On Wednesday last week I talked to my man about the pain I had in my Achilles tendon on my left leg. I basically just told him that once the 30 days are over I will have to run every other day, because it hurts so bad that I can barely walk, but I managed (it was also not bad at all when I ran). He said that this is not normal and we googled what it could be and found: Achilles Tendinitis. Being double jointed and having weak tendons, this is not uncommon. I put ice on it and it started to feel better immediately. Jaac warned me in the other update that this could happen, and sadly it did.

I took Thursday off from running and in hindsight it was probably the best thing I could do - my tendon feels much better and even after I ran today they're fine!

Yesterday I had my ob/gyn exam and my doctor found out that I have PCO (polycystic ovary) syndrome - this means I have cysts around my ovaries that produce too many male hormones and cause insulin immunity. This condition makes me more prone to being diabetic, grow hair / lose hair like men do, have acne, gain weight uncontrollably and the worst part: ovulate less often, which can, and according to my doctor, will make it hard for me to get pregnant in the future. Now this was a shock.

All my life I wanted to find a good man and have kids with him - at least two and now that I found my man, who is on the same page when it comes to kids, I find out that it might not work. It was horrible and I cried all the way towards the library after I left the doctor - I didn't find a book on this, but I read a little on the internet about it.
My future sister-in-law has the same condition and I saw how awful it makes her feel and how desperate her husband is - he basically gave up on the idea of ever having kids. Thinking about these two made this even worse. I really want to have kids in the future and knowing that this might just not work is hard to swallow. Breaking these news to my man was hard, because I feared he would be extremely disappointed, but of course he handled it very well and has been nothing but supportive - I really am lucky to have such a good man.

The good thing however is: I discovered this years before we actually want to try for children! I read that overweight women can help reduce the risk by losing weight. 10% weight loss can have a big impact - what a coincidence that I started running just a week before I found this out?
Eating right and being mindful of your sugar levels can prevent diabetes. I usually have a blood test every year and so far, even when I was 210lbs, I was not diabetic, not even close. So if I keep doing what I do and be careful, I should be able to stay away from diabetes.
Taking birth control is a treatment for this condition as well. So far I have only taken birth control when we were together, 1) because it is expensive and I need to save everything I can for moving and the wedding, 2) because I didn't see a reason to waste money on something that is not beneficial to me at all. Now when I think back, 2 is not really true. When I was with my man for the last 2 visits for 3 months each I took birth control and it has improved my acne immensely, I had no struggle losing weight what so ever and I didn't gain it back. We agreed that I will start taking it while I am not with him to act precautionary. My doctor put me on a cheaper pill and gave me a free sample, so there really is no reason not to.

Next week I have two more tests - one to find out how prone I am to diabetes and to see if I have to start taking medication for it right away and one to find out my hormone levels and see if I have to start taking hormone pills, other than birth control.

I am feeling better and more proactive about it. If losing weight can help, then I want to try it. There is a lot of mediation that can help and if all fails there is still surgery. Not all is lost and it's not 100% sure I won't have kids in the future. Gotta stay positive.