heavy bleeding on hormone replacement therapy?
I’ve been on PREMPRO (the lowest dose;.3mg/1.5mg) for about 3wks now and started bleeding lightly on Wed. until tonight in which I started bleeding heavy with fairly large clots. I’ve gone through two maxi pads in two hours and will probably fill a third. I should probably mention that I had uterine artery embolization done 4 months ago for fibroids. The last MRI showed they were dorment and not causing any problems. Should I be worried about this heavy bleeding?
I’m 42, so it’s not common for my age to have ovarian failure, but my hot flashes didn’t start until 3mos after my UAE, and I missed my period as well. I may get my periods back naturally, but I think this is estrogen induced by the horome pills.
It was over 60 days since my last real period.
Your right about UAE messing with periods, and I also heard hot flashes can be common right after UAE, so you may be OK. With me, I had 2 periods, then missed period, had hot flashes and an elavated FSH level of >50. Still in 3mos, I will go off HTR and see if I get my periods naturally. I hope everything works out for you and that your fibroids shrink and die. I wish you the best!
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I would call my IR and if he couldn’t answer follow up with the OB/GYN. Why are you on HRT so soon after UAE? Did it push you into ovarian failure? Only asking since I had mine done 12 days ago and seem to be having hot flashes and night sweats – I am over 45 and that’s a risk of the procedure I guess. Sounds like it helped your fibroids though. I was told that the first six months after UAE are rocky and can really mess with your cycle.