Spot Bleeding
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On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 10:14:37 -0500, "Debbie Hawthorne" <e…@renc.igs.net> wrote: > Ok, enough >ranting, my questions are what tests can they do to see if I am starting to >go through menopause, how long >does this go on for, and what can you do for this to ensure that you and >your family survive.
Hi Debbie, you know what is going on in your body better than any test will show. I was reading a webpage last night on managing menopause with hormones, ( yechhh) but I did like the paragraph on perimenopause. >Perimenopause: A working definition of the perimenopause was proposed in Montreal during the 1991 Meeting of the North American Menopause Society: >A period of menstrual irregularity with, possibly, increasing episodes of amenorrhea, culminating in natural menopause. The onset of perimenopause coincides with the >observation that something has changed from the established premenopausal pattern. That change can be menstrual cycle length (longer or shorter) or variability. I like to tell >women that it took them about 12 years to get their menses and it will take at least 12 years to get rid of it!! That’s about the time frame for perimenopause.
http://www.allwise.com/topic/apr98.html I first noticed very slight changes in my periods, in the way I felt at mid cycle, about 7 years before actual menopause. Insomnia, foggy thinking started a few years before this. I thought at the time that these changes were due to PMS. My first actual missed period was three years before menopause.This was my experience, each woman is different. As for ;you and your family, well a sense of humour helps. I think your family will be relieved to know there is a reason for your changing moods and that they are not responsible for them. You mentioned a CBC show on menopause. Was that on radio or TV? I may have seen/heard the same program. >Thank you >Debbie
Kathryn droz…@home.com
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>I like to tell >>women that it took them about 12 years to get their menses and it will take >at least 12 years to get rid of it!
Oh great theory Katherine.. I was 16 when I got my period, this possibility is not making me happy!! 
Im not sure I have the constitution to put up with some of these symptoms that long!! Martha
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Hi Debbie: You mentioned that you had thyroid test done,do you know what test’s he took,it should be the panel of 3, TSH,T3 and T4 if he didn’t take the proper test’s than you wouldn’t get an accurate reading some doctors just want to do T3 and T4 and it’s not enough; press for the TSH if he suspect’s thyroid. I’m not saying it’s not menopause it could be but you want to make sure of thyroid first.Is there thyroid in your family already ? Debbie wrote: >When I approached my family doctor >about this he was sure that >I had thyroid problems, but after testing this was eliminated.
When were the test’s done ?,this is the kind of thing I heard for years because the proper test’s weren’t done.Don’t be alarmed just be sure! The TSH is expensive,their fore,sometimes eliminated, it’s my opinion that a regular GP should always do ,TSH to double check. I hope this doesn’t sound too strong as it’s not meant to be, I just had a root canal done this morning and the freezing is coming out so I feel a little stressed at the moment. Kit
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Debbie writes: >My name is Debbie and I am 43 years of age. About a year ago I started with >severe mood swings, fatigue. >My periods are also weird, I might start one day, and then stop and continue >one or two days later. I am >a heavy bleeder as I have endrometriosis
[snip further explanation of mood swings, stopping smoking, etc.] Hello, Debbie, and welcome to alt.support.menopause. I read ahead on this thread and see that Terri has given you some *excellent* insights on some of the connections between smoking and depression. I remember when I gave up smoking — although for me it was more of a habit than an addiction, I was pretty evil for some time as I adjusted. If your body and your mind have to adjust to life without nicotine and varying levels of hormones at the same time I would imagine that there are times you find it very difficult. I almost hesitate to mention the E word (exercise), since you say fatigue is one of your problems, but it’s known to be good for depression. Some days I think I sailed through giving up smoking because I took up roller skating in the same week and was swooshing around the rink about 12 hours/week. (I quit smoking and *lost* weight at the same time, but of course I was younger then…) I would encourage you to read up on menopause as much as you can between now and the time you see your doctor. You’ll find links to web sites, reading lists, etc., on my signature file. It’s a little scary to discover, as most of us have, that there’s no real road-map, that you can’t expect to have *this* symptom this month, *that* symptom next month, and an end to all this in X number of months. Once you get over the notion that this is possible, it can be fairly exciting and even liberating to sail the uncharted sea of your own personal journey to post-fertility life. (Oops, that was pretty over-the-top, but you get my idea.) One last piece of really good advice from my kid sister. She has days that her job as a nurse stress her out beyond human endurance…on those days, she warns her family that it’s a "yes, Nancy" day — since that’s the only response that will keep them from incurring the Wrath of Nancy. I liked that a lot and tried it at home, although my husband has been known to comment that every day is a "yes, Laura" day around here. Regards, Laura Blanchard lblanch…@aol.com http://members.aol.com/lblanch000/ http://members.tripod.com/menopause/ (Land o’Links –click the cormorant for Menopause & Beyond)
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Just a quick note to let you know that in my meno dyslexic fog brain , I read this thread as "Smoking crack and peri".. LOL.. now there is a solution I dont think anyone should try!!Martha
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Pat Kight <kig…@ucs.orst.edu> wrote > *smile* When I logged on this morning, I was amused to see that almost > all the posts in the last 24 hours or so were from our UK or Canadian > menobabes. The rest of us are probably still trying to digest the > massive amounts of food we consumed yesterday.
Which is now (‘cos I’m so slow replying) probably the day before yesterday. Glad you had a Happy Thanksgiving ….. I thought you guys have a long weekend off to celebrate ? I’d mistaken that to mean you were all off having a four-day party and wouldn’t emerge for ages yet :-) silver
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In article <19991127182548.09024.00000…@ng-fx1.aol.com>, mrsmeis…@aol.com (MrsMeister) wrote: > Just a quick note to let you know that in my meno dyslexic fog > brain , I read > this thread as "Smoking crack and peri">
Glad I’m not the only one that read this wrong! Couldn’t imagine what one had to do with the other! * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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cindy lindau <clin…@uswest.net> wrote > Hi silver–thanks for the good thoughts. There sure isn’t a lot of > activity today, is there? I guess the active menobabes are a > mostly American bunch 
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Yup, lots of Happy Thanksgivings going on I think :-) Mind you, my server is also playing up …. even my UK groups are down on traffic and *all* newsgroups are throwing posts at me in a bizarre order that has little to do with date sequence :-/ > Anyhow, I’m watching and waiting to see how this week passes. So far, so > good. There’s some possibly stressful stuff coming up next week; but > since my period is also due then, perhaps the urge to smoke will be > stifled a little longer.
Back in the days when my periods came to timetable, I used to put a red pencil line through the PMS week and try my very best to avoid all commitments on those days. Better for all concerned ;-) These days my bleeds are *so* irregular that I can’t predict possible PMS-moments. Fortunately PMS is *much* milder for me than it used to be, and more physical than emotional. > Holiday note–I’ve got a lot to be thankful for: my partner, who tells > me he loves me every day; my work, which never fails to delight; and > asm, in whose tender arms I landed a little over a year ago to my > everlansting gratitude.Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Whilst I applaud the sentiments of Thanksgiving, I’m afraid an annual celebration of the good things in my life is not enough for me :-) I like to try to count my blessings and be thankful most days ….. helps counterbalance my grumblings a bit ;-) silver
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In article <81mhvd$7t…@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, Silver <sil…@annburnett.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >cindy lindau <clin…@uswest.net> wrote >> Hi silver–thanks for the good thoughts. There sure isn’t a lot of >> activity today, is there? I guess the active menobabes are a >> mostly American bunch . >Yup, lots of Happy Thanksgivings going on I think :-) Mind you, my >server is also playing up …. even my UK groups are down on traffic and >*all* newsgroups are throwing posts at me in a bizarre order that has >little to do with date sequence :-/
*smile* When I logged on this morning, I was amused to see that almost all the posts in the last 24 hours or so were from our UK or Canadian menobabes. The rest of us are probably still trying to digest the massive amounts of food we consumed yesterday. My own Thanksgiving feast with the theater folk was somewhat subdued – we’ve had some recent deaths in the ‘family,’ and no one felt much like carousing, although we did enjoy a thoroughly silly post-prandial game of Charades led by a 7-year-old. It was amusing, though, that the three of us who are Women of a Certain Age kept having to go out onto the front porch to recover from over-heating. I’d brought the folding fan Laura gave me, and it got passed around a good bit. >Whilst I applaud the sentiments of Thanksgiving, I’m afraid an annual >celebration of the good things in my life is not enough for me :-) I >like to try to count my blessings and be thankful most days ….. helps >counterbalance my grumblings a bit ;-)
Sounds like an excellent approach, silver. Today I’m giving thanks that I didn’t have to get up at the crack of dawn to go to work, and that the weekend is long enough that I can let the housekeeping go until tomorrow. (-: –Pat Kight kig…@peak.org
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Lblanch000 wrote: > Debbie writes: > >My name is Debbie and I am 43 years of age. About a year ago I started with > >severe mood swings, fatigue. > >My periods are also weird, I might start one day, and then stop and continue > >one or two days later. I am > >a heavy bleeder as I have endrometriosis > [snip further explanation of mood swings, stopping smoking, etc.] > Hello, Debbie, and welcome to alt.support.menopause. I read ahead on this > thread and see that Terri has given you some *excellent* insights on some of > the connections between smoking and depression. I remember when I gave up > smoking — although for me it was more of a habit than an addiction, I was > pretty evil for some time as I adjusted. If your body and your mind have to > adjust to life without nicotine and varying levels of hormones at the same time > I would imagine that there are times you find it very difficult.
This talk about smoking reminds me that I haven’t smoked in about 2 weeks. About a year ago I started smoking again as a response to stress. The stress is gone now, and so is my urge to smoke, for the most part. I’ve noticed over the last couple of months that my need for a smoke corresponds to my cycle; specifically the week before my period is supposed to start. Anyone else notice this? I’m waiting to see if this craving returns this week…….. Cindy who is trying to forget about what week of the cycle it is.
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Silver wrote:
When I was trying to give up smoking I always found it hardest mid-cycle (ovulation moods) and pre-menstrual (PMS). It took me a while to > recognise the pattern (many attempts), but there definitely was *some* > sort of relationship between my smoking and my menstrual cycle. Sadly, > though I gave up for almost a year, I did start again when under stress > and, probably not coincidental, when depressed and pre-menstrual. For the > moment I’m not trying to give up again. > My advice, for what it’s worth as a failed non-smoker, would be (if you > get pre-menstrual cravings) to keep reminding yourself that the cravings > will pass in a few days once your period starts …… that optimistic > outlook might be just enough to get you through to another month without > smoking :-} > Best of luck, > silver
Hi silver–thanks for the good thoughts. There sure isn’t a lot of activity today, is there? I guess the active menobabes are a mostly American bunch . Anyhow, I’m watching and waiting to see how this week passes. So far, so good. There’s some possibly stressful stuff coming up next week; but since my period is also due then, perhaps the urge to smoke will be stifled a little longer. Holiday note–I’ve got a lot to be thankful for: my partner, who tells me he loves me every day; my work, which never fails to delight; and asm, in whose tender arms I landed a little over a year ago to my everlansting gratitude.Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Cindy
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cindy lindau <clin…@uswest.net> wrote > This talk about smoking reminds me that I haven’t smoked in about 2
weeks. About a year ago I started smoking again as a response to stress. The stress is gone now, and so is my urge to smoke, for the most part. I’ve noticed over the last couple of months that my need for a smoke corresponds to my cycle; specifically the week before my period is supposed to start. Anyone else notice this? I’m waiting to see if this craving returns this week…….. > Cindy > who is trying to forget about what week of the cycle it is.
When I was trying to give up smoking I always found it hardest mid-cycle (ovulation moods) and pre-menstrual (PMS). It took me a while to recognise the pattern (many attempts), but there definitely was *some* sort of relationship between my smoking and my menstrual cycle. Sadly, though I gave up for almost a year, I did start again when under stress and, probably not coincidental, when depressed and pre-menstrual. For the moment I’m not trying to give up again. My advice, for what it’s worth as a failed non-smoker, would be (if you get pre-menstrual cravings) to keep reminding yourself that the cravings will pass in a few days once your period starts …… that optimistic outlook might be just enough to get you through to another month without smoking :-} Best of luck, silver
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Debbie Hawthorne <e…@renc.igs.net> wrote in message
news:81bmiu$ke8$1@news.igs.net… > Hi > My name is Debbie and I am 43 years of age. About a year ago I started with > severe mood swings, fatigue.
Debbie, that is about exactly the same age when I started having these symptoms. I did think I may be cracking up — and yet somehow I intuitively knew it was menopause-related. Even when doctors repeatedly said no, I kept thinking yes. They treated symptoms, which did help, but then later, when more was published, I realized I was truly an average peri-experiencer. Don’t mess with moods, though. The source doesn’t matter. Whether it’s quitting smoking, peri, or life stress, it’s important to deal with it and get the support you need from groups like this or health professionals. You don’t need to feel extremely wretched, and I am glad I did get help. Once I got that handled to a manageable point, then I found groups like this one are unusually helpful. I find that I feel more comfortable with my decisions because I feel they are informed. And, welcome!!! –Jane – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My periods are also weird, I might start one day, and then stop and continue > one or two days later. I am > a heavy bleeder as I have endrometrosis(not sure if this is spelled > right),so there isn’t much of a change there, > except I have noticed more clots lately. When I approached my family doctor > about this he was sure that > I had thyroid problems, but after testing this was eliminated. I am going > to see my doctor this week to see > if I am starting to go through menopause. I did not even consider this > earlier, as I thought I was too young to > be starting to go through this. My husband (who still loves me in spite my > change to the wife from hell) was > listening to a show about menopause on CBC, and says it was as though they > were discussing me. > I have changed to this ranting raving out of control wife and mother who I > despise. I do not know how my family > can take it, if I could have a out of body experience I would leave myself. > If I am not weeping I am ready to > fight with the world and win. This is totally out of character for me, and > it makes me very unhappy. Last January I quite smoking and gained 23 > pounds, which adds to this great personality change. Ok, enough > ranting, my questions are what tests can they do to see if I am starting to > go through menopause, how long > does this go on for, and what can you do for this to ensure that you and > your family survive. > Thank you > Debbie
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In article <80kfn0$ba…@news.NERO.NET>, kig…@ucs.orst.edu (Pat Kight) wrote: >In article <C23X3.8296$dp.149…@typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net>, >leta <leta…@pacbell.net> wrote: >>My mother is post menopausal and takes extrogen with progesterone. >>She had a pap smear this last August and doctor said was ok and had a >>complete physical 4 weeks ago and was fine. >>Problem 3 days ago she has vaginal spot bleeding. It is very little. >>I called the doctor the assistant said wait 4 more days if it does not stop >>go in. >>I am wondering if anyone else has had these symptoms.
Yes the same things happened to me. I am taking Estrogen since late August and have had 4 bleeding ( not very strong). The doctors don’t seem to understand much about this yet. Iam taking natural Progest.Supp. vaginally about 4-7 a month. I determine it through tarot cards when to take them and take the estrogen through now. In sept. I made first a pause as prescribed and had the first spotting after two days. 28 days later again, without making a pause and since then 2 times withing 14 weeks. I have talked to a number of people on HRT and they all had some bleeding or other in the beging of taking hormones. I am also doing astrology and know that my whole system is on the rocks this year and I don’t want to take Progest. on a regular basis yet. But may do so next year in Feb. I don’t think the beeling is anything to worry about. with the second and third bleeding I was a little worried but not since. At least there is no built up of the Endomitreum and this is important.
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On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 10:14:37 -0500, "Debbie Hawthorne" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<e…@renc.igs.net> wrote: >Hi >My name is Debbie and I am 43 years of age. About a year ago I started with >severe mood swings, fatigue. >My periods are also weird, I might start one day, and then stop and continue >one or two days later. I am >a heavy bleeder as I have endrometrosis(not sure if this is spelled >right),so there isn’t much of a change there, >except I have noticed more clots lately. When I approached my family doctor >about this he was sure that >I had thyroid problems, but after testing this was eliminated. I am going >to see my doctor this week to see >if I am starting to go through menopause. I did not even consider this >earlier, as I thought I was too young to >be starting to go through this. My husband (who still loves me in spite my >change to the wife from hell) was >listening to a show about menopause on CBC, and says it was as though they >were discussing me. >I have changed to this ranting raving out of control wife and mother who I >despise. I do not know how my family >can take it, if I could have a out of body experience I would leave myself. >If I am not weeping I am ready to >fight with the world and win. This is totally out of character for me, and >it makes me very unhappy. Last January I quite smoking and gained 23 >pounds, which adds to this great personality change. Ok, enough >ranting, my questions are what tests can they do to see if I am starting to >go through menopause, how long >does this go on for, and what can you do for this to ensure that you and >your family survive. >Thank you >Debbie
All sounds pretty typical of perimenopause – the years leading up to and surrounding menopause. Welcome to asm where you will find many women in your situation. There are no reliable "tests" for menopause or perimenopause. The blood tests are pretty much a waste of time and money. I’m just going to address the last portion of your post. If you quit smoking in January you may have clinical depression as a result. This is not uncommon in smokers who may have been self-medicating depression for decades with nicotine. When you see your doctor you might ask about depression and ways to cope with it – a short course of anti-depressants might make a great deal of difference to your moods as you adjust and learn non-drug ways to deal with depression. I’ve been where you are – three years ago – although I was fully post-menopausal at that time. A six week course of hormones (prempro) made the situation much much worse in my case. Perimenopause and quitting smoking seem to be a particularly nasty combination for some of us. Please don’t view this a suggestion to go back to smoking – it most emphatically isn’t one. As for the weight gain – leave it alone for at least a year – maybe even two. Then work on trying to get it back off with a sensible diet and exercise. You’ve just succeeded in doing something very difficult – give yourself a break on the other things. And ask your family for their understanding. If they know what’s going on and that’s it’s temporary, they may be more willing to tolerate "the wife and mother from hell." Take care and good luck Terri
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Hi My name is Debbie and I am 43 years of age. About a year ago I started with severe mood swings, fatigue. My periods are also weird, I might start one day, and then stop and continue one or two days later. I am a heavy bleeder as I have endrometrosis(not sure if this is spelled right),so there isn’t much of a change there, except I have noticed more clots lately. When I approached my family doctor about this he was sure that I had thyroid problems, but after testing this was eliminated. I am going to see my doctor this week to see if I am starting to go through menopause. I did not even consider this earlier, as I thought I was too young to be starting to go through this. My husband (who still loves me in spite my change to the wife from hell) was listening to a show about menopause on CBC, and says it was as though they were discussing me. I have changed to this ranting raving out of control wife and mother who I despise. I do not know how my family can take it, if I could have a out of body experience I would leave myself. If I am not weeping I am ready to fight with the world and win. This is totally out of character for me, and it makes me very unhappy. Last January I quite smoking and gained 23 pounds, which adds to this great personality change. Ok, enough ranting, my questions are what tests can they do to see if I am starting to go through menopause, how long does this go on for, and what can you do for this to ensure that you and your family survive. Thank you Debbie
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Terri says: > For >heaven’s sake don’t rely on tarot cards for something as important as >using a drug to prevent the endometrial cancer the other drug you take >may cause. Sorry to sound impatient, but frankly I’m appalled at your >post if, in fact, you are serious.
What she said. In swords. Regards, Laura Blanchard lblanch…@aol.com http://members.aol.com/lblanch000/ http://members.tripod.com/menopause/ (Land o’Links –click the cormorant for Menopause & Beyond)
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Chris Malcolm <c…@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:80udqn$daj$1@scotsman.ed.ac.uk… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> jlehm…@ican.net@ican.net (Jutta K. Lehmann) writes: > >I am taking Estrogen since late August > >and have had 4 bleeding ( not very strong). The doctors don’t seem to > >understand much about this yet. Iam taking natural Progest.Supp. vaginally > >about 4-7 a month. I determine it through tarot cards when to take them > >and take the estrogen through now. > Tarot cards are an excellent way of getting in touch with the > unconscious dream parts of your mind. These can often have a strong > shaping effect on the course of our lives which often goes quite > unrecognised, and is seen as "fate". The images are very symbolically > rich and highly ambiguous, and those aspects relevant to you are > selected and made significant by your unconscious processes. They are > so good at this that it is hard for some people to believe that the > fall of the cards is random. But it *is* random, just as is the fall > of beans, bones, tea leaves, or any of the other ancient systems of > divination which exploit the unconscious selection of significance > from random events. > This is by way of explaining to you that you are right, Tarot cards > work, and are highly significant. They are *also* random in their > fall. Hence using them as a basis for selection of medication is not > advisable unless you are deliberately using a sufficiently high level > of interpretation that your unconscious is really selecting the > medication, rather than the random fall of cards. > >I am also doing astrology and know that my whole system is on the rocks > >this year and I don’t want to take Progest. on a regular basis yet. But > >may do so next year in Feb. > Interesting. Can you be more specific about the astrological > significators and details of your system "being on the rocks"? This > wouldn’t by any chance be a second return of Saturn, for example, > would it? > [Note to astrological sceptics -- it doesn't help being sceptical from > a position of ignorance to someone who has found value in > astrology. As Jung pointed out, all of the psychological insights of > the sages of the ancient pre-scientific world were encoded in terms of > astrology. Even today, astrology offers a far richer human typology > than any modern psychology. The useful terms saturnine, jovial, > mercurial, phlegamtic, bilious, melancholic, for example, all come > from the astrological stable. Even if, Jung said, there is no > connection at all between the planetary positions and human character > and destiny, there is still a great deal of usefulness in astrology as > a classificatory system, and as a divinatory system, along the lines I > explained above for Tarot. There is a culture clash here between > modern materialistic science and the ancient humanities. Don't be > dismissively intolerant.] > —
In my humble opinion, a measured and admirable response. Kay kspe…@powerup.com.au
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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:42:43 -0500, jlehm…@ican.net@ican.net (Jutta – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -K. Lehmann) wrote: >In article <80kfn0$ba…@news.NERO.NET>, kig…@ucs.orst.edu (Pat Kight) wrote: >>In article <C23X3.8296$dp.149…@typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net>, >>leta <leta…@pacbell.net> wrote: >>>My mother is post menopausal and takes extrogen with progesterone. >>>She had a pap smear this last August and doctor said was ok and had a >>>complete physical 4 weeks ago and was fine. >>>Problem 3 days ago she has vaginal spot bleeding. It is very little. >>>I called the doctor the assistant said wait 4 more days if it does not stop >>>go in. >>>I am wondering if anyone else has had these symptoms. >Yes the same things happened to me. I am taking Estrogen since late August >and have had 4 bleeding ( not very strong). The doctors don’t seem to >understand much about this yet. Iam taking natural Progest.Supp. vaginally >about 4-7 a month. I determine it through tarot cards when to take them >and take the estrogen through now. In sept. I made first a pause as >prescribed and had the first spotting after two days. 28 days later again, >without making a pause and since then 2 times withing 14 weeks. I have >talked to a number of people on HRT and they all had some bleeding or >other in the beging of taking hormones. >I am also doing astrology and know that my whole system is on the rocks >this year and I don’t want to take Progest. on a regular basis yet. But >may do so next year in Feb. I don’t think the beeling is anything to worry >about. with the second and third bleeding I was a little worried but not >since. At least there is no built up of the Endomitreum and this is >important.
Setting aside the Tarot cards and astrology parts of your post which are hardly realistic bases for making healthcare decisions, are you taking estrogen without a prescribed prescription strength form of natural progesterone? If you are you should know that you are putting yourself at greatly increased risk for endometrial cancer. A "bleed" does not mean there is no endometrial buildup. All of the lining may not be shed during a bleed when one takes estrogen and a weak non-prescription supposed natural progesterone. If your doctor prescribed the suppositories and if you take them as instructed – should be 10-15 sequential days, then this warning may not apply. For heaven’s sake don’t rely on tarot cards for something as important as using a drug to prevent the endometrial cancer the other drug you take may cause. Sorry to sound impatient, but frankly I’m appalled at your post if, in fact, you are serious. Terri
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Jutta says: > I determine it through tarot cards when to take them >and take the estrogen through now
and then she says: >I am also doing astrology and know that my whole system is on the rocks >this year
Well, no darn wonder your whole system is on the rocks if you’re mixing prescription medicine with tarot cards. This is a very, very risky thing you are doing. Regards, Laura Blanchard lblanch…@aol.com http://members.aol.com/lblanch000/ http://members.tripod.com/menopause/ (Land o’Links –click the cormorant for Menopause & Beyond)
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My mother is post menopausal and takes extrogen with progesterone. She had a pap smear this last August and doctor said was ok and had a complete physical 4 weeks ago and was fine. Problem 3 days ago she has vaginal spot bleeding. It is very little. I called the doctor the assistant said wait 4 more days if it does not stop go in. I am wondering if anyone else has had these symptoms. Thank you for yoyr help.
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Leta, you are kind to ask for your mother. It would be helpful to her if she could post here, and I hope she will someday. How long has she taken hormone therapy? Does she take a continuous dose of progesterone, or for only part of the month? How long has she been post menopausal? All these factors are significant. You did the right thing to talk with her doctor’s office. Is it difficult for her to talk with her doctor? I’m just thinking that it would be more reassuring for her to have direct communication. Jackie
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In article <C23X3.8296$dp.149…@typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net>, leta <leta…@pacbell.net> wrote: >My mother is post menopausal and takes extrogen with progesterone. >She had a pap smear this last August and doctor said was ok and had a >complete physical 4 weeks ago and was fine. >Problem 3 days ago she has vaginal spot bleeding. It is very little. >I called the doctor the assistant said wait 4 more days if it does not stop >go in. >I am wondering if anyone else has had these symptoms.
Yes, some post-meno women here have reported episodes of spotting after meno. It’s not unusual for women who are taking hormones to continue having "cycles" of a sort, depending on their prescription regime. Since she’s been examined recently, it’s unlikely this is anything to worry about. If it were me, I’d follow the doctor’s advice; if the spotting continues or recurs, it would be worth making an appointment if only to see about adjusting her medication dosages. –Pat Kight kig…@peak.org
