Hello all. I know I've posted here before, but the thread is probably locked and long gone. Anyway, I really feel that I have PCOS, as I show pretty much all of the symptoms. The absent periods (been happening on and off since I first started at 12), facial hair (started in my teens), and I do have cysts on my ovaries. I was told this back in my teens. I guess they determined this from the blood tests. I was told that cysts on the ovaries was normal, though. I'm going on 28 now.

Anyway, as I mentioned, I'm turning 28 soon and I haven't had a period in a very long time. A very long time. A few years. I don't recall how many, though. I want to say maybe 2003 or 2004 and a big gap before that. The incident in 2003 or 2004 I was given pills to bring on my period (estrogen) and I pretty much bled week after week after week with no breaks. Back then, my pap tests also always came back negative for anything. I lost the insurance round about that time, so I never went back and just let the entire thing go when I finally stopped! I was relieved. I had it for months, even after I ran out of the medication.

That all aside, I am now unemployed and haven't had fulltime work since the recession hit in 2007. I'm worried now since it has been so long since I've had a period. Even when I was working, I couldn't afford to see a doctor and my being a Type II Diabetic meant unreasonable premium prices for having a "pre-existing condition" so I just went without the insurance and went without the GYN visits.

What should I do? I have no income and no insurance. If I go to a doctor, what should I ask about? What types of tests should I have done? What type of doctor should I see aside from the obvious GYN?