Hi there... I am 3.5 weeks Post-Op and my cycle began 2 days ago and it has been SUPER heavy. I can soak through a pad in less than 2 hours and am having pretty big clots. I am a little worried but this may be a side effect of surgery. I'm not sure. Wanted to see if anyone else experience this before I run and call my doc.

Kitty

its possible, I did have a few months where I seemed to be experiencing quite severe hormonal disruption, it hit me at about 8 months out, suddenly I was having bad PMT, really painful periods and associated irritable bowel episodes, it was awful since I've had easy, light, painless periods that are regular since I had my first baby 12 years ago. But its settled again now.

My doc says its not unusual for this sort of thing to happen.

This could also be related to age, and it could be coincidence that this is just happening to you now. I'm not sure how old you are, but once I got past 40 (I'm 43), the heavy periods, clots, and extreme cramping have become quite commonplace. This is common with age. Both my personal physician and my ob/gyn have told me to take 3 advil every 6 hours during the first 3-4 days of my period. It reduces cramping, flow voume and clot passage. It is amazingly effective. I was banded just 2 mos ago and have only had one fill, so I am still able to swallow 3 tablets at a time, but this can become more difficult as you are more restricted, so play it by ear. Good luck!

Thank you Syrah & Jachut. I have found my age, even though I feel young, has effected me in many ways with this surgery. All of my others surgery's I have bounced back a lot quicker than this. I had a huge hernia repaired just 2 years ago and had a 5 inch cut in my lower abdomen and was moving around faster it seems than 5 small incisions. So I guess I'm not too surprised. Things have eased up so I'm not ask concerned as I was during those bad 2 days. It was tough...

I am just now suffering the hunger now!!!! It's like my body said, OK we are tired FFFEEEDDD MMMEEE and of course I can't eat like I am use to. I guess I am just going thru the after period blahs because today is the first day I wish I hadn't had this surgery. Tomorrow will be better I hope.

Tough day for me......

Kitty