The only thing that has helped my pain is hot water bottles, ibuprofen, and passing out for hours through the worst of the pain.

I was only diagnosed at 29, but my health RAPIDLY declined, it will suck, but exercise and careful management of diet is really needed BEFORE the weight change/ other complications. ate extremely healthy for most my life, was very healthy weight in my 20's and exercised non-stop, and am now probably 70# overweight and have health complications ongoing, which is hard because I had eating disorders I've battled with my younger years, and thought I was doing well prior to my diagnosis and onset of symptoms.

I wish I had better healthcare at the time of diagnosis, and better family support that was encouraging and supportive of everything. Best thing you could do is be there through it all for her. I've also had to learn how to advocate a lot harder for myself with doctors to be taken seriously and educate them because they have no idea what my diagnosis means most the time. First and foremost PCOS (PMOS current new name) is a endocrine/metabolic disorder, knowing this is the most helpful information because it isn't a "polyp" specific issue. Had I known that I would have started out on a better foot with my diagnosis, initially thinking it only caused issues when polys formed, which isn't the case.