Post Menopausal vaginal bleeding causes?

@kkathysan Such good news! Like you I can't say I took very good care of my body pre-cancer and that was certainly a wake-up call. I hope you will keep up with what you are doing for yourself. My weight fluctuates and as soon as I add a few pounds I get myself back to the plant-based diet recommended by my doctors.

How often do you return for your follow-up physical appointments? Every 6 months?

Yes Plant based is the key!! Not necessarily easy for me bc I like meat & carbs & sweets, but no more for me! I am scheduled for a 3 month check up in January and then I guess we will see. They’ll probably want to do cancer markers every 6 months and scans annually I would think. I don’t know for sure. I am just thrilled to get the surgery behind me! How long have you been on the Plant based diet? It’s fairly new to me so I am learning and striving very hard to stick with it diligently. God is good ALL the time!

@kkathysan I've been following this plant-based diet for about 5 years now. I must admit I do vary from it at times particularly when I'm away from home. I do eat meat which mostly consists of roasted chicken and I eat fish. Salmon has always been my favorite fish and so it is easy for me to get salmon into my diet at least twice a week. Tonight I roasted a chicken with root vegetables and we have lots of left overs. I like carbs and sweets too so it's a challenge for me to stay away from those. The nutritionist told me that it's unrealistic to expect to be 100% compliant with this diet. If I do 80% compliant with the other 20% not-so compliant such as an occasional piece of cake I can make sure I eat a small handful of nuts with the cake and then I'm doing good.

I decided to keep track of my nutrients with My Fitness Pal. I use the paid version and once I figured it out it's easy to use. Then I can keep better track of my nutrients every day. Since I link My Fitness Pal with my Apple Watch I can also track my exercise. I find all this digital stuff very motivating.

By the way I love broccoli. When I started doing the plant based diet I began to have diarrhea and I was worried that I had a new primary cancer or a recurrence. Nope. Too much broccoli means too much of that fiber for me! I still eat broccoli but not as often.

What have you found you like in your new diet that keeps you motivated?

@naturegirl5 That kind of sounds like my diet. I started out doing a lot of Juicing with Green veggies, Kale, spinach etc lemon, Apple & ginger in it. Then eating only raw veggies, big salads with legumes & nuts. No bread, or eggs, or sugar and processed foods. I lost interest in that after about 8 weeks but the lbs really fell off and my bloodwork proved it was very healthy. I have since incorporated some eggs but no more than twice a week, fish, salmon and shrimp and chicken. I’ve never been a big beef and pork eater anyways so I don’t really miss that. But I don’t eat chicken and fish everyday either. My problem is, my nutritionist has me on a gluten free, dairy free, soy free, peanuts, limited fruit, bc my glucose rises easily. I’m pre-diabetic, and have some intolerance to egg whites, wheat, dairy, and garbonzo beans of all things, according to her test. So as you can see, it’s been a learning process. I guess what keeps me motivated is seeing the lbs drop when I get on the scales! LOL I know I will have to continue this diet in some form the rest of my life, but it is a learning process for me right now! I kind of do intermittent fasting in the mornings as well because I’m never hungry in the morning so maybe that helps that I only have to worry about two meals a day. 😊 I do miss certain things like cheese, cottage cheese, fruit, other than berries I’m allowed to have. Sandwiches but hey, I guess I have eaten enough of those in my lifetime.

My Nutritionist did say enjoy eating everything at Christmas and then get back on track! Which is what I did at Thanksgiving and it was great! 😂

Thanks for the info, back to my supplements now. God’s Blessings to you and your family this Christmas!

endometrial hyperplasia

I recently had an ultrasound done and the uterus lining is thick so I am seeing an obgyn my primary care dr recommends. will then have a biopsy done at the hospital. I am 76 and the lining should be very thin. googling I found some information about hormone progestin being a treatment med for endometrial hyperplasia.

also I have been asking for progesterone many years and former nurse practitioner denied me it and gave me estrogen which too much of it can cause the thickening of the uterus lining. I can't trust any medical people or the fact that I consider myself as being a victim of bad doctoring.

in New Mexico there is a shortage of doctors in the thousands. it's nationwide. why one might ask.

endometrial hyperplasia

@kforrest I am sorry to hear about this. Are you having any bleeding or UTI Symptoms? Feeling like I had a UTI was my initial symptom which followed with heaving bleeding. I pray your biopsy does not turn out to be cancer. My sister was having the UTI symptoms and was concerned after my cancer diagnosis so went to her GYN to get checked out. She also has the thickening of her uterus but her biopsy came back negative for cancer thank God. Hopefully yours will be the same with no cancer. I wish the Drs. Would be more proactive with this issue. I had never even heard of it until I ended up with cancer. I’m afraid most Drs. are more reactive than preventive in these issues. It should be required that our Estrogen and progesterone levels are checked as we age. Instead at 65 they say you don’t need a Pap smear anymore. Strange! Praying for you that you may have a good outcome. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻