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For the ladies....Was your cycle messed up after surgery?

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Mine was late by 4 days.

I should have added, mine was 4 days late, then went back to normal the second month.

Nope. Mines exactly as it was before. I was thinking it would be all messed up but no.

I suffer from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and rarely even had a cycle to begin with. Maybe three times a year if I was lucky. Now that I've lost weight, I'm noticing that things are starting to normalize for me.

I was a year into menopause and had a cycle after surgery. The flood of hormones into your system is a killer.

Thankfully nothing since.

I also have PCOS. I didn't have any periods before surgery (I also have Mirena IUD) but I had one right after surgery and I've ovulated every month since. Sometimes I ovulate twice a month. If I wanted to have a baby it wouldn't take long once I took the IUD out.

Hahahaahha, don't even get me started. I mean, I am already perimenopausal, so I get fairly random stuff anyway. However, the first period after surgery -- about a month after -- was like some sort of Biblical plague had been visited upon my house. GUSHING. And a clot the size of my palm. It turns out that this is a common thing: WLS + increased Iron = REALLY HEAVY PERIODS. Sometimes for six months or more in a row.

So, excitement! I'm hoping if it happens again, it at least won't be quite so bad.

WLS was 10/13, only off my cycle for 11 days and now its back, very light but back????

I also have pcos. My periods are very painful and very heavy! I'm really missing my Advil. Any other suggestions?

Midol and heating pads.

I am 2 months out. I started the week following surgery which was about a week and a half early. The next two months have been like clockwork from that first pre-surgery one.

The first one came early, then after that it's been pretty regular. I'm still early on but haven't had any issues. I know sudden weight loss can affect your hormones so it's pretty normal.

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