‘I was in debilitating pain for years but it took over a decade for me to be diagnosed with PCOS’

‘I was in debilitating pain for years but it took over a decade for me to be diagnosed with PCOS’

Independent April 19, 2026

As Wes Streeting vows to tackle the ‘medical misogyny’ that means women’s symptoms are often dismissed as an overreaction, Lynda Wilkes-Green shares the reality of trying to get a diagnosis while enduring years of agonising periods