hi!

hi im new to this board, my name is jill and im still pre op. my question is when i was going through  my trial of every means possible to lose weight i started seeing my doctor about medical problems (ive been heavy my whole life) and thyroid was ok, and they wanted to check for pcos, about a month later i went in for the blood work and they told me i was pregnant so they couldnt test because its based on hormones and mine were out of wack due to pregnancy. so it was put on the back burner, my son is now 18 months old and im on my leg leg before approval for surgery. i remember my new obgyn mentioned getting tested for it as well and i simply havent had the time to go in for blood tests and once again ive dropped the ball and put it on the back burner. im not sure if i have it or not and im really hoping that i can get the blood work done soon so i can get it out of the way, but my question is, has anyone been in this boat? what were your symptoms of it? what were the treatments and how has it affected you? how has it affected wls? sorry to long and so mnay questions!
thanks!

they seen mine on an ultrasound before they did the blood work to confirm it. There are alot of different symptoms. weight gain, facial hair, skin tags, Insulin Resistance just to name a few there is this really great web site called soulcysters.com i love that one i have been on there since i was dx at 17.I have been trying to loose weight since then, i was dx with hypothyroid at the same time so i thought great i will just get on these meds and and my weight will just melt off, boy was i wrong, so now i am just starting the wls process but i have been told the pcos helps with the approval cuz it is a co morbidity. Well i hope this helps a little  good luck with everything .
 Erica

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Everyone's symptoms are different. You can google it though and see if you match anything on the list. There's no cure, but you can treat the symptoms. So far it doesn't affect weight loss surgery...but WLS affects IT! usually symptoms go into remission or go away all together, if you keep the weight off.
Best of luck to you!