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XanaDUer2

(13,829 posts)
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 07:19 PM Oct 2023

Potential post-menopausal bleeding

Long, kinda intimate. Warning, mentions blood.




I've been in menopause for about 5 yrs. I've never had any bleeding I've seen, at all.

Today, i notice a large dark stain on the back of my white robe. Looks like dried blood. There's also a corresponding strain on my chair. I washed the robe wo taking a picture of it. Like a dummy.

Never noticed any blood. This amount would have been noticeable to me. I'm flummoxed. My Medicare starts 12/1.

This whole thing is so bizarre.

Thanks for reading. Just a stress vent post.

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Potential post-menopausal bleeding (Original Post) XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 OP
Have you undergone any recent weight loss? Dr. Shepper Oct 2023 #1
No, I wish XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #12
Please get a check up...don't wait Deuxcents Oct 2023 #2
I'm going Monday XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #13
Time to get probed... Jirel Oct 2023 #3
Monday appmnt XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #14
Don't ignore this tg Oct 2023 #4
Monday appointment XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #15
Someone posted recently that vaccines can cause this occasionally imaginary girl Oct 2023 #5
I read that too about Covid vaccine Rebl2 Oct 2023 #7
I've been reading that nt XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #9
I had some breakthrough bleeding after one of my Covid shots peggysue2 Oct 2023 #19
Make an appointment with a gynecologist vlyons Oct 2023 #6
Done XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #16
That was me. Ten years ago. Staph Oct 2023 #8
Glad your e still here nt XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #10
I've made an appointment for Monday nt XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #11
42% of women - menstrual changes after vaxx - NBC News womanofthehills Oct 2023 #17
I've been reading this XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #18
Did you ever get an answer? xmas74 Nov 2023 #20
I went in to see a nurse XanaDUer2 Nov 2023 #21
Id call now and have it set up ready xmas74 Nov 2023 #22
Best of luck to you. murielm99 Nov 2023 #23
Thank you XanaDUer2 Nov 2023 #24
Hope your doctors are diagnosing carefully! Sparkly Dec 2023 #25

Dr. Shepper

(3,069 posts)
1. Have you undergone any recent weight loss?
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 07:22 PM
Oct 2023

I’ve heard that post menopausal who lose weight sometimes bleed due to the release of hormones in fat.

Best to talk with a health professional though.

Jirel

(2,259 posts)
3. Time to get probed...
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 07:26 PM
Oct 2023

I hope yours turns out the same as mine did. I also had massive unexplained bleeding. Turns out I had a benign vascular growth, which my OB/GYN laughed off, saying they look terrifying to a lot of people who do annuals, but they’re harmless. She scraped it all out and biopsied, and all was good. So, please go get proved and find out, but you hopefully will wind up with the same minor problem.

tg

(105 posts)
4. Don't ignore this
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 07:34 PM
Oct 2023

My wife ignored post-menopausal bleeding for several years and died of uterine cancer in April.

Take care of yourself, the earlier the better. -tg

imaginary girl

(912 posts)
5. Someone posted recently that vaccines can cause this occasionally
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 07:36 PM
Oct 2023

Definitely want to get a checkup, though. Just no cause for panic yet.

Rebl2

(14,676 posts)
7. I read that too about Covid vaccine
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 07:47 PM
Oct 2023

I had slight bleeding, but mainly when I was stressed about something. Also I had quit taking HRT. Finally got it checked out and all was normal. Have never really understood what happened. Maybe it was related to vaccines and stress. Definitely would get it checked out though.

peggysue2

(11,477 posts)
19. I had some breakthrough bleeding after one of my Covid shots
Sun Oct 29, 2023, 10:24 AM
Oct 2023

Very strange. Minimal in the amount and lasted about a week or so. I originally thought it was due to a change in soap, some sort of allergic reaction. And then, I read about reported breakthrough bleeding in some women after receiving the vaccine. On the other hand, I recalled my mother complaining of breakthrough bleeds as she aged. She lived to be 91, nearly 92. So, I decided not to worry which for better or worse is my default position when it comes to my own health. Too many others in my life to worry about.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
6. Make an appointment with a gynecologist
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 07:43 PM
Oct 2023

Don't wait until Dec. If bleeding continues, you could get very anemic. This is serious. Are you on a blood thinner medication? 2 years ago, I was on warforin blood thinner that caused internal bleeding. Had to go in the hospital and get 4 blood transfusions. Have a gynecologist check you out and do a pap smear.

Staph

(6,345 posts)
8. That was me. Ten years ago.
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 12:56 AM
Oct 2023

I went to an OB/GYN, ended up having a hysterectomy and Stage III cancer.

But I'm still here. Get it checked out. Now.


womanofthehills

(9,265 posts)
17. 42% of women - menstrual changes after vaxx - NBC News
Sat Oct 7, 2023, 06:28 PM
Oct 2023
Menstrual changes after Covid vaccines may be far more common than previously known
A study found that 42% of people with regular menstrual cycles said they bled more heavily than usual after their Covid vaccination.

An analysis published Friday in the journal Science Advances found that 42% of people with regular menstrual cycles said they bled more heavily than usual after vaccination. Meanwhile, 44% reported no change and around 14% reported a lighter period. Among nonmenstruating people — those post-menopause or who use certain long-term contraceptives, for example — the study suggests many experienced breakthrough or unexpected bleeding after their Covid shots.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/menstruation-changes-covid-vaccines-rcna38348

XanaDUer2

(13,829 posts)
18. I've been reading this
Sat Oct 7, 2023, 06:49 PM
Oct 2023

Bizarrely, I've seen zero blood directly ever. So maybe i, TMI, had diarrhea. But i remember none of this. I'm perplexed.

xmas74

(29,761 posts)
20. Did you ever get an answer?
Mon Nov 13, 2023, 03:55 PM
Nov 2023

I had post menopausal bleeding and it was due to having cancer. I hope yours was a false alarm.

XanaDUer2

(13,829 posts)
21. I went in to see a nurse
Mon Nov 13, 2023, 04:13 PM
Nov 2023

I told her i nvr actually saw any blood, she did an exam said it looked "pristine" and acted like I was nuts. I nvr see blood so who knows? My medicare starts 12/1

Ty for asking

xmas74

(29,761 posts)
22. Id call now and have it set up ready
Mon Nov 13, 2023, 10:17 PM
Nov 2023

For 12/01.
I see a gyn oncologist. You might consider the same.

Sparkly

(24,347 posts)
25. Hope your doctors are diagnosing carefully!
Fri Dec 8, 2023, 07:42 PM
Dec 2023

In my case, that involved a hysteroscopy to start with.

Take care, and as others told me: "Be your own advocate!"

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