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Just thought I would put out there one more time the question I continually have on my mind....how did you weight loss make your PCOS better...did it GET better....hair, period, acne...I am having my surgery May 26th and am just curious.  Oh ALSO, since we are weight loss challenged, how much weight did ya'll loose on your preop diet?  Have a wonderful blessed day!

Hello Everyone, I just found this blog and thought I needed to share my story here.  I am at a loss of what to do and wanted some feedback.  Ok, my name is Keri and I am 29 years old.  I have been overweight all my life.  I love food.  It is  one thing I can always rely on.  I became big in high school, and started wearing boys clothes.  I didnt want to go to the "fat lady store" like my mom always called it because I remember how ugly the stuff was and I didnt want to be the fat lady at age 15.  So, I resorted to boys clothes.  I felt I looked good and could fit into these clothes.  As a child, my mom would bring me to the Sears section called "Pretty Plus" and there would be all the fat girl clothes.  So, shopping for boys clothes at Old Navy and Abercrombie made me feel more like my friends.  Sure, I would go to the left and they would go to the right side of the store, but I felt normal. 

Finally I got to college and after a few months my new "fashionista" roomate said we had to do something about my clothes.  She brought me to Lane Bryant and I fell in love.  I could finally wear cute fashionable clothes and not look like a boy anymore (I was always the girly girl wearing dresses)

So, during college I gained and gained.  I tried weigh****chers, atkins, slim fast etc, and nothing helped.  I would lose a few pounds but it would come back easily.  Also in college, my body started changing.  I all of a sudden had this huge floppy belly, and hair on my chin and lip.  At 13, I got my period and it was very irregular.  At 16 I finally decided to go to the doctor.  I got this new boyfriend and I took this as an opportunity to get on the Pill (way too young I know, it never happened though!)  So, telling her all my symptoms, she put me on the pill.  I was on the pill for 13  years.

In 2006 I decided enough was enough, I had to do somethign about my weight.  I truly believed I would never find a husband if I didnt lost the weight.  So, I got the Lap Band.  I remember going into surgery and saying "this is the most selfish thing I have ever done" but I came out with a diaphramitic hernia repair and a brand new lap band.  My pcos was never thought about or recognized by any doctor that I saw.  If I knew I had this condition I would have done RNY because it seems to be a lot harder with the Band.

SO, I lose 50 pounds, gain a husband, and then I have to get my tonislls out.  They say you have to get your band unfilled for an anestesia surgery, so I was unfilled.  After my healing process, I had three fills back up in my band, then I had heart burn.  So, they emptyed it a little.  Now, I dont have any restriction at all.  My surgeon basically threw up his hands and said I dont know why, it doesnt work for everyone.  I gain back all 50 that I lost plus some more.  Presently I am back up to my highest weight. 

So, now my husband and I have been married and we are off the pill, no pregnancy.  I go to a regular appointment with my doctor, and she asks if I was ever tested for pcos, and I replied no.  She sends me to a endocronologist and of course, this is what I have.  Its no wonder I cant lose weight naturally, whatever I do, I dont lose a pound only gain.

So, now I have this new diagnosis, and what does my gyn say?  I thought I said when you first started here that you probably have that.  She never told me that, shes just covering for not telling me this vital piece of information.  Like I said before, I would have chosen a different surgery if I knew this before. 

So, I go to a new surgeon to see if he could do a conversion from the band to bypass.  He was so scary and blunt.  Said this surgery would be twice as risky as a regular surgery.  He suggests for now, to go to his practice and get filled with an xray so that he can assess if its really not working or if its improperly filled.  I was so sad I cried all this afternoon.  I thought I would be skinny by next year.  I dont know what to do, try this second doctor using the incredible tool I have and fill it up properly, or risk my life and health with the surgery.  I think I want to figure out my band, and read a lot about a pcos diet, and figure it out from there.  Its so annoying and confusing.  I just dont know whats the right move.  All I want to do is get pregnant and have a healthy baby, but I cant have a healthy baby if I am not healthy myself.

Hey lovely ladys...I'm soo sorry our computer crashed and it took awhile for us to get a new one


WELCOME to all of your new Members!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so happy to be back...missed you all!!

I had four laser treatments a few years ago and it worked for a little while but it is back now and getting worse all the time.  Hoping that once I have my surgery it will quit growing back.

WOOOOOHOOO! Good luck! Member, sip sip sip, walk walk walk! And  keep us posted!
 ANd thank you! I ended up going back in, just my luck, my bladder wasnt working right, But back home again and feeling tons better!