**Disclaimer: This post is intended as sarcasm and in no way is intentionally bringing down anyones pain. It is intended to call out lies tol by the gynae health system. ** It’s yet another day of living the cyst life and I for one am thrilled… I mean I’ve spent a week in hospital in Continue Reading
This is what I NEED you to know about my PMDD…
To all my friends, family, or even the ones who aren’t in my life just yet, I need you to know, I have PMDD. No idea what that is? Well, neither do most people. I didn’t when I first found out, so here it is, PMDD stands for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. It’s said to be Continue Reading
Stop making your equals pay for a seat at the table!
So, recently there was a post here on our Cysters platform that highlighted concerns around race and cultural stigmas within the community which is meant to be empowering women to take care of their bodies – NO MATTER WHAT COLOUR IT’S WRAPPED UP IN! The reason why I’m writing this post today is that it Continue Reading
They’re hormones, not whore-moans!
I have had it with the idea that women don’t have as much of a sex drive as men – that’s simply not true! I have met women with a drive that supersedes that of any man I’ve ever met and I’ve met women with no drive at all. If you’re anything like me, your Continue Reading
“I will always be that chubby girl in a crop top…” – Insulin Resistance & Body Positivity
I am all for body positivity and loving the skin that you’re in and yet I am still on a diet and working out. Must mean I secretly hate my body right? WRONG. I have bad days with my body image and so does everyone, no one can love every little thing about themselves all Continue Reading
The importance of a strong support system when living with a chronic illness
Life can be hard at the best of times, for everyone, but when you’re living with a body that you are consistently have to fight against, it can feel like no one will ever understand your pain and struggle. Everyone needs support at certain times of their lives and sometimes people just aren’t up to Continue Reading
How on earth does Period Shame still exist?
Period shame. Never mind how does it still exist… how did it ever become a thing? You may be reading this and thinking… well you blog about this stuff all the time so you aren’t ashamed of it but, I was. So… for a start… what is period shame? Period shame sounds like such a Continue Reading
#12DaysofCysters – The Acne and Hair Struggle
OH YEAH… How attractive?! Well… other people will just have to deal with it. The acne and the body hair struggle is incredibly real when you’re a woman with PCOS and trust me, ladies, I feel you. Acne is commonly associated with the hormonal changes in teens during puberty but when you have PCOS, the Continue Reading
#12DaysofCysters – GI needs to be labelled
IF YOU CAN PUT VEGAN AND VEGETARIAN ON LABELS YOU CAN SLAP THE GI NUMBER ON THERE TOO! I started a petition to help get GI labels put on our food in the UK in stores and restaurants to help make life easier for people with diabetes and insulin resistance in the UK. I am part Continue Reading
#12DaysofCysters – My First Induced Period
I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE LIKE “EWWW” BUT PCOS NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT AND SOMEONE HAS TO BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SHARE THERE EXPERIENCES SO IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT, DON’T READ IT! Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is the syndrome in which eggs are unable to be released from the ovaries due to Continue Reading