Menopausal bleeding

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Five years since last period started light bleeding last night.

I can't sleep cause I'm frightened I may have ovarian cancer.

Been to medical practice and I'm being referred for a scan.

Please can someone tell me if they have had the same, I am absolutely petrified.

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  • Posted

    i have several friends that have been through this and they were all okay.

    • Posted

      Thank you for replying.

      I have severe anxiety and I looked at Google and it doesn't say much else and even the nurse who saw me yesterday seemed quite down about it all.

  • Posted

    HI HEATHER

    TRY NOT TO WORRY I HAD BLEEDING LAST MONTH AFTER NEARLY 2 YEARS WITHOUT A PERIOD. I WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED AND STARTED GOOGLING WHICH WAS THE WORST THING I COULD HAVE DONE AS I CONVINCED MYSELF I HAD WOMB CANCER. NORMAL PROCEDURE IN THE UK IS TO FAST TRACK YOU TO GYNAE CANCER UNIT WHICH PUT THE FEAR OF GOD INTO ME EVEN MORE. I HAD A VAGINAL ULTRASOUND AND A PELVIC EXAMINATION, BOTH OF WHICH WERE NORMAL. BOTH THE CONSULTANT AND GYNAE NURSE TOLD ME THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON OCCURENCE AND THAT STRESS CAN PLAY A BIG PART - PRIOR TO MY BLEED I HAD BEEN UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE AND STRESS AS I HAD LOST MY JOB. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT SOMETIMES - AND THEY DONT KNOW WHY - YOUR HORMONES CAN HAVE A LAST FLING. PLEASE GET IT CHECKED JUST FOR YOUR OWN PIECE OF MIND. AND LET US KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. BIG HUGS X

    • Posted

      Hello again I was wondering how long you had bleeding and was it light.

      Please accept my apologies in advance if this is too personal.

      Many Thanks Heather.

    • Posted

      HI HEATHER

      IT WAS LIGHT TO BEGIN WITH THEN SLOWLY INCREASED OVER THE COURSE OF THE 6 DAYS. IT WAS A LIGHT BROWN COLOUR WHICH GOT SLIGHTLY REDDER AS THE DAYS WENT ON. I ALSO LOST A COUPLE OF CLOTS WHICH I DID WHEN I HAD NORMAL PERIODS. ALL IN ALL IT WAS VERY SIMILIAR TO A PERIOD BUT MUCH LIGHTER.

      PRIOR TO IT HAPPENING I'D HAD A MILKY WHITE DISCHARGE WHICH I'D NOT HAD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS PREVIOUSLY BUT DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT BUT HAVE SINCE READ THAT THIS CAN BE A SIGN OF OVULATING? FOR PEACE OF MIND PLEASE GO AND GET IT CHECKED. SO MANY WOMEN HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO TALK ABOUT IT AND WHEN U READ ABOUT MENOPAUSE ITS NEVER MENTIONED BUT AS I SAID IN MY PREVIOUS POST THE GYNAE CONSULTANT TOLD ME IT IS VERY COMMON AND EXTREMELY RARE TO BE ANYTHING SINISTER. LET ME KNOW HOW U GET ON.

      BIG HUGS XX

  • Posted

    Thank you so much for replying to my distressed questions.

    I am not bleeding a lot it's very faint just like at the end of a period .

    I am a very anxious person and had a horrible day today reading dr google

    tried not to but no immediate female company so can't really ask for another

    women's point of view.

    Many thanks again, hopefully my outcome will be the same. xx

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