female only Most Painfull Period EVER! TMI probably...

[IWannaBeSkinny 0]

Ok, I am now 3 months postop and my cycle was very weird right after being banded. There were about three weeks where I was constantly spotting and then three weeks with nothing. NOW I am having a VERY heavy period and I am hurting ALOT. I had to leave work early yesterday because I could barely stand and I called in today and just stayed in bed. I have a heating pad on and it is barely helping.

Is this common after being banded? Will they all be like this? Or just this time?

I am probably going to stay home tomorrow too. Especially if it is as heavy as it was today.

Sorry, I now this is probably TMI, but thanks for reading.

[change4good 0]

I had the same experience the month after I was banded. It was the most painful, heavy period that I have ever had.

[*slim* 2]

My understanding is the fat cells hold quite a bit of estrogen that is released as you lose weight. You can expect them to be different for a while. I didn't have one for 3 months then when it showed up, I had my cycle for a month straight. I am only just now seeming to get back to "normal" after 6 months. Hopefully you won't have any more very painful cycles, but it will most likely be different.

[CHI-Girl 1]

Ugh, I'm so going threw this right now. Been spotting on and off and during period its just such a heavy flow that I can't take it anymore. I feel like something isn't right. I'm only like 10 weeks out! Hope this ends soon...

[change4good 0]

I am now having my second period in six weeks. I have always had PMS. Now I have severe mood swings, and I am more tired than I have ever been the week before I start.

Has anyone else experienced these changes?

[CHI-Girl 1]

yup this is my all the way... It's so not right if you ask me. But I really think it has to do with the band... hormones and what not. Can't wait for this phaze to pass.

[Maggie76 0]

In all honesty, I don't know if it has anything to do with the band, but simply loosing weight. I have not had the band yet, but am on a roll loosing weight since I received the nutritional guidelines (lost 35#s since February), but I have been having the exact same symptoms you ladies talk about! I thought it was just my body out of whack, but now this makes sense!

[Hoping2LoseBig 0]

Those of you who are having the painful periods...are you on any kind of birth control or hormone? I have taken a low- dose BC pill for years...but I'm wondering if I should talk to my gyno about possibly getting on something else BEFORE I have this surgery?

[YngGram 73]

Here's the good one. I had Chemo in 02 an haven't had a period since. Some spotting if I'm stressed, and in Nov. when I had a Nuclar Stress Test. I am 6 weeks out, last Mon. got my first fill and Mon. night there was my little gift. I figured it would just be some spotting, so I dug out the panty liners. Nope, wrong way to go. By Wed. I was searching the house for tampons. My husband laughed so hard I thought he would hurt something. He said that not only did I look funny, looked in some crazy places but that everything that came out of my mouth was something he didn't think I knew or would ever say! At 51 this is not a road I want to travel again! Oh, he also said we could work on making another "little tax decution". I told him I would make a "little decution" on him!