What is PCOS?

And why does it take so many women years or even decades to be diagnosed?

Before I get to PCOS, let me tell you another story of misdiagnosis, which will also explain why this will be short, and why you won’t be hearing from me for the next two weeks. My right hand, it turns out, was broken in my car crash, so I can only type with my left. I told the doc at the ER I was certain my hand was broken, and I needed a splint, but t…