Period question

[sleeve 4 me 910]

Hey mine was a little late too -- and the weird thing was, despite a lot of posts saying theirs were heavy, mine was super light. I figure my body is adjusting . . .

Light would be great :thumbup1:...so how late were you???

[coops 1,790]

hey sleeve for me,

I have mentioned it to my nurse, and she didn't really seem overly concerned!! I am due to see my surgeon again in a few weeks so if my lil friend hasn't come I will mention it again... it has been about 9 weeks now!! I have had some of my usual symptoms but nothing else!!

[d3pooks 0]

My surgeon said that my cycle may be off a month or so as my body adjusts to all the changes its going through. I would just be ready for it at any time

[Carrie 4]

Why must us ladies have all the fun? Why can't men have like bad diarrhea or something? lol

[Lose140 1]

I have not even had surgery yet. Scheduled for 09/22 I was supposed to start on the 18th. Must just be the stress.

[christina@MIA 12]

Well I woke up from surgery with mine on Aug 18th. And today i got it just like clock work....I was looking forward to not having it this month =( No wonder I've been such a B the last couple of days.

[6kiddos 18]

Well, I am hoping mine stays away after I have surgery. =) (almost ready to submit to Aetna). Anyway, I had an ablation done in June. Best thing ever!! No monthly visitor since then. I hope she stays away. =)

[sleeve 4 me 910]

Why must us ladies have all the fun? Why can't men have like bad diarrhea or something? lol

Hahahahahahahaha!

[sleeve 4 me 910]

I just received this message from Kaiser. And with the newly discovered lump (in my breast) I found I don't think it's a good idea to start any type of birth control right now, so I think I'm just gonna wait it out and see what happens...but I will say kudos to all my sleeve sisters who basically said the same thing as the experts. I LOVE THIS SITE .

From Kaiser...

Your periods can typically become irregular under stress. Your body is stressed by weight loss. Weight loss also changes your hormonal balance. Your periods can stop( months) or start coming more frequently( every two weeks) till you "balance" out.

Because of this irregularity we recommend that our patients use 2 methods of birth control.

Birth Control

Avoid pregnancy for the first 12-18 months after bariatric surgery.

Oral contraceptives may not be adequately absorbed and therefore may not protect you from getting pregnant after gastric bypass surgery. This is not the case for gastric sleeve or band. Please consult your gynecologist for appropriate contraception.

Lynne L. Chambers PA-C

Physician Assistant, Bariatric Surgery

Department of General Surgery

25825 South Vermont Avenue

Harbor City, CA 90710

[Tiffykins 673]

I just wanted to toss out there that my periods have regulated, and they're super light. I mean like so light that I rarely have to use tampons. My periods last max of 4 days. I day normal, 2 days super light, and then day 4 is just spotting. Day 1 I wear tampons, but the rest of the time I get to skip that torture.

The cramps are worse now than they were pre-op. Maybe that's because I only hurt right before my period instead of every day of my life I did when I was fat. I had to roll out of bed pre-op, and waddle around and wait for my joints and muscles to loosen up so I was always in some sort of discomfort.

Edit to add: I'm not on any type of hormonal bc, never have been. So, my body did adjust out. My surgeon doesn't trust bc pills not because of the absorption, but because of the insane hormone flux that we experience post-op with the rapid weightloss.

Edited September 21, 2010 by Tiffykins

[wannalise 15]

Mine was whackadoo for a while and things are normal now. Loads of trauma to your body as well as fun changes in hormones. Your body will come back to normal!

Anna

[sleeve 4 me 910]

OK my peeps I started last night (5 days late)...I had terrible nausea, I couldn't even eat anything for dinner yesterday, and different type cramps last night (burning). So far the flow seems normal. This is so weird.

[settebee 11]

Two words my love: heating pad! It's helping me. Good luck!

Suzette

[Christabel 0]

I have never been more happy to have had a hysterectomy.

Just sayin'... :laugh0:

[Weigh8nomor 1]

I should have started my period yesterday. I'm typically every 28 days on the dot and still haven't started. This would be my first period after my sleeve. Is it normal to be late the first period after??? And I'm definitely NOT preggers. What's going on Please help!

Great question! I have two friends who had WLS in their late 40's and both say their periods stopped after the surgery..they didn't know if it was just a coinkydink ...I am hoping that will be the case with me I had one very light one 1 week after surgery...

BTW you are doing a fantastic job on your weightloss girl!!! Keep it up.