OMG... and that is still with all the drains in!!!  That is amazing!!!  I hope that I am able to get the surgery, and to have such a speedy recovery!

Thank you SO much for sharing!!!

OMG!!!   I would SO love to see some of those pictures... VERY much!  I can't imagine how bad that surgery must suck... but boy do I want it :-)  Thank you!!!

WELCOME TO THE FORUM . I DIAGNOSED MYSELF BACK IN 2002 AFTER YEARS OF BEING IRREGULAR AND BEGINNING TO GROW CHIN STUBBLE. I LIVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST SO I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL I CAME BACK TO THE STATE TO GET A PROPER DIAGNOSI. MY PCP TOLD ME THAT HAD I BEEN TREATED THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN REGULATED SOONER. I ALSO HAVE TYPE 2 DIABETES SO HAVING THIS SURGERY WILL HOPEFULLY HELP THE BOTH OF MY CONDITIONS.

A common feature(but not always) with the pcos is the formation of fibroids and polyps within the uterine cavity and cervix.  These fibroids can cause mind blowing pain with intercourse and if the fibroids get large enough your periods will become very painful and heavy.  If you have pain w/ intercourse I'd see your treating GYN and tell them about your S&S and any wierdness with your menstral patterns(bleeding not enough, to much, to long, not bleeding for along time bleeding to much and to long any clotting ect). 

The common treatment if you want to keep your uterus and have babies is a diagnostic series of U/S to see what is going on inside the womb.  then if fibroids or overgrowth of the lining is seen the doctor will treat the overgrowth with either a perscription to re set your menstration, or a D&C to remove all forgien matter.  The doctor will probally do lab work to make sure you don't have any elevations in your CA125 labs(common test to r/o cancer).  I know this sounds like a bit much, but fibroids are common with pcos.  --icestorm.

 Hi Kelly. Yeah that is weird your PCOS came up after you lost weight. My sxs were dormant after surgery and stayed that way until I started gaining weight. I did the clomid, ovidrel, and back to back IUIs 2x and they didn't work for me. They wanted to start me on injectables but advised me I must lose at least 80 pounds first. I looked at them and said what do you want me to go on a crack diet bc there is no way I can lose that. She told me well you had GB. I said it no longer works so here I am trying to get a revision. 

From my own experience fertility tx is one of the most nerve wracking and devastating things someone could go through. Clomid made me hungry, sensitive, overly emotional, and just overall a basket case. Even though I have my periods montly and ovulate on my own I had to do the ovidrel shot so they can time my IUIs. Now I don't know which one it was or maybe a combination of the 2 but they will have you thinking you are pregnant. You have all the sxs of being pregnant from nausea, vomiting, extra sensitive breasts (ohhh that was the worse. I literally had to sleep with my bra on bc my nipples hurt so bad), veins became more prominent, etc...I used pregnancy tests everyday to see how soon the ovidrel shot left my body which was within a few days and just as I was about to test to see if the IUIs took my period came on both times. I had to take off work a couple of days each time bc I was so depressed.

Some women are lucky and immediately get pregnant off the clomid. Some women get pregnant after a few cycles and then some women never get pregnant off it at all. So it will depend solely on your body and you. I told my doctor when I lose the weight I wont be going back on Clomid. Never again but I wish you look and much success. There is a great fertility forum I belong to but had to stop going bc it was too painful to see when someone posted that they had a BFP. Let me know if you want the website and I will find it for you.


Good luck