47: How a nurse treats her PCOS and what she wants you to know
You’d think that those working in the health and medical space would have absolutely no problem with their PCOS right? Well not really. Unfortunately, our modern westernised medical system isn’t well set up for more chronic issues like PCOS - and it’s not hugely focused on in medical school.
Today I’m joined by the lovely Karina! She’s a former emergency department technician who’s just finishing her Masters of Nursing. Karina was dealing with a lot of the classic insulin resistant PCOS symptoms. She had the knowledge but wasn’t getting anywhere with her symptoms and was told over and over by her doctors that medications and the Pill were really the only options when it came to having any real change with PCOS symptoms.
Karina came to work with me in The PCOS Protocol to really get to the root of those PCOS symptoms and wow, she has come such a long way. Not only has she seen a great improvement in her weight and physical symptoms, but she’s gotten her energy back, she’s not experiencing those awful sugar cravings, hangry attacks and she’s starting to feel like herself again.
You don’t really know how important your body is until something goes wrong. In this episode, Karina and I talk about everything from the training that they get in medical school for PCOS to what she wants others to know about finding a fix for their PCOS symptoms - as well as a whole lot more. I think we can all learn a lot from her journey when it comes to our own. I know a lot of you will resonate with parts of her story so I definitely recommend having a listen, her story is so inspiring.
This episode is for you if:
- You’re a medical professional with PCOS and you can’t seem to figure out what will resolve your symptoms
- You have sugar cravings or can’t stop eating sugar when you start eating it
- You have stubborn weight gain that won’t shift
- Why you’re not losing weight even though you’re eating clean and exercising regularly
- You’ve had friends / family / strangers judging you for not eating certain foods
Some things we cover in this episode:
- Karina’s PCOS journey and struggles with excessive stubborn weight gain
- What they teach you about PCOS in nursing
- Why it’s not as simple as ‘just eat less and exercise more’
- What the medical community is missing when it comes to PCOS treatment
- A combination approach to PCOS
- Why PCOS isn’t just a fertility condition
- How to stop punishing your body
- How to deal with people thinking you’re being trendy / snobby for not eating certain foods
Relevant Episodes:
- Season 1 Episode 1: Treating the root cause
- Season 1 Episode 2: How a doctor treats her own PCOS: Interview with Dr Danah
- Season 1 Episode 7: What those hangry attacks are telling you about your PCOS root cause
- Season 3 Episode 9: Is there such a thing as ‘balance’ over the holidays?
- Season 4 Episode 8: If I’m doing what my doctor is telling me to help my PCOS - why is it not working?
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