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I had surgery on the 3rd of November. My period was sched to come yesterday and still nothing. I know surgery can some time throw your body off. Did anyone else have a late period after surgery?

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I had surgery on Oct 16th, while I was on my cycle :). I should have had another cycle start on Nov 11th or 12th and yet still nothing as of today. Spoke to the PA about it yesterday when I went for my first fill and she said it sometimes happens and I may not have my period till Dec.

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My period was due the day after surgery, and it arrived right after surgery (11/20 - this past Thurs). I was told by the nurses that surgery can actually bring on menses...but I bet all bets are off on that one...sounds like anything can happen....anything that "interrupts" regularity.

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My cycle started 10/8 I was banded on 10/13. I was 6 days late after surgery. Which is really weird since that is about the amount of time it took me to feel like myself after surgery. I also called my doc and he said it's normal.

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My period was due the week after surgery. I didn't get my period for 2 months. When it finally came, it STAYED for more than 2 weeks.

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i was about 2 weeks late after my surgery. i KNEW i wasn't pregnant so i patiently waited for it to come lol

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I went close to eight weeks after having my surgery before I had my next period. Between the change in diet, weight loss, anesthesia, surgery itself, nerves, etc., it is not surprising that ones hormones may be a bit out of whack and your period could become a bit unpredictable.

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that is so funny that all including mine was due the date of surgury...interesting.... mine happened on the day of surgury...grr...but that was oct 17, i have still not seen it again...although...i truely don't mind!

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I didn't know this, but apparently estrogen is stored in large amounts in body fat, so losing weight quickly releases it into the blood stream and can play all kinds of havoc with one's cycle. I have not missed a period yet, but would not mind if I did! ha! Zero chance of pregnancy here, so a missed period is just a vacation from it.

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Opposite here...due to PCOS, mine was rare before surgery. I got mine shortly after surgery and has been pretty much every 28 days since.

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Mine came a little early the day after surgery . . . and it never came early before. I think surgery is just a big shock to our bodies and we are all affected differently. I wouldn't worry about it, especially if you are not likely to have conceived prior to surgery.

Just a word of caution, I can tell you that my periods changed after surgery. What was light with minimal cramping became heavy, longer and I was not a very pleasant person to be around with PMS.

This happened over months 2-6 post banding. You store hormones in your fat, as you lose weight it is released and you might get "super-periods" like I did.

This evened out after I lost about 50-60 pounds and I went back to normal again.

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hi everyone x couldn't get on this forum for some reason for ages :) . i was banded 1st aug 08 -got my period a week later then NOTHING for 10 weeks !!!!!!!! had pregnancy tests and even blood tests for hormone levels [all fine] . then like i said -got it after 10 weeks then ain 4 1/2 weeks later ,so maybe it's sorted itself out now :crying:

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