All the Things I’ve Always Wanted to Say to My Loved Ones About My Chronic Illnesses

Mary Boyles
6 min readJul 8, 2021

Your support keeps me going. Here’s what I need you to know.

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Ten years ago, a week before my 19th birthday, a doctor told me I had PCOS, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. The road to that diagnosis was brutal and honestly, it happened by fluke chance.

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Mary Boyles

My favorite book is “The Bell Jar” and if that doesn’t say enough about me then I’m not sure what will.