Cycle Ally

Just diagnosed ​

If you have just been told you have PCOS or PMOS, Settings → About → Just diagnosed walks through what that means. It explains; it does not diagnose, and it names no medicine, dose or diet.

Four short sections ​

  • What you were told — what the name means, why it was renamed PMOS, and why it is a syndrome rather than one broken part.
  • What was looked at — the three things a clinician looks at: cycles, signs of higher androgens, and sometimes an ultrasound or a blood test. It also says why other conditions get ruled out first.
  • What to ask next time — five questions to write down while they are fresh.
  • What this app is for — facts for your next visit, kept by you and nobody else.

Under each section are the words it uses, each one tap from its explanation in the glossary, and the sources the claims come from.

What you'll read tonight that isn't so ​

The screen ends with What you'll read tonight that isn't so: the claims people meet first online, about the ovaries, having children, weight and the length of a cycle — each with what is actually known and where that comes from.

To keep your questions where you will find them, see clinician visits. For a first appointment, see getting ready for a first visit.