just saying thank you

i just thought i would take the time to say thank you to all my friends. you all have a special place in my heart. you all have been there for me when i have needed someone to vent to about anything and everything. i do not know where i would be if it hasnt been for all of you. some of you knows how i have felt adn knows how some people just dont understand. i know i am probably not making any sents right now and i am sorry for it. i just wanted to say thank you all for being there for me. you just dont know how much it has meant to me to have your support and understanding.

updating

i was just sitting around and thought i would do alittle updating. not much has happened sents i last wrote. mike is over there again and i miss him so much. we have gotten to talk a few times sents he has been gone. he has been pretty busy. he is doing good just misses home (mostly me). i got a post card from him that he sent me when he was on his way over there. he sent if from canada. i didnt know he was going to do that. he is such a sweet man and i love him so much.

i am doing pretty good just tired and lonely and counting the days i until i can see mike again. i got that baby blanket finish that iw as making for my cousin. i got the invitaions order for the baby shower and i got them in the mail the other day. the only thing i need to do on the invitations and put where she is register at. i will be sending them out sometime in feb. been paying bills (but that is a monthly thing i do lol). i have also have been trying to catch up on my reading. i have to many books to read. in two more weeks will be my nephew's birthday party. i will start making his cake like on the 23rd. his party is on the 25th but his birthday is actually 27th. can you believe that i am going to have a 16 year old nephew. i cant.

things has been kind of stressful here lately. with mike being gone and worrying about him all the time and my grandmother being in the hostipal. things are just so stressful. my grandmother is doing better. and she may get to go home tomorrow. just got to wait and see what one other doctor says. she has been in the hostipal sents new years day. so everyone will be glad when they say she is well enough to go home.

well i need to go but i will try to write more later. i hope all of you are doing good.

you have asked what pcos is

some people has asked what pcos is. so i thought i would write a blog about it.

pcos is polycycstic ovary syndrome. it is a metabolic disorder that disrupts your hormones, typically giving you higher than normal levels of certain sex hormones and isulin, which can tirgger symptoms such as irregular (or no) periods, acne, excess hair and weight gain. you may also have a number of cysts on your ovaries- these show up as dark blobs on an ultrasound scan. these are infact empty egg follicles in a state of 'suspended animation', waiting for the right balance of sex hormones to come along and activate them.

what causes pcos? researchers have noticed that pcos tends to run in families, and a number of stufies suggest that genes play a part in developing the syndrome. (just incase you dont know what a gene is but i am sure you do.) a gene is a basic unit of heredity; bits of dna that direct the reproduction growth and function of cells. symptoms are fairly easy to track down through the generations. there maybe early male-pattern baldness in men and pcos symptoms in women. the long term health risks of pcos-such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity-can also be seen in both sexes, and it's thought that if a woman has pcos, then her immediate family members have a 50-50 chance of having it too. ( so to my family please pay attention and get to know your body and if you suspect that you might have this talk to your doctor.) another theory about what causes pcos is that women with this conditon produce too much testosterone-a hormone known as the (male) hormone because men produce 10 times more than women. in pcos, the excess testosterone finds its way into the body's circulation and triggers teh familiar pcos symptoms of hair loss, facial hair and acne.

in the last few years, research has discovered that a condition known as insulin resistance plays an important role in the cause of pcos. major reviews on the subject suggest that up to 70 percent of women with pcos who are over weight can have insulin resistance, and 30 percent of women who are slim can have it too. women with insulin resistance have raised levels of insulin in their blood stream, and high levels of insulin have been shown to stimulate the ovaries to produce more testosterone and lower blood leves of shbg (sex hormone-binding globulin), resulting in higher and more active levels of testosterone.

pcos and fertility

many women with pcos are diagnosed in their twenties and thirties, but some arent diagnosed until they are in their forties, this is because it's during this time a woman is most likely to want to conceive, and many women with pcos arent diagnosed until they have trouble getting pregnant. (this is a concern, as pcos is far more than a fertility issue and has long-term health effects.)

so that is what i have read up on pcos. if you want to read more about it. you can read the book the ultimate pcos handbook lose weight, boost fertility, clear skin and restore self-esteem by colette harris & theresa cheung