Sh*t People Say... About Women with PCOS

Need a good laugh? Have PCOS? Here are some questions you might have been asked before? 

"PCO what?"

"My aunt has that, she is so fat."

"Does that mean you will never have children?"

“What is low GI”

“How much chest hair do you have?”

“Does that mean you are, like, part man?”
“Are you a lesbian?”

“Oh, it’s probably because you got vaccines as a baby?”

“Can you grow a beard?”

“Will your kids have autism?”

“Oh, I’ve heard about that on TV, it’s when you didn’t know you were pregnant.”

“This is a really personal question, but can you have sex?”

“You take Metformin, are you diabetic?”

“I did a brief internet search and found this book that recommends people with PCOS to smoke pot to lose weight.”

“I wish I had that disease, it would be amazing to never have a period.”

“Does that mean you can’t have kids, you must be really focused on your career?”

“What do you mean you hate going to baby showers?”

“You’re on a low GI diet? I’m on a weird diet too; mine lets me eat spam and hotdogs but not carbs.”

“PCOS? Were you in a war? My grandpa had that he wakes up in the middle of the night screaming about some guy named Charley.”

“You need to eat extra omega 3s, have you tried pot?”

“You’re trying to lose weight, I lost 50 lbs drinking chocolate protein shakes, you should try that too.”

“Soooo, are you going to adopt?”

“You take birth control, you should be careful birth control has dangerous hormones.”

“Don’t you know? Carbs make you fat, even the whole wheat ones.”

“You have PCOS. At least you don’t want kids, right?”

“If you have kids, won’t you be spreading the disease to them?”

“I would rather be hit by a truck than get fat.”

“Why do you always get your drinks sugar free, are you diabetic?”

“How can your blood sugar crash if you’re diabetic?

“Your body can naturally heal its self if you stop taking all that medicine.”

“Doctors don’t know anything; here’s a random blog I found.”

“Do people in other countries have PCOS? I bet you got it because Americans are so fat.”

“At least you have a pretty face.”

“At least you’re smart.”

“I could never have that disease; I would hate myself so much.”

“Do you have an eating disorder?”

“Low GI? Does that mean you have bathroom problems?”

“I heard PCOS gives you depression.”

“Do you have a bad body image?”

“I bet if we locked you in a room and only fed you chicken and broccoli you would lose weight.”