 New here
Hi all! I was dx with pcos back in 2001. I have it all baby! Insulin resistance, obesity, the "buffalo" hump, the dark skin in places, acne (it has gotten better though) and of course the wonderful excess hair! Actually that has gotten better everywhere but on my face! I had a baby boy back in '95, but no babies since. I lost an ovary due to many, hardened pearl like cysts on my left ovary. They even took out my appendix while they were there!
I am on Metformin, Yasmin, and Levothyroxine. I have high blood pressure and I am on Lisinopril for that. They just put me on a water pill but the name is too long for me to remember or spell. I was just dx'ed for varicose veins.
I am 43 years old and I feel like I am going to drop dead at any moment. I am not a well woman. I am having lapband surgery come this fall as I have exhausted some many weight loss programs. I've done it all! Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers,OEA, Starvation, Weight Loss Pills, blah, blah, blah.
I've had it with the up and down of yo-yo dieting. Back in the day when hubby was just my boyfriend and didn't get the acne and hair in weird places but he stuck it out with me and now we've been married for 16 years.
I lost my mom in '96 to kidney failure and congestive heart failure. She too has PCOS but was never dx'd. I am the spitting image of her and her health issues, I do not want to die at the age of 61.
Anyhoo....happy to be here! | 
