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Period again after none for 2 years?

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tracie88285
tracie88285

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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  • beth86610
    beth86610 tracie88285

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    I am 57. Had not had a regular period for several years.  But I still had cm and occiasionally a traceof blood in vaginal canal.  Last week I had a period. Only lasted two days but I had cramps and blood... just like old times.

    Last Feb.  Iwent to thegyno.  Saw a nrus pratictioner who told me I was done.  Said my vagina had changed.  Shecould not feel my ovaries. Told me my FSH was high.  

    Very distressed at this woman.I went home changed my diet.  Lost 22 pounds.  Started eating very well.  Cut out salt sugar pop and caffeine.  I had started taking a progstrone cream two months before the appt.  Nurse told methat creamcouldn't do anything for me.  I don't think it was thecream.  I think it was thechanges I had made.  Do we have a finite number of eggs? or do we retain some undeveloped eggs?  

    Lately I started feeling like my old self again too.  

    • lana07071
      lana07071 beth86610

      Posted

      Eating healthier is great. Have you seen a gynie ,not just a nurse? If you have them good. If not, you absolutely must. It is probably nothing but better safe than sorry! Best to you!
    • beth86610
      beth86610 lana07071

      Posted

      You are not allowed to see a gynie.  Unless you are pregnant. They run women thruogh there lik cattle.  She did a thorough pelvic.  There is nothing wrong with me.  

      I am questioning long held beliefs about women's reproductive organs and attitudes about older women.  

    • beth86610
      beth86610 lana07071

      Posted

      Perhaps its about time we start questioning what we are told...

      Paticularly when so many women have the same experince.  Are we all wrong????

    • lana07071
      lana07071 beth86610

      Posted

      Gosh, never heard of such an attitude! One should be able to see a Dr,!!
    • sandy93425
      sandy93425 beth86610

      Posted

      I found a clinical study for ovarian rejuvenation. It's in California. Inovium. They're working with the clinic in Greece. Our thread got deleted so couldn't respond. I'm super excited. Greece is less expensive but also less comprehensive. I should be in for treatment next month. I will let you know how it goes!!! It isn't just for pregnancy by the way. They've done the procedure up to 64 years old. It's very simple. Blood draw. Centrifuge. Inject it into the ovaries.

    • ej21467
      ej21467 sandy93425

      Posted

      That sound very interesting. I have a friend who has been unsuccessful with invitro and is in her 40s...desperate. Wonder if you could start a thread on it.
    • sandy93425
      sandy93425 ej21467

      Posted

      She should contact them. She's an awesome candidate. Have her google Inovium. They're in Carlsbad, California. They do the ovarian rejuvenation, then IVF. A postmenopausal woman in Egypt aged 49 did it and had a baby. Other women in Greece too. I'm 50 and also post menopausal but we don't want to go the egg donation route.

      Apparently some stem cells are left in the ovaries and a few (they don't know how many) eggs can be grown using this regeneration procedure. It's not cheap, but we're determined.

      Let you know how it goes. Procedure May 8.

  • aja2278
    aja2278 tracie88285

    Posted

    Im 38 n havent had 1 for about 4 yrs now. Just go hot flashes 2 wks ago and then a couple days ago started to get cramps. Well i found my panties looking like my 1st period i had. Very dark and went to bed wen i woke it was like i was starting a menzi. Today its spotty but wen i wipe i really think its back. Is that possible i am only 38 yrs old.
    • beth86610
      beth86610 aja2278

      Posted

      38 is too young which makes me think there is something which has been messing with your hormones.  Do you want to maintain your fertility?  Has a doctor told you why you hav meno symptoms so early?
  • JinxyWinxy
    JinxyWinxy tracie88285

    Edited

    I posted last week that I am 53 years old and that after being in menopause since July of this year that I started bleeding.  I was terrified!  I saw my Doctor and she ordered an ultrasound.  She told me that if my endometrial lining was 4cm or more that I would need to have a biopsy.  I had my ultrasound and my lining was measuring at 12cm.  Now I was even more terrified.  On Friday I had a biopsy.  Yesterday my Doctor called me with the results and they were benign.  She said that the bleeding and thickening of the lining was due to Estrogen Stimulation and that no follow up was needed.  To anyone experiencing post menopausal bleeding, I know how scary it is.  My advice is to just go to your doctor as soon as possible and get checked out.  Hopefully you will receive good news just like I did.  

    Thank you all for your support.  

    • beth86610
      beth86610 JinxyWinxy

      Posted

      Your experience is a good lesson.  

      Did she tell you why you had estrogen stimulation? Are you on any HRT?

    • JinxyWinxy
      JinxyWinxy beth86610

      Posted

      I am not on any HRT and I spoke to the nurse and she did not give me a possible explanation.  I plan to followup and speak to the Doctor about it.
    • becky221
      becky221 JinxyWinxy

      Posted

      When it happened to me, my doctor said we continue to produce estrogen in other places than our ovaries. So a number of things, like stress, can cause us to produce enough estrogen to increase the uterine lining and cause what seems like a normal period. It's been almost 2 years since it happened to me and hasn't happened since. Very glad to hear that your biopsy was fine. But I really think you need a follow up since your lining was thick. It will probably go back down to normal, but what if it doesn't? How will you know? Sometimes you have to be your own advocate and when you talk to the doctor, maybe you should push for a follow up ultrasound to be safe.

    • lana07071
      lana07071 becky221

      Posted

      Exactly. I had the same experience. I also had a lot of stress this past year, health wise and issues with a brother. After so many tests, and biopsies I had to have my yearly mammogram and US breast tests. The Dr checked my left breast over and over again and eventually I began crying. At the end she said she didnt see anything but a team if drs review the results and I will get a formal answer by mail. I was a wreck and a few days later I started getting strong pain in my left breast. I read that stress can cause it, along with coffee and wine, especially if you have a benign lump, which I do. I took advil and a natural relaxant. And in two days it went away! I went to my dr but the pain was gone and he found nothing and the results were negative! Stress is so bad for us.
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