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I don't know if I titled this right. I had a hysterectomy last year in August. Then I had my VSG in April of this year. I have heard women who have wls get pregnant after losing weight, or their menstruals get regular, etc. My Dr left my ovaries because they are producing hormones perfectly. Well, I had my wls 6 months ago and I've lost a little over 45 pounds on my last visit which was at the end of September. I have an overactive bladder from being obese and the multi surgeries in my abdomen area. A few days ago, I noticed some blood on my panty liner and kinda got freaked out. I do have a dr appointment for my yearly on the 1st of November and I am going to talk to my doc about it. But I was wanting to hear from my women on here if they have experienced anything like this.

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I had my hysterectomy in January 2009. I will have my WLS on November 7, 2018. I have never experienced bleed after my hysterectomy. I would call my doctor PCP and ask them about it. To be on safe side.

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2 minutes ago, garfld70 said:

I had my hysterectomy in January 2009. I will have my WLS on November 7, 2018. I have never experienced bleed after my hysterectomy. I would call my doctor PCP and ask them about it. To be on safe side.

Your surgery is a day before my birthday.

I didn't know if women who's hormones got busier after wls had bleeding afterwards because obesity can hinder menstrual cycles. I had PCOS and obesity my dr said can make it worse. they didn't see any cysts before my hysterectomy but I have had them removed once before.

I have an appt with my ob/gyn on Nov 1st. I only had small bleeding that one day. So who knows.

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Did you have sex the night before? Any frequency, burning, or pain while urinating or after urinating? It probably came from either your pee pee, or maybe a hemmie. If it's bright red, 9 times out of 10 it's a hemmie or a uti.

It would be extremely abnormal to have any bleeding post hyster, w or w/o ovaries.

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Fluffy you are one ornery. Chickie, we live you for it!

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I don't know if I titled this right. I had a hysterectomy last year in August. Then I had my VSG in April of this year. I have heard women who have wls get pregnant after losing weight, or their menstruals get regular, etc. My Dr left my ovaries because they are producing hormones perfectly. Well, I had my wls 6 months ago and I've lost a little over 45 pounds on my last visit which was at the end of September. I have an overactive bladder from being obese and the multi surgeries in my abdomen area. A few days ago, I noticed some blood on my panty liner and kinda got freaked out. I do have a dr appointment for my yearly on the 1st of November and I am going to talk to my doc about it. But I was wanting to hear from my women on here if they have experienced anything like this.
Hello, first I am sorry for the issues you are having... second I had a hysterectomy the same as yours a few years ago.... and just had my WLS on the 16 of Oct. Having any bleeding from down there is not good. I feel like you should be calling the obgyn and have things checked quickly you dont want to have a tear in You're old suture site That could lead to an infection. Your immune system is already compromised from the weight loss surgery Please go get checked out.

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3 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Did you have sex the night before? Any frequency, burning, or pain while urinating or after urinating? It probably came from either your pee pee, or maybe a hemmie. If it's bright red, 9 times out of 10 it's a hemmie or a uti.

It would be extremely abnormal to have any bleeding post hyster, w or w/o ovaries.

No sex the night or couple of nights before. No burning, itching, foul odors, or any other odd feeling. It was a one time dark red almost brownish red and then it was gone and has stayed gone.

I had heard of ovaries producing hormones that could eventually cause a discharge of a small amount of blood like spotting. Like I said, I do have an appointment on the 1st for my yearly. I'm not really worried about it. I know blood could have come from my urethra or ureter from a kidney stone or infection. Not trying to be gross, but I don't know what hole it came from other than it didn't come from my anus.

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Glad you're gonna get checked out! Good to know it's not Uranus! :D🤣

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2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Glad you're gonna get checked out! Good to know it's not Uranus! :D🤣

Me too. I've had that before and that was VERY uncomfortable.

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Just to update, I went to my yearly OB/GYN appt and everything is perfect. He said spotting can happen and since I still have my ovaries and a sliver of my cervix and on top have lost 50 pounds that was probably what caused it. I haven't had any bleeding or spotting since and all labs at my pcp came back normal including urinalysis.

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I still have all of my female plumbing, but once I started the pre-op diet and immediately after my surgery I had TWO periods in 2 weeks and I’ve also been spotting pretty frequently, which I’ve never had an issue with before. I also had some crazy mood swings but that’s leveled out. I guess fat cells love to store estrogen, so when we lose weight we deal with that excess estrogen? Don’t quote me but that’s what I was told.

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