Menopause

[katzwhiskaz]

I am 52 and haven't had a period for 2 years. Yesterday i started to bleed, it feels like a period, Is this anything to worry about or just normal menopausal symptoms?

[Marijn]

Sorry I don't know the answer, but two years does seem like a very long time between bleeding. I would ask a doctor because it's too important to ignore.

[ethandron]

hello katz. i think if it were me, i'd go and have a chat with the doctor to make sure it's nothing to worry about and put my mind at rest. although it's reckoned one year without a period is the end of it all (hoorah!!!!) i believe 2 years and then a bleed is probably still ok, and at 52 aswell. maybe if you were late 50's or so, and had an unexpected bleed it could be more significant.
as i say, if it were me, i'd speak to the doctor. let's hope it is your very last one. good luck.

[moonshadow]

I had a bleed fourteen months after what I thought was my last period and my doctor sent me to a gynaecologist who gave me a hysteroscopy( scope that examines the inside of the womb).Nothing was found and I haven't had another bleed. I asked the gynaecologist at the time what would they be looking for and he mentioned polyps, vaginal infection fibroids and possibly cancer. I really think you should go to see your doctor as notafish and ethandron have suggested just to put your mind at rest, it's probably nothing but I know how you are feeling. It really is very important to have regular smears at this stage of our lives as well.

[ethandron]

did you know that here in england the regular smear tests drop down from every 3 years to every 5 years between the ages of 50 and 64, and stop altogether after 65? i'm sure they know what they're doing.......!!??!!

[moonshadow]

That is disgraceful ethandron, probably introduced by a cost cutting male moron. Here in Wales we are screened every three years from age 20 to 64 years after that you are not invited but can request a scan if you wish.

[rosenante]

I had a look on answerbank yesterday to see if anyone had the same problem as me and was interested to see your question. I started a period this weekend the first in nearly 3 years (I think). This morning I phoned my doctor and she is sending me for an ultra sound scan and also making an appointment for me to see a gynaecologist. Both appointments will be within the next month. Needless to say I am worried sick but I know I've done the right thing by phoning my doc. Good luck katzwhiskaz and good health!

[-kaffryn-]

hiya. my mum has been having the same problem, she hadnt had her period for a while a then started to bleed, the doc said that it is a symptom of the menopause. she went on different hormonal tablets to keep it away.
it turned out to be something else. not serious like but as everybody is different i dont want to say something incase im wrong!
id say go to ur GP or ring the gynecological ward.
hope ive helped?

[katzwhiskaz]

Hi.
Thank you all for replying. I will make an appointment with my doctor just to be on the safe side.