Has any one else experienced this? I just started my 5th menstrual cycle in 13 weeks This is starting to get real old really quickly here. They also aren't on any type of regular cycle...6 days post op, 30 days, 25 days, 23 days and now 16 days since my last one. Is this normal? Thanks for any help you can give me.
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
A question for the Women
Collapse
X
-
A question for the Women
Geish
47 years old, dx at 13
+30* to the right, +60* to the left, +30* to the right
Surgery 12-13-07 - fusion from T4 to sacrum.
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=267 Pre surgery
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=268 Post surgery
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC01091.jpg Xray from the side
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...1089-1-1-1.jpg Xray from the backTags: None
-
I have read here it is very common to have your cycle a couple of times in the first month or so and that happened to me as well but with what is happening to you I would definitely talk to your doctor. Have them check your hemoglobin as well. Good luck. CarolCarolS
68 degree right lumbar scoliosis, mild kyphosis at L1-2
Anterior/Posterior Correction, T8 to Sacrum, Sept 20th, 2007
Osteotomy March 20,2008
Thrilled with results!
-
Geish-I was 46 when I had my surgery. I had the same thing. I feel now I am in perimenopause. Sometimes I wonder if the surgery pushed me into this a little earlier & yet based on my age it could just be coincidental.
At this point I feel much better but it has been a couple months & I am waiting to see if I will still have it.......Ly
surgery Aug 2006/fused T11-L5
ant/post
Comment
-
I'll be interested in any information about the post-surgical "hormone effect" from a slightly different perspective. I am long past menopause and suffered from hot flashes for 15-20 years. They had finally almost subsided until my February surgery and now they're back with a vengeance. Enough, already!!FeliciaFeliciaFelicia
10/24/00 posterior fusion T4-L4 at age 57
8/5/05 posterior surgery for spinal stenosis at L4-L5; laminectomy and fusion
5/14/07 posterior revision with fusion to sacrum
2/11/08 anterior discectomy L5-S1, and reinforcement of fusion with plate attached to L5-S1
3/9/2011 and 3/11/2011 revision surgery with Dr. Lenke, St. Louis - complete revision and fusion with instrumentation from T1 to sacrum, one lumbar osteotomy.
Comment
-
I see my surgeon in the 1st of April so I will be sure to ask him then. As far as I am concerned this can all stop anytime! What a pain in the rear.Geish
47 years old, dx at 13
+30* to the right, +60* to the left, +30* to the right
Surgery 12-13-07 - fusion from T4 to sacrum.
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=267 Pre surgery
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=268 Post surgery
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC01091.jpg Xray from the side
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...1089-1-1-1.jpg Xray from the back
Comment
-
Hi...
It took about 6 months for my cycle to regulate after surgery.
I think major illness, surgery, and trauma can have a major effect on hormones. If anyone comes across a study, I'd love to see it.
Regards,
LindaNever argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
Comment
-
Thanks everyone for your input. I think it is probably stress (personal and surgical) and age. I was just wondering if anyone else was going through this too. I'll let you know what the surgeon says on the 1st.
~Alicia~Geish
47 years old, dx at 13
+30* to the right, +60* to the left, +30* to the right
Surgery 12-13-07 - fusion from T4 to sacrum.
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=267 Pre surgery
http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...tachmentid=268 Post surgery
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC01091.jpg Xray from the side
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...1089-1-1-1.jpg Xray from the back
Comment
-
There are other causes of hot flashes like: nexiumOriginal scoliosis surgery 1956 T-4 to L-2 ~100 degree thoracic (triple)curves at age 14. NO hardware-lost correction.
Anterior/posterior revision T-4 to Sacrum in 2002, age 60, by Dr. Boachie-Adjei @Hospital for Special Surgery, NY = 50% correction
Comment
-
Wow I had the opposite happen. Its been 20 months since my surgery but it took alomst 12 months to get my first cycle and since then nothing on my own-I am now on fertility treatment drugs to get me ovulating. i guess the grass isn't greener after all hey. Hope you get it sorted soon though it would be very frustrating. Perhaps the pill might help balance them out again.Katie
Comment
-
Similar to the first experiences
I started mine three days post-op, then not again for 6 weeks, then about 4 weeks, this time three weeks.
A little bit irritating, I just have to be on the lookout!
Rosie2001 T-sp 58* L-sp 55*
2007 T-sp 64* L-sp 67*
Surgery Dec. 21 2007
Posterior fusion T3 to L3
Comment
Comment