Cysters is a charity based on the concept of Cysterhood (pronounced Sisterhood) – and with that in mind everyone is Our Cyster. Hence – Our Cysters, tackling period poverty in the midlands. We will be working alongside organisations such as Midlands Langar Seva to deliver the products to homeless individuals and Handsworth Association of Schools to Continue Reading
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
YOU HEARD US RIGHT. JanuHairy is the new January. What a way to kick off the New Year by battling a stigma around body confidence. This campaign is to stop women feeling embrasssed of their body hair. Ditching the shave and letting it grow au naturale! Started by Laura Jackson, the 21 year old says Continue Reading
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
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
Before I found Cysters I was part of many other online support groups after my PCOS diagnosis in 2015 but by the summer of 2016, I’d left them all. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes support groups are just what you need and some of the groups I have been a part of on Facebook were Continue Reading
As a woman struggling with infertility, baby envy is one of my biggest flaws. Being so desperate to be a mother seemingly makes you jealous of anyone who is already or is expecting. But not all my baby envy is the same… It all depends on the situation. 1) The ‘I’m happy for you but Continue Reading
I have been diagnosed with PCOS for almost three years and I am still battling to lose weight. I have read up on the illness so much and followed every diet in the book but everything seemed impossible. I’ve looked for advice everywhere and yet… the best advice I have came across has actually came Continue Reading
I always moan about the dark side of having an illness that makes you have the hormones of a pubescent, teenage boy and the food cravings and mood swings of a hormonal pregnant woman, all while you’re struggling to have a baby. The thing is some days I realize that there is a silver lining Continue Reading
Ever since I was diagnosed with PCOS, I have noticed a divide in the cysterhood that is very hard to ignore. There are those that are winning their fight and those who still haven’t found the right path yet. Due to the lack of education on the subject of PCOS, many of the women who Continue Reading
