They were very irregular and she was always irritable. I had always thought it was caused by the medication she had been taking for seizures. We have sought the help of a plastic surgeon who is going to do reduction surgery of the breast and abdomen which severely hangs over and aggravates the skin ulcers she has in the groin area, the abdominal fold and under the breast. My sister saw an article in a women magazine about PCOS and thought I should look into it before doing the surgery this summer. I am 39 and have recently been diagnosed with diabetes and my father is borderline.
Cysts also seem to be in the family.
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