A little about me

Hello!

I'm new to the whole blogger set up, having long held a LiveJournal. However, I think the time has come to try something new and also to take a chance at reaching a wider audience. So, to kick things off here is a little about me, also known as - everything you need to know about me and probably a little more! 

I'm a twenty one year old Law student at the University of Stirling and in February 2010 I was diagnosed with poly-cystic ovary syndrome (PCOS.) It was a diagnosis I was both expecting and not expecting at all. I knew it was a possibility but this was another one of those things I never expected to happen to me. Despite as many as 1 in 10 women in the Western World having PCOS I had never really heard of it until the day I went to my doctor to ask her why my period felt like it was trying to kill me.

Since I asked my doctor that question in November 2009 and she first hinted towards PCOS I have spent more time than is probably healthy looking into the condition on line and seeking out others just like me to talk to. Because, if I am brutally honest, my doctor handed me a diagnosis, a prescription and booted me out of the door to cope with the emotional fall out by myself. The internet and my friends kept me sane but I found a real lack of voices my own age openly talking about this condition. I guess it's because none of us like talking openly about menstrual cycles, acne, excessive hair, cramp and all those other nasties. So, here I am, willing to open it all up and let others like me know what the score is. 

Moving aside from PCOS I am your pretty average student... Well, I guess I'm not because I don't really go out on the town all that much. But, I'm a pretty average gal. I have friends and hobbies. I like to read and outside of term time I play World of Warcraft. I swim semi-regularly and so far this year I have run a 5 Km and 10 Km road race and was scheduled to run a half marathon until I scored myself a fantastic quadriceps and hip flexor injury. I spend far too much time on my computer and watching Facebook, recently becoming addicted to playing Bejewelled Blitz and Farmville. 

What else can I say? I actually don't know, I've never been good at talking just about myself in general, so I think that will have to do. I plan to be back tomorrow with a new post and hopefully something a little more interesting to fill the pages of my life with law and PCOS. 

- Kizzi