I had my first appointment with a reproductive endocrinologist today, and it was great. He took one look at the test results for bloodwork I had done in JANUARY of 2004 and could tell that I DO have PCOS (something that regular OB's kept denying for the last 1 1/2 years). I'm upset that I suffered untreated for so long when it wasn't necessary, but at least I know what is going on now.
He told me to keep going on the SBD, but I'm going to start taking metformin tomorrow, which in theory should help me lose weigh tlike a "normal" person. I hope so! It was getting discouraging to diet and exercise and see no results. Hopefully, I'll eventually get to a healthy weight and be able to manage it with diet and exercise alone.
I am looking forward to seeing the scale move in the near future. Thanks for the positive notes and encouragement--it really helped me stick with it.