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Hi there...this is for all the ladies out there. Did/does anyone have PCOS and did it go away after losing weight from the VSG? PCOS is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

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Hi there...this is for all the ladies out there. Did/does anyone have PCOS and did it go away after losing weight from the VSG? PCOS is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

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I don't have a straightforward answer for you, but my gyno always told me that if I could lose all my excess weight, my PCOS would more or less sort itself out and I could try living without birth control. But no one's ever told me yes or no. :)

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Hi there,

I too have PCOS. What I have been told is that there is no cure for PCOS, if you have it you have it for life. But I have also been told several times that if I lose the weight, it will control my symptoms to where they are barely noticable, and I may be able to have a baby naturally.

I am scheduled for my sleeve on 4/28. Keep in touch!

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I have an appt on the 17th and hoping they'll say that my little pearls are disappearing. I doubt they will though. I've been on my cycle for the last two months :-(

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I was told last year that I need to lose my excess weight, my GYN actually talked with me about the sleeve, I'd never heard of it and she and I had a good talk and she gave me info about it...she told me that if I lose the excess weight the PCOS symtopms will not appear anymore, she never said that is would completly go away...I think I will ask next time I see her....

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Thank you all for responding back. I had to go see my surgeon's dietician last week and she told me that losing all my excess weight, would knock about 70% off of my PCOS. I sure hope this is true, because I can't stand the thicker-than-normal peach fuzz on my face!! I have my VSG in one week.... :)

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I have PCOS and my endo was the one who suggested I have WLS to lessen the symptoms. She also did not say it would totally go away but that I could reverse many of this issues with the surgery. I am six months out and definitely my energy is way up and carb cravings have gone way down but I still have Hair growth on my face and I had thin hair due to the PCOS before surgery and it is much thinner now. Hopefully when I get further out and have lost more weight those things will resolve. Good luck! The sleeve is a great option and I definitely am much healthier now than before surgery!!

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