Bell99
03-17-2005, 06:00 PM
I had a period 9 days ago. It was pretty normal . I have been done with my period since the 11th, today being the 17th. I have brown discharge? I noticed it after going to the bathroom. With this some slight cramping. I just had my Pap last week. I read that the blood turns brown when deprived of oxygen and if it is still in the uterus this can cause brown discharge?
Anyone else had this happen? I am sick to death of going to Dr.'s
I go on the 22nd because they want to make sure I don't have fibroids!
I went in with a slew of peri symptoms and she said lets rule out fibroids first!
Any help or advice would be great
Thanks in Advance.
Anyone else had this happen? I am sick to death of going to Dr.'s
I go on the 22nd because they want to make sure I don't have fibroids!
I went in with a slew of peri symptoms and she said lets rule out fibroids first!
Any help or advice would be great
Thanks in Advance.
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Veronicaberry
03-17-2005, 06:09 PM
I had that before and it was an ectopic pregnancy and is life threatening. Brownish discharge and cramping that comes and go...you should be in the emergency room. Eventually the cramps will get so bad you will double over with an ectopic but your fallopain tube can explode. please get to the doctor asap.
Bell99
03-17-2005, 06:23 PM
I had that before and it was an ectopic pregnancy and is life threatening. Brownish discharge and cramping that comes and go...you should be in the emergency room. Eventually the cramps will get so bad you will double over with an ectopic but your fallopain tube can explode. please get to the doctor asap.
I just had a period AND my husband had a Vasectomy two years ago???
I just had a period AND my husband had a Vasectomy two years ago???
Veronicaberry
03-17-2005, 06:55 PM
i can only say thats what happened to me. I guess you are safe to wait to see your doctor.
Bell99
03-17-2005, 06:57 PM
Hubby has NO sperm. I have had a host of perimenopause symptoms for two years now. Dr.'s keep telling me I'm too young (almost 42) I think not.
We'll see what this Ultra sound turns up next week. If it's not fibroids then we check hormone levels.
We'll see what this Ultra sound turns up next week. If it's not fibroids then we check hormone levels.
Veronicaberry
03-17-2005, 07:25 PM
I dont think 42 is too young, im 39 and convinced its partly making me suicidal. My periods went from 5 days to 2 days long.
Bell99
03-17-2005, 07:41 PM
I dont think 42 is too young, im 39 and convinced its partly making me suicidal. My periods went from 5 days to 2 days long.
Mine are all over the place. Some heavy some light. I have had them 10 days apart. Now I have been done for about a week and it feels like it's coming back.
Once they rule out fibroids I hope to get my hormone levels checked.
I have the Rapid HB so bad I have to take beta blockers
Not sleeping
Depression
Mood Swings
Irregular Periods
Sore muscles
migraines
Aniexty beyond belief to the point it runs my life.
Sore breast
the list is endlist and all started about two years ago.
Sorry you too are having such a hard time. These boards are a great place to come together and feel understood. Lord knows the Doctors don't get us!!
Mine are all over the place. Some heavy some light. I have had them 10 days apart. Now I have been done for about a week and it feels like it's coming back.
Once they rule out fibroids I hope to get my hormone levels checked.
I have the Rapid HB so bad I have to take beta blockers
Not sleeping
Depression
Mood Swings
Irregular Periods
Sore muscles
migraines
Aniexty beyond belief to the point it runs my life.
Sore breast
the list is endlist and all started about two years ago.
Sorry you too are having such a hard time. These boards are a great place to come together and feel understood. Lord knows the Doctors don't get us!!
browneyedsusie
03-17-2005, 08:31 PM
Hi Belle
Sorry I have not checked in to see how your app't went. As you know its March break and I have one very sick little girl. She has run a fever since Sat and now is throwing up . Her urine shows ketones and yet they sent me home with her and her mouth is so dry and pasty.
I would not worry about your discharge to much...check with your doctor but I know sometimes my periods are just that. One day bleeding and the rest a brownish discharge. I know my teenager is just starting with raging hormones and that is how her cycles are light and a day or two of brownish. Doctor said this is hormones trying to build up so in us....there winding down. Hope your app't went ok.....Lesley
Sorry I have not checked in to see how your app't went. As you know its March break and I have one very sick little girl. She has run a fever since Sat and now is throwing up . Her urine shows ketones and yet they sent me home with her and her mouth is so dry and pasty.
I would not worry about your discharge to much...check with your doctor but I know sometimes my periods are just that. One day bleeding and the rest a brownish discharge. I know my teenager is just starting with raging hormones and that is how her cycles are light and a day or two of brownish. Doctor said this is hormones trying to build up so in us....there winding down. Hope your app't went ok.....Lesley
Veronicaberry
03-17-2005, 08:49 PM
bell im not sure if youre thyroid has been checked but you might want to explore that as well.
Bell99
03-17-2005, 08:49 PM
Sorry about your daughter. Nothing is worse than when your kids get sick.
Sounds terrible. Is it a UTI? My daughter had one when she was 4 and ran a real high fever for two weeks before they figured out what was wrong.
Thanks for the words of encouragement. Seems like everytime I start to feel somewhat normal another strange symptom happens.
I just had a Pap last Friday. I asked for the hormone work and she wants to rule out fibroids first as I'm sure you read.
It was like one Major brown discharge and it only happened once Knock On Wood. My period has been over since last Thursday so why now is beyond me.
I hope your daughter gets on the upswing. Spring break starts Monday here and I pray mine stay healthy. It has been a terrible year for illness. We spent over 300 one month in medical alone.
PS one trick I do when my kids get dehydrated is give them those pedapop freezer pops. They won't drink the drink but will eat the icy?
Good Luck xo
Sounds terrible. Is it a UTI? My daughter had one when she was 4 and ran a real high fever for two weeks before they figured out what was wrong.
Thanks for the words of encouragement. Seems like everytime I start to feel somewhat normal another strange symptom happens.
I just had a Pap last Friday. I asked for the hormone work and she wants to rule out fibroids first as I'm sure you read.
It was like one Major brown discharge and it only happened once Knock On Wood. My period has been over since last Thursday so why now is beyond me.
I hope your daughter gets on the upswing. Spring break starts Monday here and I pray mine stay healthy. It has been a terrible year for illness. We spent over 300 one month in medical alone.
PS one trick I do when my kids get dehydrated is give them those pedapop freezer pops. They won't drink the drink but will eat the icy?
Good Luck xo
Veronicaberry
03-17-2005, 08:50 PM
Venture to the thyroid board bell you will see your symptoms are like many others over there.
Bell99
03-17-2005, 08:51 PM
bell im not sure if youre thyroid has been checked but you might want to explore that as well.
Yep they checked it and it too was normal?
Yep they checked it and it too was normal?
kittenlover
03-18-2005, 11:51 AM
It is very normal to have brownish discharge. As was posted, early on when we start, our hormones are learning what to do and later on, they are fading...it is puberty in reverse, LOL.
I have had the brownish discharge as well. I als have had it where I think my period is done...5-7 days and day 8 nothing, and later that day, slight cramping...day 9 brownish discharge...by day 10 all is over. I've never been told there is anything wrong. My gyn wanted to put me on BC pills to regulate my period (she thinks I shouldn't have to go more than 5 days with a period), but this is just the natural course our bodies take.
Some months will be like this, others will be slightly different....don't let it upset you too much...
Best to you.
I have had the brownish discharge as well. I als have had it where I think my period is done...5-7 days and day 8 nothing, and later that day, slight cramping...day 9 brownish discharge...by day 10 all is over. I've never been told there is anything wrong. My gyn wanted to put me on BC pills to regulate my period (she thinks I shouldn't have to go more than 5 days with a period), but this is just the natural course our bodies take.
Some months will be like this, others will be slightly different....don't let it upset you too much...
Best to you.
Bell99
03-18-2005, 12:00 PM
Thanks Kittenlover, what a relief!! Like I posted above I read if there is blood left in the Uterus and it is oxygen deprived they say it turns brown?
What I don't understand is why the Doctors Dismiss all this as Perimenopause?
I am starting to feel like a human pin cousion. How old are you if you don't mind me asking? When did this start for you? My periods have just started to changed this year. :wave: Again thanks for putting my mind at ease, Lord knows I have enough Aniexy to deal with as it is.
What I don't understand is why the Doctors Dismiss all this as Perimenopause?
I am starting to feel like a human pin cousion. How old are you if you don't mind me asking? When did this start for you? My periods have just started to changed this year. :wave: Again thanks for putting my mind at ease, Lord knows I have enough Aniexy to deal with as it is.
molly123
03-18-2005, 01:27 PM
Hi Bell,
The brownish discharge is very common. I remember several other ladies having the same thing. I believe it was posted on this board before. And, you probably don't have fibroids - I think drs. are just trying to rule things out - but they don't realize they did end scaring you half to death half of the time. You are most definitely old enough to be going thru peri-meno...you may not be in menopause yet but you're heading that way. Don't get yourself worked up and worry - you don't need anxiety!
molly
The brownish discharge is very common. I remember several other ladies having the same thing. I believe it was posted on this board before. And, you probably don't have fibroids - I think drs. are just trying to rule things out - but they don't realize they did end scaring you half to death half of the time. You are most definitely old enough to be going thru peri-meno...you may not be in menopause yet but you're heading that way. Don't get yourself worked up and worry - you don't need anxiety!
molly
rmc12
03-18-2005, 01:58 PM
Bell,
I have had the brown discharge too more than a few times. Sometimes a week after my period has been gone. This happened more to me last year and the year before that. (I am 50 , soon to be 51). Anyway, the gyn told me it is "old blood" and that sometimes it happens in Perimenopause that one will have that as it did not all "come out" with your period.
I do understand the anxiety about that and the anxiety that you list as one of your peri symptoms as right now that is the most major one for me. I am fretting over every little symptom and can work myself up to where even my palms get clammy feeling as I get myself so worked up. I hate it. so I do empathize with your anxiousness.
You mentioned an ultrasound to look for fibroids. I had a pelvic ultrasound and transvaginal ultrasound in late Oct. right after my pap. My pap came back fine but the endometrial lining was a bit thick and she wanted to look at that. It was normal and everything was fine. But believe me , and others can testify on this board, I was a wreck about that (but that is pretty much me these days anyway unfortunately : a wreck!!) The ultrasound is very simple.
anyway, I hope this helps you.
Take care,
rmc
I have had the brown discharge too more than a few times. Sometimes a week after my period has been gone. This happened more to me last year and the year before that. (I am 50 , soon to be 51). Anyway, the gyn told me it is "old blood" and that sometimes it happens in Perimenopause that one will have that as it did not all "come out" with your period.
I do understand the anxiety about that and the anxiety that you list as one of your peri symptoms as right now that is the most major one for me. I am fretting over every little symptom and can work myself up to where even my palms get clammy feeling as I get myself so worked up. I hate it. so I do empathize with your anxiousness.
You mentioned an ultrasound to look for fibroids. I had a pelvic ultrasound and transvaginal ultrasound in late Oct. right after my pap. My pap came back fine but the endometrial lining was a bit thick and she wanted to look at that. It was normal and everything was fine. But believe me , and others can testify on this board, I was a wreck about that (but that is pretty much me these days anyway unfortunately : a wreck!!) The ultrasound is very simple.
anyway, I hope this helps you.
Take care,
rmc
Bell99
03-18-2005, 02:38 PM
Thanks rmc12 Yes the worry is killing me! I use to be so care free until a few years ago.
I go Tuesday for the Ultra Sound and of course all that goes through my mind is Tumor, Cancer or worse!
Last year she said my Uterus was at 14 and she said it was the same thing exam and that was a good sign that it didn't get larger.
I have had both types of Ultra Sounds. I have to drink 32 ounces of water that should be fun as my blatter is the size of a pea!
Right after the US I go see the Dr. I hope it's not one of those where the Tech. won't tell you anything and you try to read the expression on their face.
It's confusing as lots of the symptoms sound thyroid as well as perimenopausal? Thanks for the calm words and support. At least we all know we are not alone :wave:
I go Tuesday for the Ultra Sound and of course all that goes through my mind is Tumor, Cancer or worse!
Last year she said my Uterus was at 14 and she said it was the same thing exam and that was a good sign that it didn't get larger.
I have had both types of Ultra Sounds. I have to drink 32 ounces of water that should be fun as my blatter is the size of a pea!
Right after the US I go see the Dr. I hope it's not one of those where the Tech. won't tell you anything and you try to read the expression on their face.
It's confusing as lots of the symptoms sound thyroid as well as perimenopausal? Thanks for the calm words and support. At least we all know we are not alone :wave:
kittenlover
03-18-2005, 09:00 PM
Thanks Kittenlover, what a relief!! Like I posted above I read if there is blood left in the Uterus and it is oxygen deprived they say it turns brown?
What I don't understand is why the Doctors Dismiss all this as Perimenopause?
I am starting to feel like a human pin cousion. How old are you if you don't mind me asking? When did this start for you? My periods have just started to changed this year. :wave: Again thanks for putting my mind at ease, Lord knows I have enough Aniexy to deal with as it is.
Bell99, I am 47...will be 48 in May.
I had more night sweats in my mid-30's than I do now!! I actually freaked that I had leukemia or hodgkins disease because when I'd mention to a doc that I had night sweats, they just wouldn't say anything about perimenopause.
I had SEVERE anxiety when I hit my early 40's that lasted a few years...then went away as quickly as it came.
The brown discharge has come and gone on and off since I was 40. I remember a girlfriend asking me if I had this as she was freaked out...so it is very common.
I think how quickly our uterine lining sloughs out monthly begins to slow down, too much hormonal miscommunication--so there is always a little left occasionally.
I would not worry about any exams a doctor suggests. There can be quite a few reasons...anything from seeing someone anxious and wanting to put them at ease by reassuring them their test results are fine, to racking up extra $$$ because they have a willing patient.
Personally, I would be thrilled to have an ultrasound annually because I am neurotically worried about ovarian cancer.
I am sure you will be fine.
If they find fibroids, these too are VERY, VERY common. They are not cancerous...they are just fibrous masses that grow in the pelvic area. They like hormones and many women who have them find that if they leave them alone, after menopause, they shrink and disappear. Some fibroids can cause symptoms and that is usually when a doctor will want to deal with them.
Relax...enjoy the ride....it seems this is a long one
What I don't understand is why the Doctors Dismiss all this as Perimenopause?
I am starting to feel like a human pin cousion. How old are you if you don't mind me asking? When did this start for you? My periods have just started to changed this year. :wave: Again thanks for putting my mind at ease, Lord knows I have enough Aniexy to deal with as it is.
Bell99, I am 47...will be 48 in May.
I had more night sweats in my mid-30's than I do now!! I actually freaked that I had leukemia or hodgkins disease because when I'd mention to a doc that I had night sweats, they just wouldn't say anything about perimenopause.
I had SEVERE anxiety when I hit my early 40's that lasted a few years...then went away as quickly as it came.
The brown discharge has come and gone on and off since I was 40. I remember a girlfriend asking me if I had this as she was freaked out...so it is very common.
I think how quickly our uterine lining sloughs out monthly begins to slow down, too much hormonal miscommunication--so there is always a little left occasionally.
I would not worry about any exams a doctor suggests. There can be quite a few reasons...anything from seeing someone anxious and wanting to put them at ease by reassuring them their test results are fine, to racking up extra $$$ because they have a willing patient.
Personally, I would be thrilled to have an ultrasound annually because I am neurotically worried about ovarian cancer.
I am sure you will be fine.
If they find fibroids, these too are VERY, VERY common. They are not cancerous...they are just fibrous masses that grow in the pelvic area. They like hormones and many women who have them find that if they leave them alone, after menopause, they shrink and disappear. Some fibroids can cause symptoms and that is usually when a doctor will want to deal with them.
Relax...enjoy the ride....it seems this is a long one
Bell99
03-18-2005, 09:45 PM
Thanks Kittenlover. I was about ready to add to this post because I have had terrible cramps on and off for two day?? I am not enjoying this ride but I am trying to accept it as a right of passage of sorts.
I worry about cancer all the time too. I have had two "abnormal" paps in my life time so that fear has been instilled. Breast Cancer scares me to death too.
Along with all the other lovely changes breast soreness is right up there.
Have you had cramps after your period? I wouldn't worry but it seems odd since I had my period on the 11th? Lord Give us all strength.
The anixety is awful for me too! I had a racing HR for months so they put me on a anixety med and beta blocker but yep, I still worry. Mostly health realted. Any Ache or pain sets me into "what if" land. For some reason I always invisioned being much older when all this started?
I worry about cancer all the time too. I have had two "abnormal" paps in my life time so that fear has been instilled. Breast Cancer scares me to death too.
Along with all the other lovely changes breast soreness is right up there.
Have you had cramps after your period? I wouldn't worry but it seems odd since I had my period on the 11th? Lord Give us all strength.
The anixety is awful for me too! I had a racing HR for months so they put me on a anixety med and beta blocker but yep, I still worry. Mostly health realted. Any Ache or pain sets me into "what if" land. For some reason I always invisioned being much older when all this started?
Moxie75
03-19-2005, 09:01 AM
This is too much of a coincidence. I came to this board today because I had my period 3/1 thru 3/7 and now I got it again today light brownish. I got scared because the last time I went to see my gyn she said let me know if you get your periods more than once in a month. I did tell her that has happened maybe 3 other times to me but that it's too far and few in between. I'm not sure why she would be alarmed by this since I am 46. I guess I am peri-menapause but I do not have alot of the sypmtoms I read here. Memory loss is the only one and I chalked that up to age..Lisa :wave:
Bell99
03-19-2005, 10:02 AM
Moxie- I really don't know what I would do without these boards!!
I thought I was losing my mind!!!
I have just started with the irregular periods over the last few months (almost 42). In all my years I have never had brown discharge?
I go Tuesday for my Ultra Sound. I will post on what they find. If it isn't fibroids, which I pray it isn't then it's most likely peri :confused:
I thought I was losing my mind!!!
I have just started with the irregular periods over the last few months (almost 42). In all my years I have never had brown discharge?
I go Tuesday for my Ultra Sound. I will post on what they find. If it isn't fibroids, which I pray it isn't then it's most likely peri :confused:
kittenlover
03-19-2005, 10:55 AM
Remember that even if they tell you you have fibroids, they are VERY common. I forget the percentage, but something like 75-88% of all women have them. They say if they don't cause symptoms, don't do anything with them.
All cancers are scary, but most breast cancers rarely hurt, so if your breasts hurt, that just means your hormones ;)
As for health worries, I am beginning to realize that this must all be hormonal or something. Maybe at this time in our life we are so aware of the changes that we are not used to dealing with it all.
As for abnormal pap smears...this can occur for many reasons....yeast infections, lab unsure, natural changes that correct themselves....Also, even if it is worst case with cervical cancer...it is a slow growing cancer so going regularly would prevent anything bad from happening. Most abnormal readings are due to the pappiloma(sp?) virus, so make sure they check for it and treat it.
42 is NOT too young to begin this ride. Some women breeze through it while others notice more symptoms. There is no wrong or right way of going through it and from year to year you will notice different things too. Some of the symptoms will go away and lovely new ones will appear.
I think 42 was the hardest for me...I had my anxiety issues around that time but thankfully that has passed (hpefully never to visit me again!)
If you and your mom are close, you might ask her when she went through menopause; they say it is likely it will be the same age for the daughters.
It is scary. When I notice a new symptom now, I try to take deep breaths, I come here and read that others have had them, I ask my DH for a big, warm hug and I tell myself that thousands of women have gone this path before me and come out the other side .....happy trails!!
All cancers are scary, but most breast cancers rarely hurt, so if your breasts hurt, that just means your hormones ;)
As for health worries, I am beginning to realize that this must all be hormonal or something. Maybe at this time in our life we are so aware of the changes that we are not used to dealing with it all.
As for abnormal pap smears...this can occur for many reasons....yeast infections, lab unsure, natural changes that correct themselves....Also, even if it is worst case with cervical cancer...it is a slow growing cancer so going regularly would prevent anything bad from happening. Most abnormal readings are due to the pappiloma(sp?) virus, so make sure they check for it and treat it.
42 is NOT too young to begin this ride. Some women breeze through it while others notice more symptoms. There is no wrong or right way of going through it and from year to year you will notice different things too. Some of the symptoms will go away and lovely new ones will appear.
I think 42 was the hardest for me...I had my anxiety issues around that time but thankfully that has passed (hpefully never to visit me again!)
If you and your mom are close, you might ask her when she went through menopause; they say it is likely it will be the same age for the daughters.
It is scary. When I notice a new symptom now, I try to take deep breaths, I come here and read that others have had them, I ask my DH for a big, warm hug and I tell myself that thousands of women have gone this path before me and come out the other side .....happy trails!!
rmc12
03-19-2005, 02:13 PM
Hi,
Kittenloveri is so right about the anxiety ...it is the hardest thing for me and I hope it goes away. Deep breaths do help and hugs too!! But I just hate that I obsess over every little twinge or change, that I knowi s hormonal and certainly have read enough posts to see others go thru the same.
I think Kittenlover, that it is true we must be more aware or focus on it all at this time. I had a very bad bout of the anxieties last year around this time, only to have it revisit me again this year. I am trying to rise above it, some days more successfully than others.
Bell, fibroids are as Kittenlover said very common and my cousin had them in her 40s and they were gone by later 40s and into her early 50s. If they are not causing problems, they do just diiminish.
The brownish discharge although scary to see for the first time, I know, is common and part of all the changes in our cycle. I believe I started seeing it on and off in my mid 40s. At that point I had that and then some left sided head aches before each period, like a sinus headache but just on one side. I was very upset about those then but never at all jumped to conclusons that I had a brain tumor or anything...NOW if I get gas or some extra pelvic twinges I am all on that like I have something awful!! It is not good to do and I know it but I sometimes cannot put the anxiety aside. xanax does help me when I am in that mode and also knowing others on here obsess about these things too as I do.
Hope you all are doing well today.
rmc
Kittenloveri is so right about the anxiety ...it is the hardest thing for me and I hope it goes away. Deep breaths do help and hugs too!! But I just hate that I obsess over every little twinge or change, that I knowi s hormonal and certainly have read enough posts to see others go thru the same.
I think Kittenlover, that it is true we must be more aware or focus on it all at this time. I had a very bad bout of the anxieties last year around this time, only to have it revisit me again this year. I am trying to rise above it, some days more successfully than others.
Bell, fibroids are as Kittenlover said very common and my cousin had them in her 40s and they were gone by later 40s and into her early 50s. If they are not causing problems, they do just diiminish.
The brownish discharge although scary to see for the first time, I know, is common and part of all the changes in our cycle. I believe I started seeing it on and off in my mid 40s. At that point I had that and then some left sided head aches before each period, like a sinus headache but just on one side. I was very upset about those then but never at all jumped to conclusons that I had a brain tumor or anything...NOW if I get gas or some extra pelvic twinges I am all on that like I have something awful!! It is not good to do and I know it but I sometimes cannot put the anxiety aside. xanax does help me when I am in that mode and also knowing others on here obsess about these things too as I do.
Hope you all are doing well today.
rmc