Flooding :(

Women's health
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Hi ladies,

I finishes HRT at the end of January and I also have fibroids hence the reason I had to stop the HRT.  My problem now seems to be flooding......and my goodness with a vengence!!   When I was on the HRT my periods were quite light and short.  Well I got my period yesterday and was fairly light, but today I'm the total opposite.  I went to town and had to return back to the car as quick as possible as I felt like I was peeing my pants!!!  Sounds funny but it's really not!!

My question is to you lovely ladies.......is there anything I can take to hep with this flooding?  Fortunately, I'm off work this week but God help me if I was at work and trying to deal with this!!  Please tell me there is something out there that will help??

Shaznay my lovely friend.....you sent me a long reply on another post and I'm damned if I can find the post!!  Got fog brain at present too, but thank you for the reply you always make me smile :-)

Elaine (aka Dave &#160

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Hi, 

I had exactly the same problem.

I had fibroids removed, the problem with flooding got better. The fibroids returned, the flooding got worse - I ended up bleeding very heavily, every day for 18 months. I was wearing huge maternity pads or huge night time pads - neither were enough. 

You get extra build up each month on the fibroids as well as the uterus lining, so it increases the amount you shed during a period - also, you can be shedding at the same time as the next lot is building up - so you can have continual bleeds (not always but it's quite common)

I could stand it no more (like you, going out was a nightmare)

Even though I cannot work due to other medical conditions, it would have been nice to get out of the house occasionally!

My solution was to have a hysterectomy, even if the flooding was gotten under control, my unpredictable periods were distressing to say the least.

The relief was huge, I felt human again - until the sudden stronger menopause symptoms kicked in (I'd had hot sweats, and most of the rest for about 2 years previously)

The gynacologist did suggest a heat therapy to try first, I think they cauterise the offending b*****s, so that might be worth trying. I didn't want to try it, as it is a "temporary fix" - anything from a couple of months to nearly a year in some cases - but knowing my luck (lol) It would have only lasted a month, if that.

I know that a hysterectomy is drastic, but I had no choice, I was so depressed.

You need to speak to a gynacologist, there may be other solutions.

Take care

 

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Hi,

Thanks for your reply. Ive always been a bit gushy with my periods even when on HRT so not sure if its my fibroids or just peri? My fibroids are not that large compared to some ladies on here. My biggest is 5cm and the rest are small but multiple. I dont suffer with cramps or period pain either. I have a feeling it could be peri menopausal symptoms rather than the fibroids but i may be wrong! Once ive 'gushed' i then seem to dry up for the rest of the day. Its weird! It will probably do the same tomorrow and then my period stops after 3/4 days.

Oh the joys!!

Thanks again.

Elaine.

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Hi

Elaine i used to flood like that , i would not go out until day 5 of my period that lasted 7 days.

But once i turned 54 they became a bit  lighter and very erratic for example i would not have a period for 4 months then i would a period in the 5th month.

I bought a mooncup and used a pad and went out for short trips, the period was so heavy i spent every 20 minutes emptying the mooncup rinsing and putting back inside of me.

The mooncup became my friend but don,t need it anymore but i am 56 and still having spotting.

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Oh such fun!!!

Mine were a bit like that - All or nothing, I'd pad myself up and nothing for the next day, but then again, it would catch me out.

I'd got quite a large fibroid blocking the cervix, my doc tried to do a smear test and couldn't, that's how I found out I had them. The others were small according to the surgeon.

(thanks mum, I inherited the same problems)

I didn't have any cramps or pain either, just a bloated feeling.

xXx

 

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I dont feel bloated but my stomach is larger and more rounded! God i look 4/5 mths pregnant! I have gained weight since stopping HRT.

I keep hoping every month that i will miss a period. Im nearly 51 and still as regular as clockwork. When does it ever end?

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Hi lulu,

Id never heard of a mooncup before? Are they easy to insert and where did you get it from? Ive had my gush earlier and now dry and struggle to insert a tampon! Yet i could have done with a bucket when i was in town! Lol

Im coming back as a male next time!

Xxx

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it will end ..... eventually !!!

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Oh I had one of those, mine came from a health shop (i'd seen them on a programme about "green issues"wink

I used to use KY jelly to get a tampon in  after the gush - the same to get the mooncup in too.

Men have it toooooo easy

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mooncups available online

tried to put website on but won't let me

 

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Thanks for your help ladies. I will google mooncups.

Yes men have it very easy!

Xxx

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I use Ladys mantle its an herb tincture takes about 1-2 days but it stops the bleeding, do some research on it, i have been using it on and off for 2 years

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Thank you Sheri i will certainly research it. Anything to stop this flooding will be a godsend!

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Just google Mooncup, bought mine online 2008 just after i turned 50 can`t remember the site but i was having massive problems inserting the largest tampons so started using ky jelly, but the tampon would become soaked within an hour..

I think they sell them in boots the chemist or online, there are 2 sizes (a) (b) each is designed if you have had or have not had a baby.

 

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There is also Shepards Purse but have have had such good results with Ladys Mantle that i have not used anything else. I take the tincture with me if i am traveling as i never quite know when i might need it. I start using it when i notice spotting then take 30 drops in about a 1/2 of water or juice a day for 4 or 5 days and i have no bleeding.Yay i wish i had known about this many years ago, as i had horrible heavy bleeding and clots yuck. I have not been disappointed yet! I like that its plant based. You can do the 30 drops more than once a day to stop really heavy flowing.

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Sorry, about a 1/2 cup of water or juice :-)

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Elaine, love, you have my totally sympathy.  I go into a bit of panic mode when I'm heavy, planning how long the journey will be, where the nearest loo is etc etc.  Even sit on a towel in the car in case we get stuck in a traffic jam and I leak - yuck! Great ain't it?!!

Gutted for you having to stop with the HRT.  Have you had a history of fibroids?  I wonder if your GP will refer you to talk about having them removed?

My next sister up (aged 62, 7yrs on HRT) had similar symptoms when she was in her early 50s.  She had a procedure.........can't remember its medical name (uterine ablation??), which completely solved her excessive bleeding issue, and avoided the need for a hysterecomy.

I wonder if that's something you might suggest to your GP......just in case they don't mention it to you!

'Peeing my pants' - that feeling is so, so awful.  I'd been there so many times in my 30s/40s (always had a coil, so knew why).  Remember trying my best to plan holidays etc around periods so as to avoid this, and the need to buy up Boots the Chemist to take out with me!!   (Remember when we were in Orlando and our friend said to my husband "Blimey!  She in the Loo AGAIN!!!". Of course, his wife didn't have any probs in that department, but I think that really bought it home to me HOW much I bled during a period!!)

Ha, Ha, Ha, your ears must have been burning.  Had 2 sisters to Lunch today and one jokingly mentioned 'Dave's lovely ar*e'........I'm just envious he can walk better in heels than mesmile!

Emm, you're asking me to attempt to remember what I've rattled on about on here???  I can't even remember what I said 10 minutes ago!  You would have loved it today:  3 ol' birds 'attempting' to have a conversation. Me at 54, one at 62 and the other at 71.  Lost count of how many times we lost the thread, went off at a trangent, and said  'ehh' or 'emm':  and it was great as we all carried on like it was soooooo normal!!!lol

I'll have a look at my discussion threads to see what twaddle I'd sent you.

Sx

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Yep, I think the 'heat therapy'-thing you mention was what my sister had (uterine ablation?? Inflated balloon filled with scalding water that makes the lining (and fibroids) come away?? - Sorry, as you see, I'm no Gynae!!)

Sx

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I assume i should take it when i first start my period and not a few days before? Does it work immediately?

Sounds great thank you

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not according to my husband. When I moan about having periods, he always says 'You try shaving every day then!'  I know he's joking, as he doesn't even shave every day!

Can you imagine a man even considering something like a mooncup???!!