So, this is a weird one.
Sometimes last year, after I turned 51, I moved into menopause (I thought), but post sleeve, in July, my monthly friend has returned on a regular basis, for the past three months. I was always regular and apparently still am. Anyone experienced anything similar? I don’t thing the initial cessation was weight related as I hadn’t had any real increase in some time. Just... strange.

I was already post-menopausal when I had weight loss surgery, but two thoughts:

1) I became REALLY irregular the last couple of years before menopause. I remember there were at least a couple of times when I thought it was over, but no - a few months later, I'd start up again

2) Weight loss surgery can screw with your hormones. Estrogen is stored in fat cells, and it's released during rapid weight loss (or so I've read...). So that might be what's going on, too...

Interesting! Glad I had a hysterectomy years ago

I had my last period starting the day after I had my wls for my duodenal switch, and it lasted almost a week. That was the last period of my life. I was officially done and haven't had another one since. It's been two years. I think the surgery pushed my hormones over the edge.

Yor need to be a year without a period to be considered in menopause. My last year or so I thought i was done for good, then period returned. Finally, though they stopped for over a year.

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The same thing happened to me when I had weight loss surgery 5 years ago, I was fifty three and thought I was done. I had periods for two more years after surgery I finally finished menopause at fifty five.