Not lovin it

I was diagnosed with PCOS a few years ago, and really have only had the symptoms of thin hair, and no period.  Well, I got my period the day after I got home from the hospital (not awesome) and its STILL HERE!  I had my surgery on May 11th, so its going on three weeks. This happened once before when I was having panic attacks and my body was under alot of stress. Did anyone else have this happen right after surgery?

It didn't happen to me, but I have heard of it happening to other PCO'ers.  Call your gyn -- they can give you some meds to stop the bleeding.  I hope it goes away soon!

Lesley

This often happens because of the blood thinners that they give you during surgery, it causes your period to come, and because we are so irregular our lining is thick and takes a while to shed fully. If you call your OB/GYN they can give you something that will help slow it down and stop it.

I have no advice but wanted to say thanks for posting this - my surgery is coming up and I'm glad to know this is a possibility.  I have to 'force' my periods now with progesterone so I'll be sure and have one before my surgery. 

I would give your gyn a call and see what they recommend.  I did not have a period immediately after surgery, but began having erratic cycles a month or two out.  I had a couple of cycles that lasted me over 2 weeks- I can't remember for sure, but I want to say that this occcured between months 3 and 5.  I contacted my gyn about this but she didn't intervene in my case because things corrected after a couple of cycles and my bleeding was fairly light.  Your hormones WILL be on a bit of a roller-coaster as your body goes through so many rapid changes.  Good luck to you.  HTH.