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?

Does anyone find with these long periods that they aren’t necessarily heavy but just a light bleed.....like when you are coming to an end? It sort of waxes and wanes if you know what i mean?? My anxiety is crippling me today and I’m imagining all kinds of horrors 😩

@AnxiousAnnie if it helps mine isn’t mental heavy like my normal Periods, sometimes quite light. The cramps are horrible though, like someone is grabbing my insides and twisting.

@DivisionBelles glad yours have settled a bit. I might try the agnus castus again but was bit anxious about it’s effect in libido now that I’ve found mine again.. it is called chasteberry 😱

My libido was through the floor anyway so it can't get any worse! That might be something to bring up with the Dr next week. I'm also drinking Lady's Mantle tea which is apparently good for regulating hormones. It's actually ok, as most herbal stuff tastes gross!

Omg mine couldnt be lower. The provera made me feel something. But ionly got 10days. I am on tenterhooks now to see if i get another period in 48hrs 😭

I spoke too soon.. torrent now 😢

Period not libido !

Yep, mine started today too :-( At least it is predictable - every second Friday.

I'm away to do the power pose....

@AnxiousAnnie01. Yes. Mine lasts for months. And it is just an annoying amount. Just enough for a panty liner. It’s just there and is just annoying but draining.

I'm 48 and just had uterine ablation for similar problems, had really heavy periods lasted 10 -14 days, at points bleeding was so heavy I was changing double protection every 45 mins, felt tired ,low iron levels, was bleeding more days than not. Like you wasn't sure if it was normal , since found out it's not that unusual for women in late forties-early fifties, get it checked out there are treatment options and it's important to make sure it's nothing serious.

Oh no @madamepewter 😭
Two weeks ago today I was flooding

Do you have cyclakapron ?

I am not going through this for the next 7 years. If not periods, fear of the next period. My mother told me she had her last period at 56.

Hysterectomies were once a huge big deal but i think they can get you back on yr feet in 10 days now.
Or am i being really naive?
Im not queueing up for a hysterectomy but im not sentimentally attached to having a uterusfor the sake of it.

To be honest, whilst I dread surgery, the removal of my uterus can bring only joy😂

I have only mefanamic acid left which doesn’t help.

I rang this morning a million times but no appointments left. I have no word of my scan which was supposed to be within two weeks and the department was shut early on Friday when I enquired at surgery.

It’s been normal flow so far but today has been mental with horrible cramps.

I also still have the pain in my stomach, like a jeans button digging in, when I move or bend over. And had to cancel plans to go out tonight. I’m managing to do my normal required activities, but socialising at peoples houses is just too fraught with difficulty.

Yes, if they don't have a bin in the bathroom then you're left carrying around a little parcel. [argh]

Awful to have to cancel plans.

Is mefenamic acid Ponstin? That should be helping...... can't believe you're still in pain.

Well, sure enough 3 days after the last Provera tablet, I am bleeding. Not much, so I don't know if it's a period or just a bit of bleeding. I hope it's the latter. I'm still psychologically scarred from the last period!

I'm not due to see doc again til 17/2 and that seems a long way away now.

Still going here too. It isn't too much at the moment, but has been every day in varying amounts since that sodding mirena coil was fitted on 7th December.

I'm coming back to the idea of a hysterectomy if it doesn't settle down in the next few weeks. I have not had a clean, dry day since then, and about a week of that was still pretty close to flooding, which was the very thing it was meant to stop.

Will they agree to give me one though. Honestly, I think back years now to when I had my cocker spaniel spayed just after her second season and I think that I am allowed to treat my dog much better than myself. No farting about with hormones and mirena coils for them. Just book the hysterectomy with the vet and be done with it. I'm jealous of her.

@TheYearOfTheDog yes! Never mind the terror of flooding on someone’s sofa or carpet..

I also feel quite unappealing and grotty; not exactly the sparking company I usually am 😂

Can’t believe yours has started again.. fingers crossed it stops

@Topseyt that’s funny, I told my dcs yesterday I was going to get spayed like the dog 😂

My friend had a vaginal hysterectomy at 38 and she had to have a counselling session to make sure she knew what she wanted, but she did know. She'd had 5 pregnancies but only 3 children and she was battered from all the pregnancies, bleeding constantly, had some prolapse issue I think............ Anyway, it's all behind her now and she didn't age visibly or any of the other horrors that would have put me off the idea.

I did google recovery time from a vaginal hysterectomy earlier today and I think 10 days was optimistic.

I know I need to get over myself, I'm sure nobody at work thinks I'm 30 ha ha but I would still be embarrassed if I had to take three weeks off work and it was known that it was for a hysterectomy. I'd feel like a right owlwan.

And..... it has started again. Off we go for another three months

Why isn’t there more education/information/support about this for any of us ? If it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen then why isn’t there more specialised support for us out there !! It’s wrong that we get to an age and find our bodies changing in ways we weren’t really expecting with no idea of what’s normal and how we can deal with it ! It’s no wonder it affects our relationships and mental wellbeing. I don’t tend to talk too much to my husband about it but could you imagine if they had to deal with embarrassing, uncomfortable flooding issues or bleeding in some way every day for weeks and weeks on end or when it stops worrying about when it will start all over again. Not to mention all the other changes that happen that’s associated with this time in our lives. My husband’s got a bit of a cold today and has been like a bear with a sore head....He has no bloody idea 😡😡 Thank God we can come on here for support and also to share experience of what we can do to help ourselves xx

I suppose there's information out there but we don't depress ourselves by looking in to it when we're fine. Then one day, bam, a period goes on for a month!

I'm friendly with school friends still, some in real life, some over whatsapp or fb. We must all be going through it but we never bring up the big M. We have discussed everything over the years...

Not this apparently!

I've ended up telling the younger man I'm seeing all about it. He knows about low oestrogen headaches now. He takes it in his stride, but we don't have that 20 or 30 years of history. We have been dating a 14 months I think. I feel that if he's scared off he's scared off so be it. Not 100% sure I want a witness to all of this, rolling out ahead of me, I'm at the beginning of it still....... But then I have this feeling that I have to be the ambassador for women my age and minimise the symptoms

I've started bleeding again. Ffs! Not much, but enough to need a liner. My period ended 2 days ago, so not sure what this is and I've got dull pain too. Luckily I've got a Drs appointment on Friday.

@DivisionBelles and @Boristhecats sympathy

I think this might be common but it’s not normal, surely?

I feel disgusting 😢

Full on bleeding and cramps again today. So fed up

So pleased to have found this thread.

At last I realise I'm not alone! Ive been living with that secret fear that I must be dying because I've been losing so much blood and my periods are so erratic and often long...but its clear I'm not alone.

The last couple of days have been grimmer then grim. Huge clots. Flooding Super Plus is half an hour. Then it subsides for a few hours and kicks off again when I go to bed.

I'm 52 and never liked the idea of HRT although I did get some oestrogen gels a few years back. Always felt too embarrassed to see the doctor about it since then....

@midlifecrisis007 do you have any cyclakapron?
I feel i would have ended up calling an ambulance if i hadnt had a few of these. I have a big supply now.