I had them removed twice. They just came back so I gave up. They're in my arm pits. I caused me a considerable amount of pain when I was on crutches. My dermatologist counted it as "in office surgery" which was the magic word for my insurance to pay.

Don't feel bad I was on my period for 2 years and provera and birthcontrols couldnt stop it. 3 months ago ive finally found a birthcontrol and changed my diet and my periods are regular thanks to the pill. But when i am on my period i am in extreme pain..anyone else have this problem?

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

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!

I have boils constantly my last doctor said that he could always tell if my blood sugar was out of wack by how many boils I had. I was diagnosed with endometreosis at 15 and PCOS at 27 but I wonder if I had PCOS all along. My husband and I have been trying for years for a baby and my new doctor thinks RNY will help scheduled for 6-10-09. I hope it helps my boil situation too.