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September is PCOS Awareness month, spread the word and let people know that sometimes us bigger girls aren't big just because, be considerate and think that hm maybe they have PCOS. 💚
92 upvotes, 9 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in Girl Talk. "September is PCOS Awareness month, spread the word and let people know that sometimes us bigger girls aren't big just because, be considerate and think that hm maybe they have PCOS. 💚"
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Anonymous 1w

yoooo i didnt know there was a month for awareness

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Anonymous 1w

I only had severe acne and sharp pelvic pains that would literally paralyze me. I went to 4 different doctors looking for an answer, and I realize now that they all definitely thought I was drug seeking. I only found out I had PCOS because my derm prescribed spironolactone and it fixed all my problems. I wish this wasn’t such a common experience :( we should be taken seriously

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Anonymous 1w

the only symptoms i had were irregular periods and pain in the ovaries 🙃

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

To add context though, I told one doctors that I was scared of cooking in case I’d get a pain and couldn’t reach the stove to turn it off. One doctor told me to take 500mg of ibuprofen every day and to not use the oven/stove ever :/ it’s just ridiculous and incredibly demoralizing to have a medical professional not GAF at all when you’re suffering

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

eyyyy i take spiro too but as part of my HRT not PCOS

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1w

Spiro gang! I have a trans coworker who I complain about the spiro side effects with 😂 I’m happy I can impart some of my learned-the-hard-way knowledge onto her because there was a lot my doc did not warn me about

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

uh oh like what? so far i just get dehydrated easier

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1w

Def the dehydration and constant peeing at first, (this is a gross one, you’ve been warned) but I was getting really oily stools, and google said it was colon cancer or crohns. But it turns out that just happens sometimes with spiro, I fully thought I was dying 🥀

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

Also keeping in mind that you can’t have bananas (or any higher potassium food/drink) and grapefruit basically becomes poison

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