Happy Ending
Over the past few
years in which I have been supplementing my diet with the aforementioned
natural products, and subsequent to eliminating a great percentage of processed
sugar from my diet (this is essential!!), I have noticed some incredible
changes in my weight, monthly cycle, and overall feeling of well-being.
My unusually low
body temperature has normalized. I rarely experience cravings for chocolate or
sweets (I used to live on these things!). Without large amounts of processed
sugar coursing through my veins, my moods have been consistently even. I even
experienced no mood swings with my last period, which is incredible! Usually....well,
let's just say that it isn't a pretty sight.
I have abundant
energy and engage in many more physical activities than in the past. I no
longer end my workday as a couch potato, and I even feel more outgoing and
friendly toward strangers. My quick temper has waned and I just feel a sense of
*calm* now most of the time.
I lost 35 pounds
in the first six months of my new lifestyle and attained my goal weight. It
made me feel so good about myself and life in general that I decided to return
to college (after a 10 year break) in order to obtain a degree in
microbiology. My program was completed
in the summer of 2000 and I now work as the manager and lab technician of a forest
products biotechnology lab on the college campus from which I obtained my
degree. I was seriously
considering medical school, but have decided that my passions are directed more
toward laboratory research. In
accordance, I will begin graduate school in a year or so after I determine the
area of research to which I am most interested. (My current considerations are
genetics, molecular biology, or microbiology.)
Surprisingly, this
terrible condition has been such a blessing in disguise for me. Without PCOS, it
is likely I would have never earned a college degree. Who cares if it took me
until the age of 31 to get there!?
I made it and that’s all that counts!! It's funny how we think we choose
the paths our lives will follow, when it is in fact the paths which often
choose us! My assumption was that I would make a positive impact on the world
through my children. And while that may still happen one day, my calling at the
present time is to improve the lives of a multitude of people through my work
as a scientist!
I'm so excited
about my new plans for the rest of my life! The best part is that I no longer
*obsess* about getting pregnant. I now realize that I am not ready to have
children yet given the new career path I am following and the present financial
infeasibility, so it has been an unforeseen blessing that no children have come
my way.... yet! The future is looking very bright and I *can* wait to become
someone's mommy. I know that when the time is right, it will happen (one way or
another).
Bless you all in
your quest for motherhood, better health and overall happiness. I know I have
been richly blessed!
