Good News: Well I'm done with all my Pre-op foot work. All paperwork and reports will be sent into my insurance sometime next week, then the waiting game begins.

Bad News: (For The Woman!!)

I stopped having "Aunt Flow" this past April and went into the drs after being a week late which has never in my life happened before!, Dr told me to just wait it out...So here we are June and nothing, had bloodwork done this past Thursday and come to find out I have PCOS. Soo now I have to go set myself up an appointment with a endocrinologist (the one my Dr suggested is booked till November! ) and hope for the best I guess. Just another journey I suppose or just an add on to the on going one..

Edited June 26, 201412 yr by HalloweenBaby24

Congrats on getting the foot work done! That is a huge hurdle.

I've had PCOS since I was 18 (30 now) and used multiply endos and wasn't please and finally settled on my gyno and PCP to manage it. My PCOS is well managed by my PCP so you don't necessarily "have" to go to a specialist. I have heard that in some cases PCOS resolves itself with weight loss if so that would be great. Good luck with the process!

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How does you're pcp help manage it?, Just by following up with dietary guidelines?

I hope I get approved for surgery, and that it will help with this issue. It gives me one more reason to have it done and not chicken out that's for sure, I'd like to try to have a baby again sometime in the future and the thought of having to resort to fertility treatments for such a thing is overwhelming. I don't even know where to start.

Typically, a combination of the correct birth control and sometimes Metformin or similar medicine manages the symptoms and keeps your hormones in check. Obviously, the first thing you will hear is to lose weight to combat the hormone issues. I also have Hoshimoto's which is an autoimmune disease of the thyroid....Hypothyroid. The symptoms overlap with PCOS so I take birth control, thyroid meds and Metformin( it helps with insulin resistance). The endo didn't prescribe or run tests that my PCP can't do. I never have period without birth control so I started to freak out about not being able to have kids. So when I was 24 I decided to get pregnant with fertility help. It was rather simple...I took clomid for a few days during my cycle and then when the eggs matured they gave me a shot in my butt that would cause me to ovulate within 24 hours and my instructions were to go home and do the deed over the weekend. I got pregnant on my first try. There are several non-invasive methods you can do before you get into invitro, etc. Your OBGYN or a fertility specialist should be able to walk you through all of that. I went to a fertility specialist super easy no big deal...now if I go for a second kid and I still need help after the weigh loss my OBGY can do all of the same things as the specialist. My advice is KNOW your body and be YOUR own health advocate. Not all docs are created equal and their information is based off what you tell them. If you don't like a doc or they are forcing something on you...fire them. Hope this helps!