Period started again after 12 years and endometrial ablation.

@amynan5548

Hello and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Those of us in the Connect community aren’t medical professionals but we are able to draw on our experiences to help answer questions.

Having a period re-appear after 15 years would be a shocker. I’m sure that was an unexpected surprise for you! I wouldn’t even have anything on hand for that occasion anymore. I’d have to rummage through drawers in my daughter’s old room or old purses in hopes of finding a pad. LOL

When is the last time you’ve seen your gynecologist? Are you having cramps too?
Honestly, if that were me, I’d be making a phone call for an appointment. Just for peace of mind. Anytime we have a radical change in our bodily functions is worth a look-see.

I am going through the bleeding after 12 years of an ablation and it’s continuing to get worse and last longer than usual so I’m hoping to have some relief soon!

@xrayxjay9812 Have you made an appointment with your gynecologist? What is your age? If you are perimenopausal then this is indeed worrisome. If you are postmenopausal then bleeding isn’t normal and you should get in to see your gynecologist as soon as you can.

I have and I'm 38 as of February but my bleeding seems to vanish Everytime I see my Doctor , kinda like when you take your car to the mechanic and it doesn't do that thing ya know?

Thanks for your input. It's actually a bit of a story. I just turned 50 two weeks ago and I'm dealing with several things. Other than a few small issues I've always been healthy. In January I started having shortness of breath and lightheadedness on exertion. At first only doing stairs or with activity. Within a few weeks it was with very little exertion. Around the same time I began to have uti symptoms. Have had several in my life. Frequency, burning, urgency, and gradually not emptying bladder and difficulty starting to go altogether. My primary care doctor referred me to a Nephrologist, Urologist, Pulmonologist, and a Cardiologist. All of this do to scheduling happening over the course of about 8 weeks. So far 4 specialist in and lots of tests done and very little info collected. It doesn't appear to be lung related, and we are still pending a few test results for cardiology. Waiting to have an Echo Doppler this week and possibly a heart catheterization afterwards. Nothing definitive at all. Only other symptom has been elevated heart rate. Kidney doctor doesn't think it's my kidneys, not sure why there is protein in my urine. Urologist initially said possible Interstitial Cystitis, now seems to be leaning towards overactive bladder. Still have ultrasound and scope with possible biopsy in process. All of this combined has me basically home bound. I used to take care of an elderly man with poor health 3 days a week but haven't been able to since third week in March. At the moment I'm very frustrated but understand the doctors are trying. Just met with the Cardiologist last week, very nice guy but obviously right out of school. He cut my blood pressure meds from 20 to 10 milligrams after hearing that I changed my ways and lost 70lbs since Christmas. Having me wear a Holter Monitor over the weekend and check my blood pressure 3 times a day for two weeks. FYI, am keeping track of blood pressure and heart rate over past year to compare. BP has been controlled with meds and consistently has been normal through out the year. Only difference I can see is my hear rate has traditionally run about 75-80. Since this fiasco has begun it tends to stay between 110-125. Keeping all of that confusion in mind on Friday late afternoon my period started up again. Adding yet another chapter to this already too complicated saga. Aside from a mid grade headache that I woke up with Friday morning and is still lingering no other new symptoms. Considered going to the ER, both friend and mother thought I should to rule out possible bleeding from a fibroid or even bladder cancer, all a guessing game at this point. I considered it but felt that as long as it wasn't excessive bleeding, no temperature and no new or increasing pain I was probably ok. Thus far it has been a normal period with no additional side effects. Too late to make a long story short, but that's where I am. Any ideas or suggestions you may have are welcome. I'm kind of at a loss right now. Thanks for reading this!