Ok, sleeved ladies, I have a question. Do you find you have more restriction at that time of the month? I read people with the band experience it but I would swear I am experiencing it now. I'm 2 months post-op today so I suppose it could still be the healing process. Am I nuts or are others finding the same thing?

LOL...I know that, I was talking about how it seems to mess with peoples TOM. I don't want that to all the sudden get messed up, especially since that is why I have the IUD.

LOL...I know that, I was talking about how it seems to mess with peoples TOM. I don't want that to all the sudden get messed up, especially since that is why I have the IUD.

Female hormones are stored in fat cells. Your periods can change. Let's cross our fingers that it does not. ;o)

i know the whole first year of being banded......i had a period every 2-3 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i was making up for years of having one or two! My OB said it was a reaction to the estrogen loss from the fat cell. He told me this happens a lot in women and in almost all his pcos clients that had any type of bariatric surgery

My first TOM after surgery was late, but then I was okay. Recently, I've been having breakthrough bleeding and I think my TOM is coming more often. But I don't keep track well enough to be sure. I guess I need to start paying attention. :thumbup:

Not sure if this is where I should post, but it's kinda related. My whole life, my TOM has come on the 5th of the month. It stopped during pregnancies, then picked right up in the same pattern. Got kind of wonky for about 6 months when I was 28, then back to the same old, same old. I had a partial (uterine) hysterectomy in 2001. After that, I never noticed any of the PMS-type symptoms (emotional, bloating, etc.)

Last week, I actually gained 1.5 pounds, felt like sh*t (had that FAT feeling), and felt general malaise. Is it possible that losing the weight made my hormones kick it up a notch? Between Friday and Monday, I lost 4 pounds - that NEVER happens! And it's stayed off; in fact, I've lost two more this week so far. Feels like it used to when I bloated so bad just before the 5th, then when the actual TOM started it would go away.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I'm hoping this doesn't mean the migraines will come back!

Estrogen is stored in your fat. When you lose weight, it gets released into the blood stream and then (eventually) eliminated. So, yeah, your hormones are going nuts right now!

Not sure if this is where I should post, but it's kinda related. My whole life, my TOM has come on the 5th of the month. It stopped during pregnancies, then picked right up in the same pattern. Got kind of wonky for about 6 months when I was 28, then back to the same old, same old. I had a partial (uterine) hysterectomy in 2001. After that, I never noticed any of the PMS-type symptoms (emotional, bloating, etc.)

Last week, I actually gained 1.5 pounds, felt like sh*t (had that FAT feeling), and felt general malaise. Is it possible that losing the weight made my hormones kick it up a notch? Between Friday and Monday, I lost 4 pounds - that NEVER happens! And it's stayed off; in fact, I've lost two more this week so far. Feels like it used to when I bloated so bad just before the 5th, then when the actual TOM started it would go away.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I'm hoping this doesn't mean the migraines will come back!

Some female hormones are stored in fat cells and when you start burning fat, guess what happens? ;o)

Some have more PMSy kinds of symptoms, some have less.

I'm in the lucky group. Heh...

I knew about the fat storage thing. I think I just expected it before now. I don't know why; just not thinking it through, I guess. Makes sense that it's stored in ALL the fat, not just that top layer. Silly.