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blackanese25    160

blackanese25
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So i am 14 days post op.. and about 2 days after i got home from the hospital AUNT FLOW came to visit.. lasted for about 5 days ... and then i was good.. all of a sudden starting last night SHE RETURNED!!!!! WHAT GIVES?!

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Afro_Cyster    74

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Your hormones are out of wack from the trauma of the surgery, subsequent weightloss, and lack of calories. It may do that for a while. Nothing to worry about.

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Pookeyism    1,143

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That is consistent with surgery. How regular are you? Do you know of any cystic ovarian or uterine conditions?

I would not worry, but if it were me I would confirm it not with my bariatric doctor, but with my gyno. Maybe an early follow up just to be sure.

Ugh! You know I did not think about that! I was thinking I had 9 days after surgery before I was due again. I think I will stick to wearing a "just in case" liner for the first few weeks.

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bellabbr    50

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I asked a similar question before. I always been regular, after surgery my period came 2 wks early and now it came again. Everyone told me it was normal from surgery. Crappy side effect lol

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blackanese25    160

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definitely a crapy side effect.. i hope it doesn't stay like this.. honestly i was on depo for about 9 years so i am not used to having a period at all.. infact the one after surgery was the 2nd period ive had in over 8 years.

I just didn't know if that was something i should worry about because i slipped and fell the other day.. i didn't know if maybe i ruptured something..

i haven't had any history of ovarian or uterian anything so im hoping im ok there..

but thank you everyone its a little more reassuring coming from others but i will bring it up to my gyno and see what she thinks.

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GonnaBHotMama    18

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I have to agree ladies! Sucky business that! Vibes that Aunt Flow returns home soon! :)

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illgeturhairdid    176

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I hadn't had a period in over three months because of PCOS when I had my surgery. PCOS is also the biggest reason I decided to have this surgery. When my period came two days after coming home from the hospital I rejoiced! How weird is that!?!?

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*susan*    1,709

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Yep, I agree with the others, just one of the side effects of surgery. Your body is going through all kinds of changes right now and things are going to be a bit out of whack until everything levels out a bit.

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Enerfina    50

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man i hope my aunt flow doesnt come around the surgery date... or on it

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GonnaBHotMama    18

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man i hope my aunt flow doesnt come around the surgery date... or on it

Oh..good point! Mine isnt regular because Im on the pill and for some odd reason it makes my periods either not come or it's verrrry scant. We have to get off our BC pill for 6 weeks before surgery so hopefully I'll have mine before.

You know, this reminds me of after having a baby. lol Weird bleeding and I have to wait 6 weeks to start my pill back up, so that 6 weeks is like "healing time". Oh well....completely worth it. :)

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blackanese25    160

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thats a long time luckily they only made me get off mine for 30 days prior.. and i actually have no idea when we can get back on them.. anyone know?

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GonnaBHotMama    18

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I think it depends on the Doc, mine is 6 weeks before and after, of course, but if you were able to be off only a month before, it could be the same for after. Just call and check with the Doc to make sure. It's to help decrease the likelihood of blood clots, so better safe than sorry.

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blackanese25    160

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good point... i definitly dont want any blood clots... ill just do six weeks to be on the safe side..lol

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LoserMama    37

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I was so glad i had read someone elses' thread about this, because I was prepared for it, just in case, and it happened. I wasn't "due" until the 31st, but she arrived on christmas eve (merry christmas!) 3 days after surgery. It was lighter than normal and is done now, and i almost wonder if due to the stress, this would be categorized as "breakthrough" bleeding rather than a full fledged period, and that it would be reasonable to expect another period in a couple of weeks.

Check with gyno, but I think it might be within normal range.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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