I'm 40 & have had two years of increasingly unpleasant periods - short cycles (26 days from 32 before), bleeding for ages (8/9 days), heavy bleeding for 3/4 days & days of spotting at the end of my period, crampy pains that seem to last for ages & horrendous PMT.
When it all started I had blood tests (FBC/thyriod/ca125 etc), swabs, pelvic scan, smear ... everything was normal except for a small (2cm?) fibroid. It was put down to age/hormones & left at that.
This morning I had some bleeding after sex - on day 10, 2 days after my period had supposedly stopped - I've just come back from my GP. She's done more bloods (FBC/ferritin/B12) for excess bleeding, swabs & referred for another scan. She said my cervix looks normal & I'm up to date with smears; she suspects it is further lengthening of my periods &/or the fibroid has grown (hence the scan).
I'm not sure what to think - is this normal? An age thing? Do I have to put up with it?