I need to get off the computer now, but just also wondered if you were ever tested or treated for insulin resistance or ever heard of PCOS - poly cystic ovarian syndrome. It's just something that crossed my mind when reading your list of health problems esp. in light of the fact it all started when you were 11.

We have a Diabetes / Insulin Resistance / Metabolic Syndrome Forum here. There are posts in there about both. They may not ring a bell, but you never know.

Takes years for some people to be diagnosed correctly because the symptoms can be many and different in every woman. An Endocrinologist would be a good person to see first up in the case of PCOS with Insulin resistance.

all the best... gotta scoot.

p.s. you don't need to have mutiple ovarian cysts to have PCOS. It's a bit of a misnomer.