Tubes tied - did you stop bleeding?

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Anonymous wrote:I had mine removed 4 years ago and really nothing about my period changed beyond the fact that I'm now in perimenopause, as expected based on my age. I had mine removed because of strong family history of ovarian cancer but I had never had any expectation of a change in my hormones or my cycle.

This doesn't make sense to me. You had your tubes removed because you had a history of ovarian cancer. Is this a thing?
And if that was a mistake and you had your overies removed, why wouldn't you have expected a change in your hormones or your cycle?

Maybe you could clarify? I'm not understanding

Many ovarian cancers begin in the fallopian tubes. Removal of the ovaries has other negative side effects related to early menopause. So removing fallopian tubes reduces the risk of ovarian cancer while avoiding those negative side effects.

Yes this. My SIL is BRCA positive and had her Fallopian tubes removed instead of the ovaries. I thought it was weird too when I first heard about it, but apparently many ovarian cancers begin in the tubes. (She also had a separate prophylactic mastectomy).

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of why you had your fallopian tubes removed, did you stop having a period or spotting?

Are you thinking that if the egg doesn't reach the uterus, it won't come out? That actually makes sense -- the egg will not come out. however, if you still have ovaries, you will still have a period (shedding of uterine lining mostly).

The answer of where the egg goes is pretty weird -- my OB said that most "tubal ligations" are a removal, and the egg basically just floats off into your abdomen and eventually gets scooped up by your immune system. However, women who've had tubal ligations do have a greater risk of fibroids later on.

I was curious, yes. Thank you for the respectful answer.

[Anonymous]

Got my tubes out at 40 and my periods have been considerably lighter since!