Finally found a good GP woo hoo!!!

I've had a bunch of problems that are fairly minor, but I thought they were all related. Facial / body hair (which I remove religiously), these little lumps on my face (which I thought was acne related). I figured I probably had a hormonal problem (something to do with ovarian cysts) but my hormone tests came back normal and there was enough leeway for fluctuations to still be within normal range.

I got this little lump on my face (seemed to be like those other ones) except this one WOULD'NT drain and got periodically inflamed and kept growing in size (gradually) over time. The docs told me that this was mostly a cosmetic issue (all of it) and that I should see a plastic surgeon about cutting the lump off my face. A short course of antibiotics reduced it is size - but then it started getting bigger again when I'd finished with the antibiotics.

I know a guy who is a GP (teaches at uni too) so I asked him to reccomend a GP for me. Just saw her now and she was TERRIFIC!!!

She explained that... It was a hormone issue. Basically... Some people are designed for famine. The idea is that I can deal with losing more weight than most people while still being fertile. If I gain weight... Then I'm likely to become infertile, however. She said that because I'm a good weight (fairly slim - which is odd for me because I'm used to thinking of myself as a bit overweight) I'm not having the problems (e.g., ovarian cysts, infrequent periods, reduction in fertility) that I would have if I was heaver. That I'm basically 'treating' that condition by staying slim, though. And that it was indeed likely that I was having periodic bursts of testosterone which didn't show up on the tests because they were periodic bursts rather than being constant.

So... It is a hormonal problem. Or... It is hormone related anyway. I THOUGHT it had something to do with hormones! I'm on Estelle (generic version of Diane) because that should (hopefully!) reduce / eliminate the problematic body hair. And... This 3 month course of a low level antibiotic / anti-infalmmatory which should result in all those little bumps going away (she thought is was a kind of dermatitus rather than epidermal cysts).

Woo hoo!

It is freaky though... On my Fathers side of the family the women are all short and round. On my Mothers side of the family the women are all tall and very very lean quite naturally. I've managed to really and truely combine those! Freaky genetics huh. I thought the problem had gotten a bit worse since I'd gained some beer weight while I have been here...

:-)

I wonder... What is correlated with the testosterone bursts... I wonder if it is when I'm severely distressed / upset or something like that... Hmm... Related to emotional dysregulation??? I wonder...