Time of the month ...

[DoOverGirl 1]

I had my bypass revision on 12/13/2022, my period came down a few days after. It has now been close to 4 weeks of it non stop. Some days it's bright, other days its brown but the one thing is that its been constant.

Previous to my surgery I had a Mirena for 1 year, I had not had a period for over 10 months. The Mirena was removed in November, a few days later I got the depo shot. So my depo was fairly recent to my bypass.

I called my gyno and she is not concerned at this point since there is no odor, pain or fever.

Has anyone experienced this? Do you guys think its the shock of surgery? A mix of all the BC hormones recently?

[Sleeve_Me_Alone 656]

I had a 4 month long period when I started depo (13 week cycle). I spotted all through the first shot, and for a few weeks after the second, before it finally stopped. Have not had a period of any kind since (5+ years!). I've read that it is VERY common, and cycle changes after surgery probably don't help. Give it some time, keep in touch with your doctor, but it will likely resolve after your next shot.

[DoOverGirl 1]

4 minutes ago, Sleeve_Me_Alone said:

I had a 4 month long period when I started depo (13 week cycle). I spotted all through the first shot, and for a few weeks after the second, before it finally stopped. Have not had a period of any kind since (5+ years!). I've read that it is VERY common, and cycle changes after surgery probably don't help. Give it some time, keep in touch with your doctor, but it will likely resolve after your next shot.

Oh my goodness, four months sounds like a nightmare! BUT worth it in the long run. I'm going to trust the process and keep on with it and hopefully I can have similar results to yours. Also, while on topic, as a bariatric patient do you think that the depo has hindered any weight loss? I've read that the depo makes you gain weight.

[SuziDavis 546]

Mine was very off for the first couple month, then it started to get back to normal last month.

[DoOverGirl 1]

54 minutes ago, SuziDavis said:

Mine was very off for the first couple month, then it started to get back to normal last month.

Just off the surgery or were you on the shot?

[catwoman7 11,218]

very common. Many women experience mood swings and/or screwed up menstrual cycles for the first few months after surgery. It's supposedly because estrogen is stored in fat cells, and it gets released during rapid weight loss. It'll stabilize once your weight loss slows down. It can take a few weeks or months.

[NP_WIP 274]

It could be either or. When I used the Depo shot a few years ago I was spotting for the 1st month, then no period until I went back to the pill.

Before surgery in Nov I had not had a period for 9 months, one month post op got my period and less than 2 weeks later had it again, which the surgeon warned about.

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[Sleeve_Me_Alone 656]

15 hours ago, DoOverGirl said:

Also, while on topic, as a bariatric patient do you think that the depo has hindered any weight loss? I've read that the depo makes you gain weight.

Not at all. It definitely can contribute to weight gain, but that has not been my experience. I had been on it about 4 years when I had surgery, and I lost at a perfectly acceptable rate, hit goal, etc. I don't think its impacted my loss at all - although I do wonder if it contributed to me being unable to lose PRIOR to surgery. But that's really irrelevant at this point, I guess.

[SuziDavis 546]

16 hours ago, DoOverGirl said:

Just off the surgery or were you on the shot?

Just from the surgery it was all over the place.

[Alex Brecher 10,513]

It's not uncommon for women to experience changes in their menstrual cycle after bariatric surgery, particularly after gastric bypass surgery. The changes can be related to the rapid weight loss, as well as hormonal changes that occur as a result of the surgery.

It's also possible that the changes in your menstrual cycle are related to the recent changes in your birth control methods, such as the removal of the Mirena and the use of the depo shot