Question:
ATT: POST OP WOMEN! NEED FEEDBACK, please READ ON

Im a year and half out from surgery. ive lost 135 lbs. Ive missed my last 2 periods and im not pregnant. I recently stopped taking my BC to try and tigger it. i take progesterone only pills (pops). ive read that stress, weighloss, etc can cause a woman to miss her periods (and ive had all 3). but i want to know if it happened to any of you this far out. ive been plateaued for over a month now and im fine with that... i just want to hear any similar stories and what the outcomes were thanks so much, in advance, for your support.    — Kymberly H. (posted on April 19, 2005)

April 19, 2005
I had my surgery in July I missed my period in Jan and Feb I got it in March but then I got it 2 times in April. I have lost 140 around the same so my thought is maybe at that weight loss. I am also hitting a plateau. I have only lost 5 pounds in the past 2 and half months
   — missang

April 20, 2005
How old are you? Are you possibly close to perimenopausal age, in your mid to late 40's? I started at that stage to have irregular periods. Speak with your PCP and or GYN on this subject, it is really more for a clinician to answer.
   — ChristineB

April 20, 2005
I have not missed any periods but mine will not go away. I went to my GYN yesterday and was told that he had seen alot of gastric patients with irregular period problems. He stated with the RAPID weightloss it causes the hormones to rage out of control. I am having the ablation process done (to keep from having a hesterectomy) since I am under 30. He did prescribe BC to help regulate monthly.
   — courtney A.

April 20, 2005
Progesterone will keep you from getting your period. I did a few years of fertility drugs and while I was cycling used progesterone....when I would get a negative pregnancy test the doc would take me off them and a few days later my period would start.
   — blondiefrom1969

May 21, 2005
Ask your doctor to test your prolactin and your FSH levels. Preop, I did not have a period for almost a year after discontinuing depo provera shots. After several different blood tests it they found out I had a slightly elevated prolactin level and that was why I wasn't having a period. I took a pill once a week for 8 weeks and my period came back and my prolactin level was normal when retested.
   — gvlgal