Done with my checkup. Pre-note: I had a uterine ablation about 13 years ago and that plays into this report.
The ultrasound was normal. I had a fibroid but nothing unusual. As we already know, my hormone tests came back as those of a woman who is not menopausal. He said there are two possibilities:
1. I wasn’t really in menopause but my uterine ablation stopped my light, later-in-life periods. I don’t think this is true because I know I was premenopausal and my hormones calmed down after my periods finally stopped.
2. The stress of surgery woke up my ovaries and they decided to release an egg.
He said I am very low risk but wanted to take a biopsy of my uterus since I was there and it is fairly simple. The problem is, when you have had an ablation, you have a bunch of scar tissue in your uterus they have to push through with the catheter to get to the uterine lining. It was very painful and he could only get a small sample. I was sweating. It was bad. He said it may not be enough tissue for the lab to get a conclusive result but he’s going to send it in.
He said he doesn’t recommend doing anything more invasive at this time because he thinks I am very low risk. He just wants me to chart any further periods if I have them and follow up with him in 3 - 6 months if I have concerns. He said if I have regular periods it just means I really wasn’t in menopause. I got the idea he thinks I wasn’t really in menopause, but I think he’s wrong about that—I know my body and what I went through to get there.
If anything changes, they will have to do a D&C to get a biopsy, but he thinks I am so low risk, that would be over the top to do now.
So, I guess I just wait and see if it happens again. Maybe by some miracle that will have been enough tissue for a biopsy.
I feel totally fine. I am 99.9% convinced it was the stress of surgery causing one of my ovaries to burp up a last (hopefully) egg.
So, BoneSmarties, if you get a post menopausal woman complaining about a period after surgery, you can say you know of it happening to another woman on here! But she should get it checked just in case.
Now I finally get to enjoy my hip recovery in peace! I do feel well. I am pretty much back to normal. Still working to gently increase my ROM on the surgery hip but that is going to be a long haul project because it has been terrible for years now.
Happy weekend, all!
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I’m really starting to feel well! I still take a dose of ibuprofen before bed because I’m scared to ruin my sleep, but otherwise I am pretty much back to normal. I am going to try my bicycle on my 3 month anniversary.
