I had the VSG for PCOS.  Are you noticing any changes? I'm not.

Happy Belated Birthday!  Anyway I don't buy the 'you're still getting regulated' BS.  At 20 you should be regulated.  I was like you...never regular.  I was a late starter and didn't have my first AF until I was a week shy of 15.  Then I'd skip 3m, 6m...a year...finally went on the pill.  I stayed on the pill until I was almost 20 and then went off in hopes of getting prego.  Well instead of getting prego I stopped having periods all together and rapidly gained weight.  This is when my PCOS really showed up.  My DH & I went through 8years of failed fertility treatments before my WLS.  We'd tried metformin to get me to ovulate...no luck.  We did nothing and that resulted in nothing.  We did Clomid and no luck there.  We did injectables with IUI (interuterine insemination) still no luck.  My body did not want to ovulate!  Finally I had RNY WLS.  After I stopped the patch birth control at 1 year post op I found that I was not only having regular unmedicated periods but...I was OVULATING!  On my own even!!  After 3 months of tracking my periods/ovulation on www.fertilityfriend.com we decided to ttc and was totally blown away when I got pregnant the 1st month trying.  It was 9 years 4 months since we'd first started trying.  I had a healthy pregnancy and baby.  I then opted for an IUD and on 1/31 last year had it removed.  My first natural cycle after having it removed we got pregnant again!  I'm now the very proud mom of 2 girls who neither one would be here if I'd not had my WLS.  I never gave up.  I started TTCing a month before I turned 20 and delivered my first baby 3 weeks before I turned 30. 

Having WLS when you have PCOS greatly increases your chances of conceiving.  Good luck and if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer!

Kristy

I know what you are sayin about being in the bathroom a s*** load.  I feel for ya.  I just started back on Metformin 500mg twice a day to help with ovulation and all that junk.  And I have been to the BR 4 times already.  And it's like pure liquid.  *sigh*  I hope it gets better!

I know it has a name like negris something but you know what i mean, usually around the neck and in some other places too

The only thing before weight loss i found that helped mine was putting
Queene helenes mint julep mud mask on it lettign it dry completely and i did this once a week it draws out whatevver and did seem to help lighten (though not remove it) if this helps anyone it will be worth it i think it worked for me but i had to do it regularly or it came back dark again

i got mine a walmart or walgreenes its soemtimes hard to find but if you do find it, its usually cheap like 3 bucks a tube and one tube will lask weeks if your only using it on yoru neck but it works great for a facial mask (duh thats its purpose lol) too

good luck

Wylde

I have PCOS and I went with the RNY.  We had to do fertility treatments for 2yrs to have our son and I didnt get a period on my own for 5yrs!  After surgery, I got my period again right away and I accidentally got pregnant only a couple months out of surgery...I still cant believe that I accidentally got pregnant!  All of my pcos symptoms are gone!  I am afraid that they will return someday though.