Issues with menstration

waterlily1072 · May 4, 2006

Did anyone else have issues with their periods after surgery. I have always had light to non existant except when losing weight, then they are very heavy and ongoing. In the past though I'd only lose about 20-30lbs then plateau and eventually give up. Three full weeks of it now, and the last few days have been absolutely horrid. Am I just weird? Or do other peeps have these same types of issues?

Marimaru · May 4, 2006

Evidently having surgery messes with alot of women's cycles. I didn't have a cycle at the time because I was on depo, but I have heard of lots of people who had issues similar to yours.

If it keeps going too much longer, you should probably call your gyno.

DonnaB · May 4, 2006

I've been irregular all my life so I don't know what "normal" really is. I've always had a very light to non-existant flow and only recently found out that obesity is probably the cause of irregular menstruation. I've been through infertility treatments and no one ever said 'it could be your weight'! Kinda makes me a little crazy. Well, after dropping 25 pounds I had my first cycle since before Thanksgiving and it was pretty heavy on days 2, 3, and 4, and lasted for 7 days.

Don't know if this helps you or not but I think, if I were you, I'd call my OBGyn. 3 weeks is a long time.

waterlily1072 · May 4, 2006

Thanks

I did call today and they are squeezing me in tomorrow morning. They want to do a red blood cell count. LOL, I can tell them I haven't lost that much blood but they want to make sure. I did this once before when dieting and the doc then did the same thing, I was however borderline anemic that time. Doubt it's any different this time, at least I hope not. I was just hoping I wasn't alone on this one. The old saying misery loves company.