I am so friggin' pleased!

I suffer from horrible period cramps, and I have to be hyper aware of oncoming periods to get in front of the cramps with LOTS of pain pills or I am left playing "catch up" and stay in a moderate to severe amount of pain.

This is the first time in 20 years (since I first started) that I haven't had my period like clockwork. I'm sure it's because I've shed 18% of my total body weight in 6 weeks, although I did have a period about a week after surgery.

This has been the greatest motivator for me yet! I'm seriously ecstatic!!

Once your body recovers you might notice an increase in bleeding the first 2 days but a decrease in the amount of days you have your period. I used to have very bad cramping, it got a lot better after I gave birth so I can't judge regarding the effects of the operation on it. Glad it's helping you so far though :-)

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Edited December 4, 20169 yr by linah

I'm a week late myself...have never missed a period before (except when I was pregnant, of course)

I'm two days late on my period and I'm never late. I'm almost a month out of rny bypass. Has anyone else gotten a late period post op?

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Once your body recovers you might notice an increase in bleeding the first 2 days but a decrease in the amount of days you have your period. I used to have very bad cramping, it got a lot better after I gave birth so I can't judge regarding the effects of the operation on it. Glad it's helping you so far though :-)

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If anything, I've noticed a huge increase. I started my period on 12/26, 5 days after surgery, and it hasn't stopped since.

When I had my thyroidectomy, I had a period almost immediately after when still in the hospital. My doctor says that those are not periods, but they are just adjustments after the hormonal change. It takes a while to get a "normal" period again. I have had it quite regularly since then. This was a year ago. Going in a week for the Gastric Sleeve, and am probably going to be bringing supplies with me to my surgery, as all the hospital had were maternity pads when I had my surgery.