Doctor took me off of birth control pills prior to surgery

[Fernando 0]

Ok so I go see my doctor on Thrusday for my final appointment before surgery. I sign my consent and all is well. We are going over what meds I take and I am on seasonale birth control pills. I had my tubes tied in 1996 after my second child was born and my PCP put me back on BCP's to regulate my periods. And one every 3 months is kinda nice:thumbup:

Well I am Started back on a fresh pack on the 18th of June so it's only been since sunday and on thursday we have to go off of them for concerns of blood clots and surgery....

So I just got off my cycle less then a week ago and have to stop taking them now and guess what happens???:sad:

I am now having a second cycle and am PMS'ing while im on my happy liquid Protein diet.

Life with me around is fun today as you can tell...

Just wanted to mention this so if anyone else is currently taking birth control pills they can have a heads up to plan or can ask ahead of time.

Only good thing is I still have 8 days till surgery so I should be done by banding day:tt2:

Kim

[daymar 0]

I was banded on May 8th and also take BCP but my doctor didn't make me stop. I even took my BCP with me to the hospital to take the next morning since I would be staying over night and the nurses knew I took it and they didn't say anything.

[Long2BFree 12]

It sounds more like a precautionary thing to me. As much of a pain as it is, I'd rather deal with a period and PMS than deal with a blood clot.

[CanHardlyWait 0]

boy can i relate to that! my doc asked me to stop taking it at least 2 weeks prior to surgery..but i didn't want to have it the day of surgery so i stopped a bit before. well, we all know that stopping the bcp can throw everything off track and low and behold i had my cycle when i went into surgery...oh what fun!!!

[Lunabeane 2]

My doctor required me to stop taking BCP for 12 months.

[Ang1982 4]

Hmm my doc never had me stop... but I had no issues so *knock on wood* I guess!

[Fernando 0]

12 months???

U win this round hands down!!

I went on the pill because I was having very heavy cycles about 3 weeks apart and was becoming anemic..

So the more then one cycle in a month is not new just used to one every 3 months :thumbup:

Long as I'm done by surgery I'll be very happy.