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Spotting Following Cortisone Injection

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I'm so grateful to find this thread.
I'm 56 and 3 years post menopause with no period in that time. I had a benign polyp removed 18months ago. On 4th December I had two steroid shots to ease a frozen shoulder. Woke up on the 19th December to what felt like a full blown period with cramps and headache. Straight to my doctor who immediately put me on an urgent cancer referral with yhe gynecologist at the hospital, I went into a full cancer melt down , all I needed just before Christmas, then I started to rationalise and think of possible things that could of caused this sudden (period) I googled whether a steroid injection could cause post menopausal bleeding and came across this and many other threads indicating that it is indeed possible.
My gynecologist appointment is the 31st December which I will absolutely still attend but this thread had allowed me a little more peace of mind over the Christmas period.

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Hi ,I just got my results from my biopsy back and it’s clear . My gynecologist said since this is the third time after a steroid shot in my back and multiple tests including a D&C that it could be caused from the steroid shots .
So in my option ,I think it’s worth having a period for a week to relieve the pain in my back . She has also put me on vaginal estrogen twice a week to be on the safe side . I have had so many operations including colon cancer so if I don’t have to have a hysterectomy I’ll take my chances . I hope that’s helped .? I still would like to know why it happens . The only answer I am getting is that a steroid shot is a hormone and it could be thinning out my uterus and causing it to act like a period . So if anyone out there knows why I would be grateful.☺️

Update!!!
Been to the gynecologist today who was very familiar with this being a side effect of the steroid injection in fact said I was about the fourth case he had seen in recent months , I had an internal scan and all fine with my ovaries but the lining of my womb was ever so slightly thicker than it should be so he's taken a biopsy just to be sure. He's discharged me from the cancer pathway and is happy that my bleeding was caused by the steroid injection. Feeling relieved but a little angry I wasn't warned of this as because my frozen shoulder was improving on its own and manageable I probably would of declined the injection and saved myself all this worry and hassle over Christmas.