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is for Metformin.

I haven't been keen on taking medication. Well, perhaps thanks in part to a costly traffic ticket (making me consider that pursing Chinese Medicine, Berberine, etc. is not so cost-effective)  I am now in possession of these pills which insurance covers.  

What are you taking it for? asked the women behind the counter. That's what I thought...she laughed...that's what I thought...it will (she listed off the unpleasant side effects) but it's a low dosage, she added. She was so positive about the side effects. I mean, she didn't say, it might. She said it will. When I brought up those side effects to the doctor (the only one she'd mentioned was weightloss) she told me I could take a 1/2 or 1/4 pill and she said it makes a difference what you eat and to stay away from dairy and fattening things it will not be as bad. You could try that, said the pharmacist, a slender women who looked to me like she was zero percent a candidate for PCOS. But then, that's also true of Mrs. Beckham and others.

Whereforartthou, fund for TCM, Berberine, etc.?

Oh, also, the nice thing about this treatment is, since it's not hormones if you miss a dose, it's not that bad, it doesn't make you start hemorrhaging or anything, the doctor said wryly.

Yeah, that's good!

So I bought beer-flavored ice cream. I will take the pill (or 1/2, or 1/4) tomorrow.

The ice cream is very creamy. Instead of beer, it reminds me of a toasted English muffin.

Welcome to the world, my child, you will grow up to write about menstruation, weightloss, and other assorted topics. Maybe some of the men in Hollywood who help enforce the culture of women should look like they're under 35 and wear a size 2 will read about them.
Don't some of those guys have sisters anyways?

I still find this to be interesting: 

"Ironically, PCOS displays certain characteristics which suggest it evolved in the past as a means of maintaining fertility. 'In times of famine, women with a tendency to obesity preserve the population by maintaining fertility, while those of normal body weight fall below the threshold body weight at which they can have periods,'" explains consultant gynaecologist Adam Balen.  

~ http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/feb/28/healthandwellbeing.health