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...Well I actually know how people in Ireland, Scotland and England manage; they go to the NHS which is presumably better literally everywhere but Wales, and mass travel is actually easier than driving but there's less territory for them to have to go, too. France and Republic of Ireland have their own systems. China also…

Call the local humane society and explain the situation. Neglecting animals, especially if you've been documenting him coming over to your house, is illegal, so they might be able to do something about the mom. With situations like this the neighbor can turn it on you as a case of animal abduction. Daughter might be having…

It's funny but I have that same problem, especially in the summer. I never eat enough (certainly not anywhere close to 2000cal a day) and I wind up gaining weight despite being low. But the thing is I have PCOS so I know why I keep gaining weight despite that. Your TSH level looks better than mine, too.

Add me if you like. There's no such thing as 'curing it' yet and it bothers me when people just go "I've cured it!" as if that's the end of that. Remission bothers me too, it gives a false impression that it's like cancer and can go away. It'd be more accurate to say 'I have my PCOS balanced".

I have heard of it, and it sounded sketch at best, but mostly harmless. The only way I'd try it is if I was having a lot of cramping and that for pain relief instead of a hot pad. It's probably just another fad thing because I've seen claims that the steam 'gets up into the uterus' and I'm like 'and how does it get beyond…

There's only the one page there, but looks like the most recommended pill for PCOS has no androgen activity at all.

I would have, except I don't know it at the moment. My chiro might be able to get it for me though next time I see him. Okay, so now that I'm not sick from scout camp I researched into the pill they gave me and discovered it's an androgenic progestrone pill and has had hirsutism reported as a side effect in non PCOS women.…

People keep telling me I don't age much, it's actually gotten annoying. I'm closer to 40 than 20 and every time I open the door for deliveries I'm asked if my "Mum or Da" are at home. I'd dye my hair white if I hadn't had a giant white streak since I was 17.

I literally did not have any defining symptoms until I was at least 24. I was even muscley (still got told to lose weight, I don't really know why people think women need to lose weight when it's muscle. I used to carry my 6'1" husband around.)

I think he was more concerned with the A1C I requested, and the rest of the function tests were extra. I'm going to see him in a couple weeks so I'll be requesting a vitamin B12 shot and a D and iron panel. I remember when my mom was on metformin, (and as she's a nurse, she followed the directions religiously) she started…

Oh my god, I would have possibly went off on him, or worse; let my mom go off on him. Those symptoms sound exactly what I'm going through right now including the hair falling out. I absolutely hate that, the morbidly obese thing. That was one thing they kept harping on that I need to lose weight. They automatically assumed…

I took in Stop the Thyroid Madness stuff and they poo-poohed it at the gynecology appointment. But at the end she did say where I was getting at it she just said mine was normal. I wasn't going to stand there and argue with her if she wasn't going to do anything about it so I just went "so what is making me feel tired all…

Which study do you mean? The Anti-Mullerian hormone causality factor? The French Institute of Health did it. They injected pregnant mice with AMH and it caused their daughters to exhibit all the signs of PCOS when they grew up. So basically being exposed to AMH in utero causes excess AMH later in live. The researchers…

It's serum free T4, but as I understand it I should have had the full thyroid panel considering my PCOS status instead of just TSH and free T4. The TSH is .1 below what American doctors would consider abnormal-- 2.5 is the upper range and the NHS seems to have it twice as high?? It's so strange. I just got back from the…

I do not and even though I'm used to the prices of PI in the States, the quotes here were ridiculously high for my age and non-smoker status. I'm six hours away from London, and I have to deal with the Welsh system which has been significantly overrun the last few years. It's very frustrating. Glad to know it's not just me…

I actually made clothing for a living for like ten years. Never said it did made your arms longer! What I said is that it was hanging half a foot beyond my fingers. It's kinda like when kids play dress up, the shoulder seam hangs way below where it's supposed to and their tiny arms are swimming in sleeve. Same principle.…

I actually don't mind the banana sushi or avocado recipes. I can't have anything with gluten, dairy, or most processed carbohydrates like pasta and some of these I can actually eat, so it's kinda nice exploring quirky stuff like this since I can't pile ice cream with cookies and skittles.

OP, nobody should use BMI for weight loss goals. It's been decried for years now as inaccurate. Eight years ago my college used BMI to determine what grad robe size people needed if they didn't know. I made the mistake of putting in my weight, and height into my grad robe application form instead of just making a guess…

The TSH upper range is 4.4 for the lab that did my work. I have a gynecology appointment (that I didn't ask for) this week so I'll try to do what I can.

I don't know, but when I stopped eating cheese couple months ago I stopped getting stomach cramps and felt so much less bloated you have no idea. Dairy and gluten is inflammatory for me apparently. But there are plenty of other things out there. I replaced cheese with pickles and eggs.

OP, you might be seeing that it's not working because busting your butt off is actually kinda counter-productive? Think about it. If you have hypothyroidism, why would you want to put your body into overwork, tap out your thyroid and as a result change how your body handles fat? Working out vigorously just exhausts me and…

You probably are, but not in the way someone might expect. My sister had to find gluten free meat for her very allergic son because apparently most common butcher processes uses some sort of gluten product on the meat. This is what she's told me and she said she'd been shocked at the amount of foods you wouldn't expect to…

Being tired all the time sounds like a red flag they should be checking you for thyroid function, too.

Tell your doctor they're full of it. A couple doctors did that to me too in the States only they said I'd have to get imaging to be diagnosed yet my NHS docs said they can diagnose it perfectly fine through blood labs. Go to a different doctor until you find one that gives you the full battery- it's perfectly accurate.…

Nobody told me how frustrating it is walking into the doctor's office and having a doctor suggest that you lose weight when you'd already lost 30lbs, and that with an 8-10" healing incision in your side core muscles.

According to my last test my TSH is 2.4 and T4 is 11.5. It also says "No action" so I guess they aren't going to do anything about it. What was that letter to take in to the GP? I think I might need it.

I'm 33, though I didn't have any definitive symptoms for PCOS until I was mid-20s. Notably the facial hair because that's what finally made the campus nurse go "Okay, you're probably right this sudden six month period gap isn't normal." but not, hilariously, my protests I'd never been late, irregular or off before since I…

No worries, I'm used to being very frank in discussions of medical issues. If it helps at all then the experience isn't put to waste. I'm sorta used to it because my sister has Cystic Fibrosis, actually. I have to say I'm not unaware of healthunlocked but I haven't found it particularly helpful at the moment. Sometimes the…

Thanks! You guys are sweet. Sometimes I don't even have words. There is so much I haven't even mentioned yet like how they wanted to get me out of the hospital two days after having a highly invasive abdomen surgery and yet left me without painkiller for over 4 hours and the epidural tube in my back for another 12. AND…