Period again after none for 2 years?
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I am 50 years old. I have not had a period for two years, but today I started. Is this normal?
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janet67521 tracie88285
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Hi, I'm 49, no period for 15 months , then woke this morning and it's back! Strangely I had an unrelated ultrasound yesterday as I'd been having adnominal pain for few months, so,was sent for the scan for that. Results were all fine , ovaries, uterus and kidneys. Then this happens this morning , so I rang doc and got appt next week. Not sure what they'll test next though.🙁
becky221 janet67521
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I suspect they will check your hormone levels to see if you are in menopause. And I also suspect you are not. Which means the abdominal pain was hormonal and now your having a period. While 12 months without a period is usually considered menopause, you're not really in menopause until your body says so. And you probably aren't quite there yet.
jane5216 janet67521
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Agree entirely with Becky. And if I was ever anxious about anything my period would hold off and then arrive the day the anxiety was over. So maybe good results of ultrasound relieved you and period happened? Hormones and anxiety/stress can all cause physical reactions and I don't think doctors really understand the full extent of the way they all interact. Try not to worry unless you have definite cause to - easier said than done I know. xxx
lana07071 jane5216
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Whino tracie88285
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I'm 53 and haven't had a period in about a year and a half, until now. Since I recently began HRT, I'm guessing those hormones brought it on so I'm not especially worried. More annoyed that now I have to go back to my OBGYN when just last week I had to endure my yearly exam and mammogram, plus a colonoscopy, and figured I was done with medical torture for a while. But I find it helps take my mind off it that my big toe hurts like holy f*** although I don't even recall injuring it...
lana07071 Whino
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You are great. I have just gone through all those tests, sonograms, colonoscopy, pap, biopsies, about to have mammogram. i know exactly how you feel. Lol you are so fun. I abhor it all the tests....
mary78137 tracie88285
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I just had a similar thing happen to me. One month to the day after not having it for a year, I got a period. I had an ultrasound, then an endometrial biopsy. Both were normal. Now, six months later, I've got another one. I just called my OB/Gyn to ask about next steps.
It is my firm belief that I am simply not finished yet, but I know the doctor will want to take other tests. What might I expect?
Another question:
I thought I read that if you had your first period late it it likely that menopause can be late. I am 54 and had my period at late 13-early 14. My mother had six healthy children, the last one at age 41. Is it possible that this is just late pre-menopause? How late is menopause known to start/finish?
becky221 mary78137
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Did they check your hormone levels? They probably will this time. And I'm willing to bet you're not in menopause yet. Our bodies don't know that when 12 months is up we're supposed to be done. You're not in menopause until your body says so. ?
Whino tracie88285
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Ugh, my doctor wants me to get a biopsy. I'm having a heavy period after about 18 months without, and recently started HRT. I really don't feel like it, it seems a bit extreme to me. I asked the nurse if I could just have an ultrasound and blood test instead and I'm waiting to hear what he says.
becky221 Whino
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I bet it's the HRT but best to be safe. The biopsy is really nothing. Only slight discomfort and not big deal. I think you should do it to be safe. The ultrasound and blood work won't tell them anything.
Guest Whino
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Whino Guest
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After the HRT, crosado8. I've been taking the estrogen for a few months and the progesterone for just a week or so.
@becky221- Why would so many physicians be ordering ultrasounds and blood work for this if it didn't tell them anything?
becky221 Whino
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I don't think it will in your case. It does tell a lot in some situations but I don't think it will in yours. Ultrasound will show of the uterine lining is thickened. Since you're bleeding, it will be. So that's no help. Blood tests show hormone levels. You're on hrt so that's not going to tell them anything. Just my opinion. I think it's related to the hrt bit you should go ahead and let them check.
Whino tracie88285
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Thanks, tracie. That makes sense.
I was doing just fine for several months on a low dose of Estradiol to eliminate my miserable hot flashes. Then I got my yearly exam and my doctor prescribed 2.5mg of generic Provera (I'm in the US) along with it, to decrease the chance of cancer or something. About ten days later, I forgot to take it for a couple of days and now I'm on day three of a total flood of a period after a year and a half without any (I'm almost 54). Come to find out, Provera is commonly prescribed to bring on periods- that's what it does. It now resides in the trash can. Also, if you can't tell, it makes me feel crazy hahaha.
Whino
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Oops, I meant thanks, "becky."
Whino
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Blah, I've been scolded by my doctor. I think I just need a couple of days to come around to accepting reality and then I'll follow doctor's orders. I am so sick of this zhit!
Whino
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Well, it was a very lovely four months of relief from hot flashes etc. but now I am about to start my fifth day of flooding post-menopausal bleeding, have to get a biopsy, etc.
I think it is most likely caused by my HRT since from what I've read, that is the most common reason, plus the timing (recent addition of progesterin to the estrogen).
I'm thinking it's really just not worth it and that I'll quit the HRT... And maybe that will stop this scary bleeding.
I have an unrelated medical procedure coming up in a couple of days and hope to get that torture out of the way before getting my appointment for this torture.
So, ladies, are we having fun yet?
How is everyone else doing?