This is a post that’s very close to my heart, in that I am currently travelling and at times my ability and patience to keep going when things get tough to have been tested. I am currently on the beautiful island of Ko Samui in Thailand and I am surrounded by beauty, but whilst travelling the mixture of the intense heat and a new atmosphere, as well as constantly being on the go, has got me worn out. I found myself quite ill for the last week.

This blog was originally published on "There's More to the Story" in 2015 before I had my diagnosis of PCOS and endometriosis. I no longer have a period anymore, but I realized I haven't talked about this topic in general much! So I wanted to share this post!

I remember a DSMA (Diabetes Social Media Advocacy) chat where one of the questions was about acceptance- all in all- I feel like I have pretty much accepted diabetes (to a point and as much as you can)– then I realized- I do not accept the combination of diabetes and my period- and to be honest- I really don’t plan on it. 

Just last week I saw my endocrinologist. At this visit, it just happened to be that time of year. The time where they do all the laboratory tests to see if there are any issues that may be lurking just under the surface. Flying under my symptom radar so to speak. And so we did all the tests.

I got married in July of the year I turned 24. At Thanksgiving of that very same year members of my family were already asking about when my new husband and I were going to start having kids. My answers, at first, were “I don’t know” and “when we’re ready.” But the same question kept occurring at every family occasion and I began to get annoyed. And then one day I was so fed up that I’d had enough and angrily answered, “Never! I hate kids!” That did the trick and I didn’t get that question again for a LONG time.