unfuckingbelievable

[boxofdelights]

I haven't had a period in so long I don't remember whether it was December or January. I don't have to try to figure that out anymore because the fucking clock just fucking restarted.

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[em_h]

Yeah, happened to me last month -- first time since October, so I had really been starting to think it was done. Ha ha ha godamn.

[boxofdelights]

Time to be crones already. Wise elders. Vital to survival of species!

[isis]

I had about two years of quarterly periods before it quit for good. (It's been three years now.)

[boxofdelights]

The !!! part is that I'm fifty-five. You're about ten years younger, I think?

[isis]

I wish! I am also 55.

[bibliofile]

I'm 56 and technically menopausal, so I think you're both well within the range of normal. (If I bleed now, I go to the doctor to get it checked out, but I'm only a couple of years ahead of you in the process.)

[loligo]

Ugh, lady hormones, such a hassle!

[enemyofperfect]

Sincere sympathies!

[seascribble]

Hell. Could be worse, though, you could be my mum who at about 48 just started bleeding and only stopped for a few days at a time. They burnt up the inside of her uterus then took it out.

[silveradept]

Ugh. Much sympathy for unexpected visitors.

[notasupervillain]

Noooooooooooooooooooo why? Do you know what your body is up to?

[snippy]

Please keep a record and talk to your physician about it whenever you next go in. Many years ago when I had a period after 6 months of none, my GYN was quite concerned when I told her about having a period--she said it wasn't a period but shedding uterine growth that should not be happening in the first place. Because it's not supposed to be growing and yet stays in for a long time, it could become an infection.

[corvidology]

The women in my family hit menopause on the late end of the scale but they also have other weird things happen. One of my aunts had one period a year every year between ages 58-68 before it stopped altogether.