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Grr, as my luck would have it I got my period on the third day of the pre op diet. I'm on the pill and it's in the middle of my birth control pack. I have a feeling my hormones are going wacky. I hope it stops soon, I'm travling to Mexico for my surgery and the last thing I want to be doing is try to manage putting in tampons when I'm all sore. Not to mention the 5 hour plane ride.

Did anyone else have this?

Ok...,end rant

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My period came 4 days early while on my 10 day liquid pre-op. The low calories, etc. Body freak out. It ended it the normal amount of days though, so it didn't matter and actually worked out better.

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The two week diet actually made my body freak out too where I was just kind of bleeding but enough to require feminine products (sorry, TMI?) and subsequently made this period technically 17 days long. How miserable! So I had surgery when it was still the end of the cycle -- thankfully, and yes, dealing with tampons was a pain. Especially with having to pee so much from the IV fluids.

Just hope your body gets this period completely out of the way before surgery! (:

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Just a question are you sure you can be on the pill before surgery. Check with your surgeon but I am going to Mexico also and they said no birth control pills one month before.

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Varies by doctor. I was allowed to keep taking it up until surgery day. And as soon as I felt able again afterward

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