Post Menopause and bleeding

@amywood20- Hello. It's nice to meet you. After menopause, I think that part of our thinking process includes the thought, "Thank goodness that's over. I don't have to think of that again!" Many of us are greatly disappointed that that's often not the case. It can be just a sloughing off of tissue that has thinned a lot. I think that you are doing the best thing and that is to see an ob-gyn and see what he/she finds. You don't say when the last hormone was taken. Could it be that hormones are just trying to level off?

Hi Mary! I think it's been two years since my hormones were checked and that was due to being on bio-identical HRT, as they needed to be adjusted some. When I saw the OB/GYN last week they took blood to check them and I am just waiting for the results. It would be crazy if it is the sloughing off of tissue, as it's been six years of no periods, no birth control, etc. I had one OB/GYN (he retired) tell me it could be premature ovarian failure. That was five years ago. I think if the hormones come back indicating I am post menopause then a sonogram/ultrasound will be requested so the OB/GYN can see if there is something else causing it. Thanks for the response!

@amywood20- Hi Amy. I hope that they call you soon with the results. Did they do an internal? Please let us know what your results are and what they think might be the cause!

Mary - nothing internal yet. I think the doc thought the easiest and less expensive starting point was lab work.

My name is spelled Merry!

Sorry about the name error. My computer is wanting to autocorrect it and I haven't been paying attention to catch and change it.

@merpreb I have my hormone lab work back. When I asked the OB/GYN when she called if I was indeed post menopause she said it was "confusing." I see her again in three weeks in which she will take blood to run it again. I picked up a copy of the hormone results and will share them below.
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Luteinizing Hormone (LH), S = 15.1 mIU/mL. According to the reference range that has me in the ovulation phase.
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FSH, Serum = 35.5 mIU/mL. Reference range for it has me as being post menopausal.
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Estradiol <5.0 pg/mL. Reference range for it has me as being postmenopausal.
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So as you can see, two of the three hormones have me as post menopausal. I have no answers as to the bleeding and it's a wait and see if it happens again. After the next round of lab work if it comes back similar to this one, I will ask for some sort of imaging to be done.

@amywood20- I can't read lab reports and Connect discourages publishing anything personal like this. I'll ask @colleen do delete them. Connect is open to the public and it's more security for you.

Has your bleeding stopped? Did your doctor mention an internal?

@merpreb SORRY! I didn't realize I wasn't supposed to post the lab results. My bleeding lasted six days...which would be typical of a period. The OB/GYN didn't mention an internal during the brief call I had with her today. I think she wants to get one more round of testing done before going in that direction.

I've had fibroid tumors which caused pain and bleeding issues, but once surgery was done body went back to normal. My doctors advised me that menopause is when one is not bleeding for a year then about 5 years after that (still no bleeding) one is classified as post menopausal. Hope this is helpful.