Hi, I'm Lizzie.

Three diagnoses, and one thing in common

I was seventeen, in the middle of my A-levels, when I first went to my GP about heavy periods. That's when I was diagnosed with PCOS. A few years later, at university, an endocrinologist told me to go away, lose weight, and come back if I ever wanted children. That was it. No plan, no support — just a closed door and an assumption about what my body should look like before anyone would help me further.

So for years, I managed on my own. Then at thirty, I was diagnosed as coeliac. At thirty-three, type 2 diabetes joined the list.

Three diagnoses, and still that same experience running through all of them: being handed a label and then left to figure out the rest by myself. If you've felt that — dismissed, or like your body is a problem to be solved rather than a person to be supported — I understand it in a way that isn't theoretical.

Turning what I learned the hard way into something useful

Managing three conditions without much support taught me a lot — mostly by trial and error, and mostly the slow way. What actually helped was never a stricter rule or another restriction. It was building routines that could survive a bad week, not just a good one, and letting go of the idea that managing PCOS well means managing it perfectly.

I wanted to take what I'd learned and make it useful to other people, without the shame, the scare tactics, or the impossible standards so much PCOS content is built on. That's what led me here.