female only OMG - It's Back!

[thebarneyhouse 2]

Hello! I had surgery on 10/7/14 and have lost 50 lbs to date. Yeah hurray!. However, after being in menopause for at least 3 years, I found I've started my period again I'm only 51 yet wondering if I could really be getting my period back again and, if so, should I worry about pregnancy?

Has anyone else got their period back after being post-menopausal?

[Sharon1964 2,530]

You don't need a period to get pregnant, you just need to ovulate. Hormones are stored in fat, so you are releasing enough hormones to have a period. The question is, are you releasing enough hormones to ovulate? I would make an appointment with my doctor.

[AvaFern 3,516]

At 51 you probably do not need to worry about ovulation or pregnancy. I would see your doctor though because while generally a period after major weight loss may be nothing, after you have been post-menopausal for three years it could also be a sign of another issue. Better to check it out than wonder about it.

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

should I worry about pregnancy?

@@thebarneyhouse

no!!!!

just make a conscious decision to abstain from sex!

as OP said "talk to your doc"

take care

kathy

Edited January 18, 2015 by proudgrammy

[thebarneyhouse 2]

Thank you all! Will make an appt with OBG soon! Never expected this.....

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Hahaha! I thought you were going to say your cootchie! My boobs and belly got so fluffy I didn't see mine for years.

[Mrs. Reid 392]

This is one of my biggest fears about wls! I soooo don't want my period to return. I told my gyn at my last visit that I was going for wls and told her I was afraid of having my period came back. She said it was impossible. Yet then I hear of it happening......nooooooooo!

[myfrogleggs 0]

Thebarneyhouse how did it go with the doctor?

[thebarneyhouse 2]

So far, the result seems to be unknown but leaning towards out of control hormones. However, I haven't had another period (yet).

Since I got it back in January, I've had exams, sonogram, several different blood tests, and uterine lining biopsy - all okay - no cancer or anything like that. Did see some weird lab results that would indicate some hormones are still playing havoc on me.

I had removed some hormone pellet remnants along with dead fat lump where they were injected last month with outpatient surgery,. I'm having seromas and hematomas from that so I have a big bump on my butt. The doctor aspirated it today and got out 50 cc of Fluid but still a bump at the incision site.

Doctor wants me to redo labs in 6 months to see how the hormones are behaving. So I'll be waiting to see if I get another period or it was a fluke.

Thanks for asking.