Spotting for a month! - Menopause Message Board

smvdelv · 03-01-2006, 07:56 AM

Help! I have posted here before. I am 48 years old and have always been very regular with my periods - 28 - 31 days. Two years ago, I went 6-7 weeks, but then got right back on track. I had a period this past December 1st, then NOTHING until January 27th when I started spotting. This lasted until February 3rd when I got a full blown period. Since then I have been spotting almost every day. Most days it is not much at all - a regular tampon would last all day and then some. And now, this morning, I just went to the bathroom and whoosh!!!! I am flowing pretty heavily! I feel fine otherwise, but I am so scared that it is cancer! I have a doctor's appointment for March 14th for my annual exam. Had a Pap and checkup a year ago and all was fine. Had a pelvic CT scan last February, too, and everything was normal. Can anyone put my mind at ease?

Johands333 · 03-01-2006, 03:36 PM

Smv,
I had this in January. I thought my period was starting early on Jan. 1st. It was due on Jan. 10. I've had some perimenopausal symptoms for 10 years which were mild. Then after a week of light bleeding I went into what seemed like a regular period. After that I went back to light bleeding. I went to my gyn who put me on Levlen. It stopped after about 3 days. I am 48, but I'll be 49 in April. Last week I had my first period after being on birth control and it was way more than I expected. I had lots of heavy bleeding and nasties coming out with the blood. I had cramps like I hadn't had for about 3 yrs. Now I'm back on the pill. I almost feel like if I hadn't been back on the pill that the light bleeding was going to continue. As for emotional stuff bringing this on, my brother gave me DVDs of all the old family movies and it had my dad on it that I hadn't seen for years. He died 21 yrs ago. So could it be that extreme emotions brought this on? Who knows. It's like my body has decided if I'm to go into menopause soon, it's gonna give every ounce of a period that I can muster up. LOL.