Taryn’s Story
Read Taryn’s PCOS Story Hirsuitism My name is Taryn and I am a woman in Canada living with PCOS. My most bothersome symptom is definitely the unwanted hair growth on my face, also known as hirsutism. It was one of the first symptoms that actually lead to my diagnosis of PCOS and sadly it’s one […]
Kierra’s Story
Read Kierra’s PCOS Story I found out I had PCOS when I was 15 years old. I had to get some tests on my ovaries and then they saw that there were cysts there. And then they also did blood work that determined I had thyroid deficiencies and different imbalances that were markers of having […]
Tijana’s Story
Read Tijana’s PCOS Story So I first found out I had PCOS a couple of months ago. Since I’m only a few months into the diagnosis, it’s definitely been hard to maintain and kind of hard to manage just because sometimes I’ve got new triggers or new symptoms have kind of come up. I definitely […]
Chelsea’s Story
Read Chelsea’s PCOS Story It has been probably ten years since I was diagnosed. The first time what happened was I was getting acne, I was getting a lot of facial hair. My periods were like so bad and so painful I couldn’t even walk. And then I came to Canada, went to a gynecologist […]
Eshna’s Story
Read Eshna’s PCOS Story I first found out I had PCOS probably when I was a teenager. I started experiencing bad period pains and my mom began to pick up on certain symptoms that I had. I went and saw a load of different doctors. Eventually, I did get a diagnosis, but my mum and […]
Reish’s Story
Read Reish’s PCOS Story PCOS is a hormonal condition that exists in women of reproductive age. It causes irregular periods, hirsutism – which is extra hairs on your face and all over your body – anxiety, and depression. It also causes fertility problems. So basically, everything around your hormones. When I was 13, I had […]
