How was your first period after surgery? More painful?? Less painful??? Heavier ? Lighter?

Got mine today and omg I'm extremely bloated , feeling sick to my stomach, cramps are on over kill.. its just simply horrible

I got my sleeve on 2/29 and I just got period two days ago. It's been almost normal! I've always had very painful periods so this was no different!!! The only thing that bothered me is that I couldn't do Ibuprofen and had to stick to tylenol which for me doesn't work as well as far as periods go! I have 3 really close friends that got the sleeve, and for them their first periods post op where heavier.

Same here period has always been painful but its more intense today.

I have an iud & hadn't had a period in 3 yrs. The day after surgery I started bleeding like crazy for almost 3 wks then this month -about 4 wks since surgery- I got my period again & it was super heavy. So bummed!! Loooved not having it. Hope it goes away again!!!

Wish I could wake up and it was gone never to be heard from again

I just got mine today and it is heavier but my issue with the new periods are getting horrible back pain 2 days b4 it starts.. does anyone else have this issue with their periods and tell me what causes it? I also hate the fact we can only take tylenol for the pain.. oh and mine usually last about a full week... so for me the time of the month sucks and I just finally gained a pound today after two months post op.. so that was a little disappointing but I know it is just bloating so not too worried about it.. I also find that I want to eat more around this time...Does anyone else feel this way?

Question why only tynelnol?

YES MY PERIODS ARE HEAVIER AFTER SURGERY BUT THE CRAMPS ARE THE SAME. I HAD TO STOP MY BCP TWO WEEKS AFTER SURGERY SO I BLEED ALOT RIGHT AFTER, BUT I'M BACK ON THEM AND MY CYCLE IS HEAVIER, I WAS TOLD NO ALEVE BECAUSE OF ULCERS AND TYLENOL SUCKS.

Tylenol is the only thing that is approved by the doctor. Anything else can cause excess bleeding. Ibuprofen thins the blood.

My question is: Can we take other things besides tylenol later on after surgery or is Tylenol it forever?

I just got mine today and it is heavier but my issue with the new periods are getting horrible back pain 2 days b4 it starts.. does anyone else have this issue with their periods and tell me what causes it? I also hate the fact we can only take tylenol for the pain.. oh and mine usually last about a full week... so for me the time of the month sucks and I just finally gained a pound today after two months post op.. so that was a little disappointing but I know it is just bloating so not too worried about it.. I also find that I want to eat more around this time...Does anyone else feel this way?

Some of us just have back cramps instead of stomach ones. I always have and then when I had my children, yep I had back labor instead of stomach labor. With my first one, my stomach got really hard, but it was my back that hurt, not my stomach! I had to call a friend to make sure I was really in labor.....so with number 2 I knew the drill. :wub:

How was your first period after surgery? More painful?? Less painful??? Heavier ? Lighter?

Got mine today and omg I'm extremely bloated ' date=' feeling sick to my stomach, cramps are on over kill.. its just simply horrible[/quote']

I just had my first period after surgery and it was not the norm! Very heavy and passing a lot of clots (sorry gross I know). If I was sitting for any length of time, when I stood up I literally had to sprint to the bathroom. I really pray things go back to normal!

My first 3 periods post op were heavy, clotty and very painful. They last longer now and my back (lower) hurts more now. My doc says no Ibu forever. I take liquid tylenol now and it just has to do. My cramps have always been bad and still are, but those first three times post op were worse. I also have raging chocolate cravings now around that TOM. oy vey.

Well, I guess I am a bit different in this case. My periods are very rarely painful and no difference there after surgery. Though it wasn't lighter/heaier, it was 2 days shorter. Have to see if there is any difference this month.

Q: Do you ladies think having irregular periods before surgery is what causes the first few periods to be heavier/more painful or something? I used to have irregular periods and then a few years back got some medication for it and started getting regular periods.

My periods have been more regular, but right after surgery it was way overdue...like by 3 weeks. no extra cramps or bleeding here. its nice to know when to expect it now....and everytime it comes I know that when it is done I will lose some weight big time...this last period I lost 7.4 pounds in the week following it....oh yeah!