Wow, I am glad I found this. Thank you all for sharing your experiences.
I am 60 years old in June of 24 and post menopause for 8 years. Never had any spotting. I am very active and fairly fit woman.
I had an epidural steroid shot for sacroiliac joint paint March of 2024. The shot gave me great relief from almost 3 years of pain. In about 4 weeks later I started having a heavy period with cramping. I had a full work up with mri, ultrasound, vaginal ultrasound and a second exam at the gyno. I do have an ovarian cyst and 3 small uterine fibroids. I am on low dose hrt for over 2 years. No bleeding on that ever.
My gyno did say that steroids can cause some post bleeding. My bleeding went from the end of April 24 until the last bleeding in September of 24. This was mostly every 2 weeks and finally the last 2 were 1 a month.
I am scheduled for a hysterectomy soon because this was such a discomfort and annoyance.
I think now it may have stopped but I still feel the cramping off and on.
I may need to have another injection at some point for the SI joint problem and do not want to experience this bleeding again.
I hope this is the right thing to do.