PCOS - Embarrassing?

[the-fee-fairy.livejournal.com]

So, i don't know if anyone else has been watching it, but tonight, on UKTV Style, there was a program entitled 'Embarrassing Illnesses'.

There was a couple on there, and the woman had PCOS, Endometriosis and an Underactive Thyroid.

Am i the only one who feels that none of these illnesses is embarrassing?
I have PCOS and i don't find it embarrassing.

They said that they found it embarrassing to tell people that that's why they didn't have children...

I don't have a problem with it, i come right out with it.

I suppose i just wanted to know whether i was the only one annoyed by this concept - the idea that an infertility problem is 'embarrassing', and as it is a women's health issue, and i know that some people in this community also suffer (i hate that word!!) with it too, i wanted to canvas opinion.

So:
PCOS - Embarrassing? Discuss
Endometriosis - Embarrassing? Discuss
Underactive Thyroid (or indeed, any thyroid problem) - Embarrassing? Discuss

I really would like to know others' views and know whether i am overrreacting by being annoyed.

Comments

[hikerpoet.livejournal.com]

My aunt had this thing happen where her bladder somehow turned upside down and she had to have surgery to correct it, and I guess it was pretty serious (but she's okay now!) and she was really embarrassed just because it had to do with her urinary tract but she wasn't embarrassed about other problems she had. I don't know why!

And there may be hang-ups because of personal reasons, or more specific reasonable explanations we're not thinking of. This is not directly related, but I'm not overweight, but I have a tiny little pooch. I'm kinda thin with a pudgy little tummy. But I don't mind...think it is kinda cute, as does my fiance. But people think I'm pregnant all the time! And I still get embarrassed by it, and don't know why. Partly, I'm afraid my co-workers will overhear and wonder themselves/perhaps gossip. This is a more valid reason to be embarrassed. Partly I worry that even though I know it is there, I dont' feel is if it is THAT obvious/first thing people would notice, but maybe it is because so many people comment. This is partly my hangup I need to work on. This may not sound like it relates, but I'm just saying, maybe they do get intrusive questions.

Not everyone is as enlightened as us, and even we all have steps to take on our own subjects.