Hi 💛
I have been wanting to write to you all day. PCOS officially has a new name.
It is now called PMOS, which stands for Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome.
I know, it does not exactly roll off the tongue. But hear me out, because this one matters.
For years we have been told we have a "cyst" problem. So many of us walked into doctors offices thinking wait, but I do not even have cysts... and got dismissed, or told to "just lose weight" while no one looked at the bigger picture.
The old name made this sound like a simple ovarian thing.
You and I know it is not.
It is our hormones, our metabolism, our skin, our mood, our energy, our fertility, our blood sugar. All of it.
The new name finally reflects that.
And the best part? Over 22,000 people had a say in this change, including more than 14,000 women living with it. We were heard.
But I want to be real with you for a second.
A name change is a beautiful step. It is not the finish line.
It will take time for doctors, clinics, insurance, and textbooks to actually catch up.
Some of you will still walk into appointments and feel dismissed. Some providers will still only look for cysts.
So I am celebrating today, but I am also keeping my expectations honest. We need the medical world to follow through, not just on paper but in how they treat us.
Now for the part I really want you to hear:
Nothing about how we manage this day to day is changing.
Inositol still works. Balanced blood sugar still works. Strength training, sleep, stress, gut health, all of it still works.
Every recipe, every workout, every supplement, every piece of advice you have heard from me stays exactly the same.
The condition did not change. Just the name.
You will see me slowly start using "PMOS" alongside "PCOS" over the coming weeks so that the new word starts to feel like home. No abrupt switch. We are easing into this together, the way we do everything else.
I just posted a full breakdown on Instagram with more of my honest thoughts on the change and what it actually means for us.
Come read it and tell me in the comments how you are feeling about it.
Relieved? Frustrated? Hopeful? Skeptical? I genuinely want to hear from you 💛
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Xoxo,
Tallene
