Sitting in the doctor’s office, my 15-year-old daughter Riszka looked confused.
‘Polycystic ovary syndrome?’ she said. ‘What does that mean?’
‘It’s a condition that affects how your ovaries work,’ the doctor explained. ‘It’s why you haven’t been having periods.’
‘But now you’ve diagnosed her, can you treat it?’ I asked.
‘Going onto the pill should help to regulate Riszka’s hormones,’ the doctor smiled.
I was relieved.
Along with irregular periods, Riszka had been suffering with mood swings – we’d put it down to just being a teenager.
But now she had a diagnosis, we could get it sorted.
‘You’ll need to have regular check-ups,’ the doctor said, writing Riszka a prescription for the combined contraceptive pill. ‘So we can keep an eye on your blood pressure and weight.’
As soon as she started taking it and her hormones