Woman question - heavy cycle after surgery??

katspaww · 05-27-2007, 09:11 PM

Hi there... I am 3.5 weeks Post-Op and my cycle began 2 days ago and it has been SUPER heavy. I can soak through a pad in less than 2 hours and am having pretty big clots. I am a little worried but this may be a side effect of surgery. I'm not sure. Wanted to see if anyone else experience this before I run and call my doc.
Kitty

Jachut · 05-27-2007, 09:27 PM

its possible, I did have a few months where I seemed to be experiencing quite severe hormonal disruption, it hit me at about 8 months out, suddenly I was having bad PMT, really painful periods and associated irritable bowel episodes, it was awful since I've had easy, light, painless periods that are regular since I had my first baby 12 years ago. But its settled again now.

My doc says its not unusual for this sort of thing to happen.

Syrah · 05-28-2007, 01:08 AM

This could also be related to age, and it could be coincidence that this is just happening to you now. I'm not sure how old you are, but once I got past 40 (I'm 43), the heavy periods, clots, and extreme cramping have become quite commonplace. This is common with age. Both my personal physician and my ob/gyn have told me to take 3 advil every 6 hours during the first 3-4 days of my period. It reduces cramping, flow voume and clot passage. It is amazingly effective. I was banded just 2 mos ago and have only had one fill, so I am still able to swallow 3 tablets at a time, but this can become more difficult as you are more restricted, so play it by ear. Good luck!

katspaww · 05-28-2007, 09:17 PM

Thank you Syrah & Jachut. I have found my age, even though I feel young, has effected me in many ways with this surgery. All of my others surgery's I have bounced back a lot quicker than this. I had a huge hernia repaired just 2 years ago and had a 5 inch cut in my lower abdomen and was moving around faster it seems than 5 small incisions. So I guess I'm not too surprised. Things have eased up so I'm not ask concerned as I was during those bad 2 days. It was tough...

I am just now suffering the hunger now!!!! It's like my body said, OK we are tired FFFEEEDDD MMMEEE and of course I can't eat like I am use to. I guess I am just going thru the after period blahs because today is the first day I wish I hadn't had this surgery. Tomorrow will be better I hope.

Tough day for me......
Kitty