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Hey! I'd love to meet some people on here that have PCOS & have had weight loss surgery or will be getting it. My doctors are telling me that WLS can completely reverse my pcos... and if I keep my weight down, I will hardly have any symptoms the rest of my life. For those of you that have had it, do you find this true? My surgery will be in MAY... I'm really excited. Nothing has helped me and it's been so frustrating.
PS: Anyone from PA/// ? Even better Pittsburgh area?
PS: Anyone from PA/// ? Even better Pittsburgh area?
Hi there! I have PCOS and had RNY WLS in 8/04 so I'm just over 4 years out...man...make that almost 4.5 years out! Having WLS done can potentially reverse your PCOS (although you'll always have it) and you can be symptom free, but this is not the case for every cyster. Also different surgeries have different effects on PCOS.
I found that for me my RNY did reverse my PCOS and aside from the facial hair I'm symptom free.
I went from...
* infertile/no ovulation/no periods
* insulin resistant/type II diabetes
* acanthosis nigricans (dark patches of skin)
* facial hair
* acne
to...
* fertile! regular periods with ovulation & 2 post op pregnancies
* no insulin resistance or type II diabetes
* no acanthosis nigricans
* no acne
I'd gone through 8 years of failed fertility treatments prior to my surgery. I was found to be Clomid resistant and I also responded poorly to injectable fertility medications. I never had a period on my own without having to take Provera to induce one...and even then it was minimal. At 1 year post op I went off birth control (the patch) and found that I had regular periods for the 1st time ever! With taking my daily basal body temp (bbt) I found that I was also ovulating on my own. After 3 months of monitoring (due to a medication I was taking that I couldn't get prego on...that's a whole other story) we went without protection and immediately got pregnant! I had an uneventful pregnancy & healthy baby girl just before my 2 year surgery anniversary. Then earlier this year we went without protection once again and immediately got pregnant again! We're expecting our 2nd daughter in just about 2 weeks. Frankly I believe (and so does my OB) that had it not been for my WLS & subsequent weight loss that I would have never gotten pregnant or gotten my PCOS in check.
Good luck to you! BTW have you checked out www.soulcysters.com ? It's an awesome support & information website specifically for women with PCOS.
I found that for me my RNY did reverse my PCOS and aside from the facial hair I'm symptom free.
I went from...
* infertile/no ovulation/no periods
* insulin resistant/type II diabetes
* acanthosis nigricans (dark patches of skin)
* facial hair
* acne
to...
* fertile! regular periods with ovulation & 2 post op pregnancies
* no insulin resistance or type II diabetes
* no acanthosis nigricans
* no acne
I'd gone through 8 years of failed fertility treatments prior to my surgery. I was found to be Clomid resistant and I also responded poorly to injectable fertility medications. I never had a period on my own without having to take Provera to induce one...and even then it was minimal. At 1 year post op I went off birth control (the patch) and found that I had regular periods for the 1st time ever! With taking my daily basal body temp (bbt) I found that I was also ovulating on my own. After 3 months of monitoring (due to a medication I was taking that I couldn't get prego on...that's a whole other story) we went without protection and immediately got pregnant! I had an uneventful pregnancy & healthy baby girl just before my 2 year surgery anniversary. Then earlier this year we went without protection once again and immediately got pregnant again! We're expecting our 2nd daughter in just about 2 weeks. Frankly I believe (and so does my OB) that had it not been for my WLS & subsequent weight loss that I would have never gotten pregnant or gotten my PCOS in check.
Good luck to you! BTW have you checked out www.soulcysters.com ? It's an awesome support & information website specifically for women with PCOS.
Your story sounds all too familiar. I am taking clomid now and took it last month with no sucess. Both months I also had to take the provera to bring on a period. I was diagnosed with PCOS about 10 years ago; I was very heavy (285 lbs)...in Oct 2007, I had gastric bypass surgery and have since lost 140 lbs. I have still had no luck with getting periods on my own or getting pregnant. My husband and I have not used any protection for years now; I am beginning to wonder if it will ever happen. Anyways, it is nice to read about people that have had some success; it gives me a renewed hope. Tavia
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