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?

Oh it is certainly an effective contraceptive. I feel so messy and crabby that it is hardly an aphrodisiac!!

I must be hard to live with at the moment. He'll, even I wouldn't want to live with me!

Why did I ever allow this to be put in? I don't want to stick out the settling in period. I will certainly be asking about a hysterectomy. My thinking has now hardened and the way I am looking at it is that I have had so much aggro with my system over the years, so why the fuck would I ever want to preserve it? What was I thinking?

It’s horrible feeling so grotty.

My drugs don’t seem to have stopped the fucking period either 😢 And no one in real life is showing me the slightest sympathy!! Outrageous

Might be a good idea now to insist on an urgent GP appointment, and once there push hard for a referral to a gynaecologist.

I agree that it really shouldn't be this impossible to get the care needed.

Thank you. I have an appointment on Monday at which point hopefully the blood results will be back. Even if not then I’m hoping for something to stop the bleeding.

Then ultrasound within a fortnight and then see gynaecologist if necessary.

I hate doctors and hospitals so am not happy, even without the giant gut and constant period!

And I’m a single parent so obviously stressing madly about all this, even though it seems very likely just to be menopause! Aldi can’t really discuss in real life.

And.. though I also don’t discuss in Aldi

👍
I have an apt 17_2 , not til my next day off so not urgent.

Anybody watch taylor barbie or menopause barbie on youtube?
She is a mine of info but her squeaky voice is annoying.

"ALDI can't discuss this in real life" ha i know what you mean. Me neither. And my phone isnt familiar with the word waitrose either!

So, been to doctor. In good news all my bloods were fine, including the cancer one.

However... she was supremely uninterested in discussing with me why this was happening or any possible future treatment. I tried to say I can’t live with constant periods, but was swept over.

I still have the ultrasound to come and then see, but feeling bit upset, though relieved not to be at death’s door 😂

Wow. That is ridiculous!! They need to listen to you and help you. Well different situation as I am Irish in Ireland and i was pissed off thinking how yet again women pay a higher price for just health.
So I had to pay €55 for that recent women's clinic apt, and I paid €120 for the scan the same day as i hadnt the patiennce to wait months for a referral, but the Provera is making me feel great! Yhe cyclakapron finished the bleeding and im on Provera until i go back to her at the end of the month to discuss... I have always found womens clinic doctors much more helpful with any sort of women's issue than the gp.

The confidence to go to work Knowing that I wont bleed is fantastic. I lived in black jeans . I risked a pair of..... dark grey jeans today 🙈
I spoke to the doc when she rang me the other day to say that scan confirms no fibroid and as i have no fibroid i will respond well to provera. She will prescribe more when i go back but that will of course be another €55.
I want a year's supply of provera!
Im a bit 😳 saying this but felt a bit horny the first few days on it so that shocked me but i think that is a good sign.

They should find out if you would respond well to provera.

Im also watching loads of clips on youtube about foods. I want to eat better. Flaxseed, brussel sprouts, broccoli, bone broth 😑😮

@MadamePewter sorry you had a disappointing conversation with your doctor but good news about the blood tests. When's your ultrasound? Mine is the 31st Jan. things seem to have calmed down since i had spotting a few days ago. Don't know if it was mid cycle or not as there is no pattern to my periods!!

@TheYearOfTheDog that med sounds good!

I disappointed, it was like ok, no cancer, fuck off and put up with it. I felt upset so wasn’t as firm as I’d planned, just squeaked through upset that I couldn’t have constant bleeding.. no answers as to strategy to deal with it.

I have, however, had roasted kalettes for dinner ... 😉

@mumsnoangel no date yet. I’m kind of hoping something shows up to explain this so I can get it sorted.

I think it's just the mini pill. Not sure.
You would NOT be unreasonable to go back.

You need to know you're not going to haemorrhage, at work, the thoughts of it. That is a very reasonable request. Can you imagine a man shruggingvand saying "ok, no suggestions at at all?!! Grand, I'll just continue losing bloid indefinitely, bye"

My one finger typing is getting worse!

😊yes, it w be totally different if a man was in complaining about a litre of blood lost..!

I felt emotional and crushed by her lack of interest. I think I’ll regroup and go back I’d there’s more

@MadamePewter my thoughts are to discuss an ablation if my uterine lining is thick (assuming a sample would be tested first to rule out anything nasty. Does that sound reasonable or is that a sledgehammer to crack a nut? I guess we are slightly different in that I've stopped bleeding whereas you need something to stop yours.

Seems reasonable to me!!

I’m gutted as the bleeding had tailed off and was old blood this afternoon.. I had hope.. but it’s back on. I could cry

She was much more interested in my supposed high blood pressure.. after days I waiting and worrying, waiting ages in surgery and snarky attitude 🙄 And I get white coat hypertension

Can i jump in? First post and so glad to have found this group! I am 47 and had wonky periods now for about 18 months. Last year had 7 periods with gaps of 76 days between a couple and they were also really quite light but lasted longer. I got a period on Dec 9th which was light for a couple of weeks and then i started flooding. That lasted for a about a week then settled down to just a manageable bleed. Yesterday was the first day I didn’t bleed and today i started to breathe a sigh of relief and then guess what...tonight it’s back along with period pain ! I can’t tell whether this should be the start of a new period or what’s going on? I have horrendous anxiety and nobody really to talk to so it’s so good to have found this group.

@AnxiousAnnie01 welcome to the grotty period club!

Have you been to your doctor?

Thank you 😊

I had a telephone appointment with the practice nurse last week who said it was all very perimenopausal and very common. She said she speaks to lots of women about the same issue. I had a smear in September and all fine and i had a scan roughly 2 years ago that showed 1 large and 1 small fibroid. Although i felt a bit assured you still panic when something changes. Now I don’t know whether I should get an appointment with the doc or leave it for a week and see what happens with this period? It sort of scrambles your head doesn’t it!

It really does.

And although I crumbled when I was in there, I’m not going just going to put up with constant period.

Go back and ask for help. I’m going to ring tomorrow if it’s back full flow

Good for you...you stand firm!

I might have to do the same. Hope you get some answers x

Been watching this thread for a while - found it after a search as I was DESPERATE to find something, anything, to stop this ridiculous bleeding.

Peri-menopausal here too. 49. History of endometriosis, fibroids and enlarged uterus. After concluding doctors were utterly useless (in the main) and particularly for women's health, I don't go to them and haven't done for years.

I take a lot of supplements after researching my particular issues and as a side effect, I managed to eradicate most of my symptoms of endo (a complete miracle and a very unexpected side effect - I was trying to keep a nasty auto-immune condition at bay). Figured I had estrogen dominance and attempted to tackle that - to quite a lot of success.

So, was left with (very heavy, sometimes quite long: 10 days) periods, BUT they came every 28 days and I could live with that. No mid cycle pain or the crippling pain of endo. Flooding on days 2 and 3 but I figured it was part and parcel of my age and stage. Forward wind to October 19. Became a bit erratic - 5 weeks apart (yee hoo), then 3 weeks apart (not so good) then back to 28 days. Got period on 20th December, heavy, clotty and a bit painful (paracetamol level), lasted 10 days, glad to see the back of it, then I started another fresh period on 3rd January. I looked it up and fairly "normal" in peri-menopause.

I cannot endure a constant period, or those that stop then start a few days later. This one has been ridiculous and 2 days there is no way I could have left the house. Painful too.

I have researched and ordered a supplement called VITEX which looks very promising. This period is tapering off (at last) and I am hoping I don't get a fresh one. I will start taking the VITEX when it arrives and report back. It regulates hormones and is good for balancing everything out and promising for peri-menopausal woman in that it regulates their cycle and sorts out moods swings, etc.

I will let you know how I get on.

Thank you for this wonderful thread. It makes all the difference when there are woman that understand this nonsense and get so fed up of dismissive doctors.

Do go back! They havent resolved your problem yet!

Hi Annie

@mummug . Let us know. I must google that.