female only Post op period concerns (TMI)

[Stacie 1]

I was sleeved 12/24. I was supposed to get my period this upcoming Friday. This past Friday (1 week early) I started having very very dark brown discharge. And a fair amount of it. It is still here, but now I notice more red (sorry again for the TMI!)

Is this normal? Has anyone had anything like this happen?

[Wisconsin_Gal 0]

I have had this happen prior to any sort of surgery. In fact, I once had this glob come out that was all blood (about the size of my palm!)... This is normal. It is excess lining along your uterus that seperated as a whole instead of seeping out as usual. I wouldn't worry about it this month. However, if next month you still get large discharge, I would call you GYN just in case. You may get small little globlets, like bubbles next month, but you should have a large discharge for a bit. I only have had this happen 2 or 3 times in my period history...

[Tracy46545 6]

I was sleeved on Dec 14 and had the same experience with my first menstrual cycle after surgery. It came early, weird discharge for a few days first, then a pretty heavy cycle. I think it's your body telling you it has been stressed by major surgery and every part of your body is responding to the challenge. Perfectly normal.

[samanthadiva 0]

Thank goodness for these posts. I was very worried! My period started 10 days early (only 3 days post-op) and its HEAVY and still going pretty strong 6 days later (my whole period is usally 5 days). Guess I'm in for a 7 day cycle this month. On the upside, I had no cramps and no other discomforts of the usual lady visitor. Outside of its appearance at all, its actually been relatively pleasant. Glad we can chat about these things openly and help each other.

[Stacy160 201]

This thing definitely wreaks havoc with your hormones! I've been getting more irregular anyway over the last couple of years... it might come at three weeks, it might come at 5 weeks, it might be light and even, it might be heavy and look like globs of grape jelly (gross, I know, sorry). But still, it's generally within a week of when it's supposed to be here.

I went into surgery totally expecting to come out gushing, since so many people say that's what happens even if you're not due. Well, I was already a week late, and never even did get it at all that month... we skipped over January altogether! February came on schedule.... March came on schedule... and then two weeks after that, here she was again. It's annoying, BUT, I take it as a good sign than I'm losing lots of fat and stored estrogen in the process! :wink1: