Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 1 Location: Petoskey, Mi
Hello I Am New Here And I Need to Chat & Advice Posted: 10-01-03 08:31am
:d hello my name is cindy I am 40 years
old, a full time single mom of two boys 10
& 17. The three of us have been
through the mill over and over again.
But those times are over.
The three of us are on medications for
various emotional issues.
My mother past away over 6 years ago and I
have a very distant relationship with my
sisters with little hope of that changing.
I have no one that I feel comfortable
about discussing any of the women issues,
and I need to talk about some of the
health issues that women who are getting
older are going through.
O.K. This is going to be my personal
health issues out in the open in here.
Like I said I am 40 years old. My
problem started back in may of this year.
This is embarrassing me....
My menstral cycle stopped all of a sudden
in may of this year, which makes me
nervous because my cycles have always been
on time and normal. In I saw my doctor
in august and told him about my problem
and he prescribed a hormone for me to take
for 10 days with one refill. I took them
and three weeks later my cycle came back,
but this time it was all clots...Big
clots, small clots, etc. Now it is
october 1st and september came and went
and no cycle. I also have plucked two
long white hairs that had grown between
the very top of my cheek bone and my under
eye. I asked my doctor if I was going
through menopause, he had some blood work
done and the tests came back no. He told
me that if I was still having problems to
come back in december. I think that my
problem should be looked into a little
deeper now.
Can anyone give me advice with this?
What should I do?
Thank you
cindy
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diane
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 12 Location: Texas
Posted: 10-02-03 14:35pm
Hi cindy,
sounds familiar to me. I was about your
age when that happened to me. I too was
very regular, not very heavy period
either, but very regular. All of sudden
no period. Two months later, no period.
I went to my doctor when I missed the
first one because I was so regular I could
set my clock by it almost. She scoffed
at me and acted like I was wasting her
time. Anyway, I went home and worried.
After missing month number 2 I really
started to worry more, but no way was I
going back to the doctor to be treated
like that again. Stupid me should have
went to another doctor. But I didn't.
A week or two later after the second
missed period, I started bleeding. Only
this time it wasn't my normal flow. It
was a gusher with huge blood clots and
cramping. I never had that before. I
couldn't go anywhere, I couldn't even
stand up and walk without gushing all over
the place. It was horrible, but no way
was I going to be embarrassed at my
doctor's office again. So I put up with
it for almost 2 more months. It got so
bad I couldn't go to work or anyplace else
and I was getting weaker and weaker, then
started getting dizzy and my vision
started blurring where sometimes I
couldn't see anything but blackness or
spots. I had lost about 20 pounds too
and felt horrible all the time. Finally,
I went to another doctor and she referred
me directly to a gynecologist. He ran
bloodwork and found that I had lost so
much blood I had become extremely anemic.
I had half the red blood cells I was
supposed to have. He did a biopsy of my
uterus (very painful). Tests came back
that I had hyperplasia. They did an
ultrasound of my uterus and also found I
had a large tumor in the wall of the
uterus which my doctor says caused the
hyperplasia (constant shedding of blood
cells and tissue of the uterus). Wound
up having to have a partial
hysterectomy.
I'm not telling you all this to scare you.
Maybe I am. I'm just trying to say
that your period stopping could be
menopause. My best friend's just stopped
one day and she didn't have any other
symptoms, except now she get hot flashes.
Just don't let your doctor pass this off
like it was nothing. My first doctor was
a female and she was not sympathetic to
female problems. The second doctor was
also female and she knew something was
wrong.
I've had a few hot flashes and night
sweats since my surgery (about 2 or 3
month's worth) and then it went away.
Also be careful about hormone replacement
therapy. I still have my ovaries. My
hormone level is slightly lower than
normal, but I wouldn't go on the hormones
because i've read so many bad things about
them. Educate yourself about them before
deciding whether to take them or not.
Hope you have an easy time of menopause,
if that is what you're going through. My
point from this story is just to make sure
you get the best advice from doctors and
know what you're going through and how you
should be treated. Don't go into it
blindly like I did and don't let the
doctor's imtimidate you. I don't
anymore.
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san54
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Location: Virginia
Need to Chat Posted: 01-10-04 19:50pm
I am a little older than you. I am of
menopausal age, 54. It could be early
onset. I just up and stopped three years
ago. No other symptoms. I also have ms
that could have stopped mine. I would
see a good gyn.
Good luck.
