I was diagnosed with PCOS almost 10 years ago. I'm now 26. I had my lapband surgery in July 09 and I'm down 32 lbs. I haven't had a big change in symptoms yet but hopefully that will change. I have had a really tough time with my periods over the years and then after I got married I started testing and now I'm having trouble ovulating. I have been put on Metformin, Provera and other drugs to help. I also was put on Fertility drugs last year and was successful at getting pregnant but I wasn't producing enough progestrone and lost the baby at 2 months. I'm hoping this will help with having children. I wish you all the luck with the PCOS and band.