I need help

Is anyone having excessive periods since having surgery? I have had alot of minor problems. When I was gaining wt and pre surgery I stopped having a period after I passed about 350 lbs. So for a yr I didnt have one. I didnt realize this was a problem. To me it was great not having to mess with it. Now... I had surgery on July 12. Had my first period on the 14th, then again on the 25th, then again on Aug 8 and then for a fourth time on Aug 29th. I called my gyn and told him and he gave me 4 different options I could pick from. One was hormones, birth control pills and one was another pill and the forth was surgery.... My questions is has anyone else experienced any of this? If so have u dont anything about it. I was just hoping it would regulate itself all on its own...but so far it hasnt. Right now I still feel great...cramping is worse than I ever remembered pre surgery but Im still loosing wt and feeling very healthy. Just dont know what to do. Mariah 394/320/160 down 74 lbs

Mariah- I've had 2 in the last 6 weeks also...and I had my normal cycle the week before surgery. I think the second one I had was breakthrough bleeding more than a full cycle (during ovulation). I'm chalking it up to the massive amounts of horomones that our bodies are having to deal with due to rapid weight loss. I was told I could go back on my birth control pills after a month, but they gave me the worst kind of headache so I went back to explore more options. Basically, I was told that if I didn't want hormonal treatments that there weren't many options (I was more concerned about pregnancy than the extra periods though). SO..I'm with you...hoping that they regulate on their own. You may find more help from your local board where there are long-term post-ops who can tell you there experience further out. In the meantime...stock up on those supplies! Christina S

Hi Mariah, Perhaps, since you didn't have periods for so long, your body is now trying to sluff off all that collected on your uterine wall during that time. I was having very irregular, infrequent periods and my dr put me on Provera to induce periods. It's not healthy to not have periods, and clean the ole plumbing out, if you are in the child bearing years. I didn't take the Provera for a month or so before and after surgery, I figured I wanted to keep all the blood I could and not become anemic prior to or shortly after surgery. I'm about 8 months out and have lost 53 or so lbs and I guess that was enough to jump start my body into having periods on it's own again. I'm not sure if this helps any, but good luck! Sue

I am having the same problem. Before surgery I had not had a period in at least 3 years (I stoped keeping track) and a week and a half after surgery, I got a period and it has been on and off ever since. I called my gyno and she said not to worry, that this is normal, my body is trying to adjust and my hormones are outta whack right now. So I'm just letting it go, I'm pretty confident that my body will regulate itself soon.

A few years back I was having periods from hell ... I'd bled for weeks and it would be big chunks that looked like liver (sorry TMI). My OB GYN did a DNC and took a scope and looked to see if he couls find something. Turns out I had a poylop and once he removed it I never had another problem. I had regular periods that lasted at the most 3 days. Since surgery I had one period that lasted a day ... just a few days after surgery, and I haven't had one since ... in fact Friday when I went in to have my endoscopy, they made me take a pregnacy test ... not pregnant! I do have an OB GYN appointment this month on the 18th. Janet

I just want to thank all of you ladys who shared your stories on here and those who emailed me privately. It really helped me to not feel so depressed and alone. Thanks Mariah