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Post Menopausal vaginal bleeding causes?

Posted by kkathysan @kkathysan, Aug 11, 2024

I am a 71 yr. Old women who is now having a heavy prolonged period again, approximately 20 yrs. After menopause. I also have pelvic pain like menstrual cramps! I am now waiting on a GYN appointment after the Urologist confirmed it is not my bladder causing the bleeding. UTI symptoms originally started this process, and has progressed to excessive bleeding and clots with the pelvic pain on the right side continuing. I realize this is not a good thing, but am reading only 10 % turns out to be cancerous. Hoping I can hear some encouragement of what else it might be that’s not cancer from anyone that has experienced this. I did have a reprieve yesterday as the bleeding stopped but today it has resumed again! Thanks for any help in understanding what might be happening with my body. Waiting of course is the worst part, and I can’t get into my GYN for 2 more weeks. Thanks again and God Bless!

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kforrest | @kforrest | Jan 11 12:16pm
In reply to @kkathysan "@kforrest I am sorry to hear about this. Are you having any bleeding or UTI Symptoms?..." + (show)
@kkathysan

@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. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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wow I so appreciate your response and yes I had a uti resistant bacteria. last check it is gone. the bleeding coincided with uti. more bleeding today bright red. I am 76. what are they doing for you?

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kkathysan | @kkathysan | Jan 11 12:38pm
In reply to @kforrest "wow I so appreciate your response and yes I had a uti resistant bacteria. last check..." + (show)
@kforrest

wow I so appreciate your response and yes I had a uti resistant bacteria. last check it is gone. the bleeding coincided with uti. more bleeding today bright red. I am 76. what are they doing for you?

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I had a radical hysterectomy on September 24th of last year. They got it all, which included a couple of lymph nodes. They checked 4 nodes, 2 had cells and the other two did not. I opted for bloodwork to check for circulating tumor cells and CT scans as a follow up along with a huge change in my diet to combat the root cause of the cancer. My first blood test came back with 0.00 Circulating tumor cells in my system, so I was thrilled with that. I just had my 3 month recheck with my oncologist yesterday and after the exam she said “Congratulations you are cancer free!” Music to my ears even though I had seen the results and knew it, it was good to hear it from her. 😊 They did more bloodwork yesterday which I won’t get the result of for about 3 weeks. Then I’ll have another CT in 6 months. I think after a year they move out the intervals of testing. I am grateful that she is following me with testing so we can know where I stand. I pray soon you will be looking in the rear view mirror and talking about your experience as a thing in the past too. It is scary I know, but know you have sisters on this site that will pray for you and listen with a clear understanding of what you are going through. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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beebe | @beebe | Jan 12 7:40am
In reply to @kforrest "in New Mexico there is a shortage of doctors in the thousands. it's nationwide. why one..." + (show)
@kforrest

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

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Medical degrees should be partially funded by the US government as to get a degree has gotten ridiculously expensive and is probably a big turn off to a lot of people who would otherwise pursue a medical degree. I also feel that kids in middle school and high school need to be exposed to the different jobs available in the medical field to help them positively dream towards a worthy future.

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