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Acromegaly and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

So, I went to the doctor for a check-up earlier this day. And boy oh boy! I didn't expect what happened. So, I expected the possible diagnosis of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. It is a disease affecting women, casuing subfertility/infertility. I've known about the disease years ago when I started to look for answers regarding my condition. But what I am really shocked was 'Acromegaly'. Acromegaly occurs due to the hypersecretion of growth hormone by the pituitary gland after the epiphyseal plate closes. I don't know what to feel at this very moment. These diagnoses aren't really final. I still have to travel to a different place to get my laboratory tests done. If I am to be diagnosed with Acromegaly, I don't have any idea how to live my life anymore. It is a chronic disease that causes malformation of physical features and eventually causes premature death. Of all diseases, I didn't expect this one to come up on my list of probable diseases. I can a

The Start of my Blogging expeditions

Apparently, my doc's appointment isn't until next hour, so better put something in here.. So yeah. I've been on this site for 2 years, I think? But I don't really have much updates because I just don't feel like putting my life into writings and I didn't have the time to actually write something. I think it is high time that I should really be getting into blogging because it's one of the things I love doing and probably is a therapeutic way for me to cope up if certain things spring forth. I was trying to do 'blogging through notes' in Facebook, but it's too public. I have my own family there, and my teachers. There are just things that aren't meant to be spilled to them. So it's good that I still have blogspot to get my emotions running. Probably at this very moment, I don't have a follower yet. And I'm not actually hoping to have followers. Besides, I'm anti-social in real life, so I wouldn't expect to have reader

launching..

So, I'm officially starting this blog right now... But I don't have anything to write.. yet. I'm gonna meet with my doctor today, so toodles! Gonna update this soon!