I told Grandma that I had a tummy ache and went up to our house to go take a bath. The walk up the hill was unbearable. Every breath felt like a serrated spear was being twisted in my pelvis.
#surgery #blame #pcos #appendix #family #survivor

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/12/43-my-first-surgery-5/

Eine Übersichtsarbeit in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health weist auf Risiken von #Mikroplastik und #Nanoplastik für die kindliche Entwicklung hin.

Endokrine Disruptoren wie #Bisphenole und #Phthalate können über die #Plazenta übertragen werden und die Sexualentwicklung beeinflussen. Diskutiert werden Auswirkungen auf #Fruchtbarkeit, #Pubertät, #PCOS sowie Zusammenhänge mit #Übergewicht, #Diabetes und Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen.

https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000289098/mikroplastik-gefaehrdet-fruchtbarkeit-schon-im-mutterleib

#Gesundheit #healthcare #environment

In other good news, I restarted metformin yesterday, just 500mg and planning to go back up to 1000mg (more than that and side effects were too much).

Sugar had been slowly starting to come down, but consistently too high, nudging from 8.6 to 8.2, then 8.1. Today it’s all been under 8, from 7.1 to 7.7.

It gives an easier time and also helps other hormones (years ago, they originally gave it to me for PCOS).

#health #hormones #diabetes #pcos

I needed to be tough. I was supposed to be tough. My whole family was happy to tell me how they did not actually believe me to be very tough, so I couldn't let them be right. I needed to stop feeling sorry for myself, and just deal with it like an adult. #survivor #pcos #crush #work

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/02/26/88-she-chased-me-3/

New pfp as I have accepted I have PCOS chin stubble now