Hello to Day 12 of HAWMC. It’s been a great ride so far.
Today’s prompt: If you could go back in time and talk to yourself on the day of diagnosis, what would you say?
This one is simple for me: Speak up and be your own advocate! Upon diagnosis, I’m pretty sure I was a) in denial and b) completely unsure of what to do. I believed my gyno when he said I didn’t need a Reproductive Endocronologist, and that I could take the evil drug Clomid essentially forever.
Wrong.
I didn’t seek second or third or fourth opinions. I just went with the flow of whatever docs told me, because obviously they are they authority of my body, and therefore, know precisely what to do with it.
Wrong.
I would tell myself to not take any doc’s word as the word of God and keep seeking opinions for as long as my gut told me I needed to.
Lastly, I’m going to steal from last year’s HAWMC and post the following:
I would (and do!) tell myself this every day.
Until tomorrow….be well,
~M