoguths on PCOS. It was really great!

I have to go in for a Glucose Tolerance Test this Friday. He will also be testing for androgens, testosterone, and hyperthyrodism. I will be so glad to ge the results back. It is possible that this is not PCOS. I could be complications wit the way in which my body processes glucose. (Like I don't know that one already! The low carb diet proved that to me.) I think that it is a whole battery of things.

It is so strange that I was "diagnosed" with PCOS almost a year a ago, and yet I feel that just now with all of thesenew tests that the real diagnosis is beginning. I look forward to the doay when this is under control.

8 January 2000-- The three hour GTT was miserable. I was so tired when I left that I could barely stand up. Every hour, for three hours, the technician drew blood, and the I had to go and wait in the waiting room. Thank gosh Nick was there to keep me company and awake.

16 January 2000-- I am more angry right now than I have been in a long time! I couldn't go back to the new drs. office to pick up my results, because we were snowed in. So, I called him and finally, he called me back. He says that I do have PCOS, but there is nothing he can do for it besides what Dr. Cunningham already has, give me birth control pills! He said that all of my results are normal! I just can't believe this! I was in tears! How can it be that all of my tests are in normal range?! So, I asked him about all of this weight gain that I have experienced in that last year and why the low carb dieting seemed to work, and he said that I need to go to the gym and work out and that he doesn't believe in low carb dieting! What am I going to do? What does all of this mean? I am too upset to even think about it now.

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