Doctor took me off of birth control pills prior to surgery

Fernando · May 26, 2008

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 · May 26, 2008

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 · May 26, 2008

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 · May 26, 2008

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!!!