Ok, I am now 3 months postop and my cycle was very weird right after being banded. There were about three weeks where I was constantly spotting and then three weeks with nothing. NOW I am having a VERY heavy period and I am hurting ALOT. I had to leave work early yesterday because I could barely stand and I called in today and just stayed in bed. I have a heating pad on and it is barely helping.

Is this common after being banded? Will they all be like this? Or just this time?

I am probably going to stay home tomorrow too. Especially if it is as heavy as it was today.

Sorry, I now this is probably TMI, but thanks for reading.

I had the same experience the month after I was banded. It was the most painful, heavy period that I have ever had.

My understanding is the fat cells hold quite a bit of estrogen that is released as you lose weight. You can expect them to be different for a while. I didn't have one for 3 months then when it showed up, I had my cycle for a month straight. I am only just now seeming to get back to "normal" after 6 months. Hopefully you won't have any more very painful cycles, but it will most likely be different.

Ugh, I'm so going threw this right now. Been spotting on and off and during period its just such a heavy flow that I can't take it anymore. I feel like something isn't right. I'm only like 10 weeks out! Hope this ends soon...

I am now having my second period in six weeks. I have always had PMS. Now I have severe mood swings, and I am more tired than I have ever been the week before I start.

Has anyone else experienced these changes?

yup this is my all the way... It's so not right if you ask me. But I really think it has to do with the band... hormones and what not. Can't wait for this phaze to pass.

In all honesty, I don't know if it has anything to do with the band, but simply loosing weight. I have not had the band yet, but am on a roll loosing weight since I received the nutritional guidelines (lost 35#s since February), but I have been having the exact same symptoms you ladies talk about! I thought it was just my body out of whack, but now this makes sense!

Those of you who are having the painful periods...are you on any kind of birth control or hormone? I have taken a low- dose BC pill for years...but I'm wondering if I should talk to my gyno about possibly getting on something else BEFORE I have this surgery?

Here's the good one. I had Chemo in 02 an haven't had a period since. Some spotting if I'm stressed, and in Nov. when I had a Nuclar Stress Test. I am 6 weeks out, last Mon. got my first fill and Mon. night there was my little gift. I figured it would just be some spotting, so I dug out the panty liners. Nope, wrong way to go. By Wed. I was searching the house for tampons. My husband laughed so hard I thought he would hurt something. He said that not only did I look funny, looked in some crazy places but that everything that came out of my mouth was something he didn't think I knew or would ever say! At 51 this is not a road I want to travel again! Oh, he also said we could work on making another "little tax decution". I told him I would make a "little decution" on him!