Two week period- and going!

[MadamePewter]

I’m fifty. Up til now periods pretty much regular as clockwork, though very heavy

Got this one a week early and still going, though not heavy, two weeks later 😱

Is this menopause..? Anyone else had this?

Hi @mumsnoangel. Were you at doctor today? Or referred for ultrasound previously?

I used to have quite bad health anxiety but have been much better over the last few years. But I am worrying about this now!

That’s three weeks now and I’ve got a pain like something squashing in my stomach when I bend over. Just feels something ain’t right

@mumsnoangel mine have been going for three months at a time. A week off in between. They sent me for a scan. And like you I was worried. But all was fine. And they said the same. Peri menopausal. My pill which I have been on for ten year and has no periods in that entire time is now just not enough to work now this stage has begun.

I have finally finished this one. But this one only lasted about a week. I’m hoping after a year of three month periods and only a weeks break it may be coming to an end. The thing has been that on my week off my boobs are so sore I can’t even contemplate taking my bra off. It’s been great.

Boris, that sounds hellish!

Crikey Boris, that does sound terrible. I'm spotting, not sure if it's another period, which would fit in with my usual cycle had I not had the period from hell last month, or just some random bleeding. Only another three weeks until my appointment...

@Boristhecats make more fuss. I had a novasure ablation in the summer and it has been life changing. The gynaecologist was appalled when I detailed my menstrual history. I had to change GP practice but it was worth it. I refused a mirena on the badis that I have always had very bad PMT and was not willing to experiment with something that might make me take my own life or kill someone. I was emphatic about this.

Ive just googled that.. sounds great!

I was offered an ablation about ten years ago but it was a proper op then and no guarantees

I was referred for an ultrasound on Christmas Eve so should get an appointment any day. I had a uterine polyp removed two years ago so there's a chance I've got the same again, and they can check the thickness of my uterine lining so see if it's shedding properly. In my head I know as I am pre menopause I am at reasonably low risk of endometrial cancer and my smears have been negative and all up to date, but can't help but worry all the time. Wish I could be more relaxed. I'm being checked for infection, they think I have thrush but the first treatment doesn't seem to have done much. The bleed has put me off sex completely. Nothing more off-putting than realising at the wrong moment that you're getting blood on the sheets!!

No! It’s not good. It’s partly that that’s making me so fed up; I had loads of such problems and it didn’t help my marriage. Now I’ve really got a lovely man and totally back in the swing of sex: don’t want it ruined! Apart from general worries about wtf is going on!

I’ve decided to be a forceful patient (not like me!) and ensure something is done.

It’s not just the bleeding, I feel bloated, crampy and really unappealing

Still going.. 25 days. And sore bit in belly when I bend over. Aaargh! Fed up of this

I’m so sorry. I do understand I really do. It just seems never ending.

I'm almost 50. I have been having irregular periods and I thought woopee I'll be done with them soon. Then they became regular again (every month). I finished a period about a week ago and then started again a couple of days ago.

I don't feel very well with this period and I have been snappy.

Roll on the menopause

Darn right! These periods are a nightmare.

Went to the doctor today and got smear, exam, tranexsmic and mefanamic acid tablets and to get bloods. Also referred for ultrasound which should be within two weeks.

I hope you get sorted!

Thank you! Really helps to hear from others so much appreciated

Spotting again after a week or so of thinking all was ok. Have not had my ultrasound appointment through yet, so guess the doctor is not concerned (can't be on the two week pathway...?) guess I should be reassured by this. The thing is when I go on perimenopause forums lots of people say irregular bleeds, spotting, prolonged periods etc are very common in perimenopause but I don't know if that's really true. If I got the all clear two years ago, could something bad develop quickly from that point?

Same here. You are not alone. Everything was fine until about a month ago. 49 and I just had a 20 day period as well and it ended up with flooding. Luckily I had cyclopapron (sp) to stop the flooding. I thought I was dying. I was alway gasping thinking about what if that had happened at work (the flooding) I was at home on the sofa thankfully.

I'm not having a period anymore but only because the doc gave me 10 days' worth of provera to give my body a rest from periods. Will I get another one at the end of the ten days?

@MadamePewter I was the same, I hesitated to go to the doctor with too many demands in case it sounded like ''doctor make me young'' but it's more like ''doctor make sure I don't bleed to death or nearly bleed to death - AT WORK'' (ARGH)

I can accept the menopause, feeling quite positive about the third stage of life actually due to all the reading I've been doing.

I've to get bloods done. They are going to ring me in a few days to discuss the scan. Not sure why she didn't do it all in one go.

I want to go on a pill of some description to avoid this. Just for a year to 18 months. I wonder if they would agree to that.

Aargh, @mumsnoangel now I’m worried by two week scan!!

The mefanamic acid had definitely helped the cramps a bit.

Like you, @TheYearOfTheDog, I’m quite happy with the thought of menopause- anything to end periods!

But not like this..

Sorry everyone else suffering too. Our lives should be fun now!

I have put on weight round my middle quite suddenly too I suppose

@MadamePewter oh sorry, I don't want to worry you! My doctor seemed to think a uterine nasty was unlikely pre menopause which we should focus on! I think i can handle all the nuisance and inconvenience of irregular bleeds just as long as there is nothing bad lurking behind this.

I don’t want to handle any more/ I just want fixed!!

I'm still going too. 6 weeks now, coinciding with when the sodding mirena coil was fitted. Some lighter days, but regular heavy ones too. I began flooding in Tesco today too, flooding being the very thing the mirena is supposed to address.

The constant PMS continues too. I snapped DH's head off tonight when I would otherwise have left it. I'm just surprised that I lasted from 7th December until now without blowing up. Not proud of myself. Not my best moment.

I have a hospital appointment on Saturday (NHS, but at a local private hospital, hence the day) and will be insistently discussing where we go from here. I want the mirena removed, but don't want to continue with the regular days when I was almost housebound, or would end up hiding in public toilets if I did make it into town.

I'm fed up too. I hope we can all get something satisfactory sorted soon. This is shit.

It really is shit.

The Mirena is certainly an effective contraceptive .. !!

I think I’m veering towards trying to push for hysterectomy: put an end to all this once and for all!

It’s the psychological impact too. I was feeling so much better after divorcing my a busy ex and feeling like a new woman with my lovely new man.

Now I’m a fat, bleeding, cramping, repulsive feeling blob!