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Well this is just fan-freakin'-tastic...I started my period the day before my surgery! I was supposed to have it last week, but noooooooo...mother nature has a sense of humor and it's a sadistic one. I know it's not a super big deal, but to me it feels like adding insult to injury! I'm already gonna be alone, uncomfortable, and a little scared...now let's add menstruating to that! Just my luck!

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Can't say anything to make it any better :( so I will just say... Sucky!! I would be pretty pissed about that one too. Such is life though, it doesn't surprise me.

Oh well at least you will get all the sucky things over with at the same time..

Good luck and take care

Laura

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haha! I like that! kill 5 or 6 birds with one stone!

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This too shall pass! Stay strong & have a sense of humor! :-)

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Same thing happened to me! I had my surgery February 6th and started a few days before. The worst part is that I'm still on it!! It got worse after my surgery. Goodluck!

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I have a feeling this will be happening to me. I tried to schedule the surgery about my period. But with it being a short month....

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i was sleeved dec8 and sure enough i started the day before also!it wasnt soo bad, but like ya said kill 2 birds with one stone !

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I know that in reality it's not the absolute worst thing in the world...it's just stinkin inconvenient! LOL!

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I know that in reality it's not the absolute worst thing in the world...it's just stinkin inconvenient! LOL!

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I couldn't bend over and wipe post op, I started my period day before surgery. My step mom put gloves on, grabbed a wad of toilet paper, and made me feel dry! Lol

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I couldn't bend over and wipe post op' date=' I started my period day before surgery. My step mom put gloves on, grabbed a wad of toilet paper, and made me feel dry! Lol[/quote']

That's LOVE right there people! Lol!

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My sister rolled her car and broke her neck. When she woke up 2 days later She informed me she was on her period and had a tampon in when she wrecked. She couldn't raise up more than 15 degree angle. So guess who that left to remove the tampon. Yep! Sister of the year right here.

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I'm in your boat. I am set for sgy 2/20 and due to start. I keep hoping for early start but nothing yet

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My nurse said that even if I hadn't started before the surgery, I probably would've started right after. She said it happens all the time, I guess the physical trauma of having surgery kick-starts it...so take your feminine products! Also, the surgery stopped my period! I was set for at least 2 or 3 more days and the next day, it was all done!

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My nurse said that even if I hadn't started before the surgery' date=' I probably would've started right after. She said it happens all the time, I guess the physical trauma of having surgery kick-starts it...so take your feminine products! Also, the surgery stopped my period! I was set for at least 2 or 3 more days and the next day, it was all done![/quote']

Yep! I specifically scheduled my surgery nearly two weeks before my period was due to avoid that additional "fun" post-op. Two days after VSG, guess what??? My nurse also said it happens all the time. Hormones are thrown way out of whack.

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