Hi everyone. I am 45. I know I have functional ovarian cysts off and on. I never experienced much pain with my periods, very rarely. Since being in peri, some months my periods are extremely painful, ( hip pain, thigh pain, low back and pelvis).to the point of having to stay in bed with a heating pad. It can last anywhere from 12-48 hours. And then I'm fine. A few months ago I'm almost positive I had a cyst burst. All the classic symptoms. I do have the occasional brown spotting before and after my period. And I know that is common in peri after reading lots of posts on here. But this month, my period lasted for 10 days...mostly spotting the last few. Then 10 days later I started having dark brown discharge. All brown, some clots, some thing that looks like tissue. I had a really sharp burst of pain that shot up my left side on day 2. I am having hip pain and low back pain on that side. I am on day 4 and it's just light still brown spotting. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Endo? Chocolate cyst? Any info is appreciated. ((Hugs for everyone going through this stuff))
Hello.
My last period I had bad pain in my right hip, right lower back & sacrum & right buttock. The pain went away when my period stopped.
That period also started with 3 days of bright red blood but only when I wiped, none on my pantiliner. Then 2 days of heavier bleeding then spotted bright red on day 6, nothing on day 7 then bright red spotting on day 8. It was an eight day period. I've never had an eight day period before, not even in puberty.
I have cysts occasionally on my right ovary. When they burst it is so painful!
Before this period I would have brown spotting.
This whole peri thing is so stressful. I have many other symptoms that are distressing and can be debilitating.
I hope that you feel better soon.
Take care everybody.
Thank you for the reply. It really helps with my anxiety. Now that the brown spotting seems to be getting lighter, I feel like I am going to start my regular period soon. My normal 28 day cycle should have started in about 4 days. Hopefully my hip pain will go away too.