Perimenopausal women: Why am I getting brown blood every cycle day 15?

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Anonymous wrote:You again? It's ovulation. It's totally normal. Get some help for your health anxiety, please.

DP here. Well, my gyn is making me get a pelvic TV ultrasound and an endometriol biopsy to rule out precancerous hyperplasia and endometrial or uterine cancer. She says it can be normal but before assuming it is, you have to have tests to rule out cancer.

How old are you?

Late forties. In perimenopause. I'm utterly confused as to why I need to get a biopsy for what I thought was normal in perimenopause, but my point is apparently it can be a bad thing and you ARE supposed to bring it up and discuss with your doctor.

And I find it offensive the "stop posting about this" person is trying to shut down women discussing their periods, spotting, perimenopause, etc. This is a health board. Women too often are told to keep any symptoms about their pelvic region quiet and to themselves. That's bad for women's health overall because then we know less about our health and society and the medical community focuses less on our issues. And labelling women as anxious has historically been a way to dismiss their health problems.

I'm a woman in my 40's. Mid-cycle spotting is normal from the start of menstruation to menopause and has been forever. This constant reassurance-seeking is NOT normal, though.

Well, both my gyn and my pcp disagree with you and are insisting I get it checked out.

Do you have a history of endometriosis or abnormal bleeding?
There's a big difference between blood-tinged mucus at ovulation (normal) and irregular bleeding that happens between periods.

[Anonymous]

I hate this uncertainty of peri.

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Anonymous wrote:You again? It's ovulation. It's totally normal. Get some help for your health anxiety, please.

DP here. Well, my gyn is making me get a pelvic TV ultrasound and an endometriol biopsy to rule out precancerous hyperplasia and endometrial or uterine cancer. She says it can be normal but before assuming it is, you have to have tests to rule out cancer.

How old are you?

Late forties. In perimenopause. I'm utterly confused as to why I need to get a biopsy for what I thought was normal in perimenopause, but my point is apparently it can be a bad thing and you ARE supposed to bring it up and discuss with your doctor.

And I find it offensive the "stop posting about this" person is trying to shut down women discussing their periods, spotting, perimenopause, etc. This is a health board. Women too often are told to keep any symptoms about their pelvic region quiet and to themselves. That's bad for women's health overall because then we know less about our health and society and the medical community focuses less on our issues. And labelling women as anxious has historically been a way to dismiss their health problems.

I'm a woman in my 40's. Mid-cycle spotting is normal from the start of menstruation to menopause and has been forever. This constant reassurance-seeking is NOT normal, though.

Well, both my gyn and my pcp disagree with you and are insisting I get it checked out.

Of course they are. That doesn’t mean anything. Doctors always love to throw a bunch of tests at you whenever possible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You again? It's ovulation. It's totally normal. Get some help for your health anxiety, please.

DP here. Well, my gyn is making me get a pelvic TV ultrasound and an endometriol biopsy to rule out precancerous hyperplasia and endometrial or uterine cancer. She says it can be normal but before assuming it is, you have to have tests to rule out cancer.

How old are you?

Late forties. In perimenopause. I'm utterly confused as to why I need to get a biopsy for what I thought was normal in perimenopause, but my point is apparently it can be a bad thing and you ARE supposed to bring it up and discuss with your doctor.

And I find it offensive the "stop posting about this" person is trying to shut down women discussing their periods, spotting, perimenopause, etc. This is a health board. Women too often are told to keep any symptoms about their pelvic region quiet and to themselves. That's bad for women's health overall because then we know less about our health and society and the medical community focuses less on our issues. And labelling women as anxious has historically been a way to dismiss their health problems.

I'm a woman in my 40's. Mid-cycle spotting is normal from the start of menstruation to menopause and has been forever. This constant reassurance-seeking is NOT normal, though.

Well, both my gyn and my pcp disagree with you and are insisting I get it checked out.

Of course they are. That doesn’t mean anything. Doctors always love to throw a bunch of tests at you whenever possible.

So wait, is spotting a big deal or not? Why is the doctor wanting to do tests? I thought it was common?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's literally down to the day. On cycle day 15, I get a brownish glop of old blood (I assume it's old blood) swirled with cervical mucus. It's always the same day, for one day only. Is this hormonal? Why is it brown and not red? What the heck is going on here?

You again? Telling us in detail about your discharge?

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Anonymous wrote:You again? It's ovulation. It's totally normal. Get some help for your health anxiety, please.

I think the poster has a fetish related to vaginally discharge.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You again? It's ovulation. It's totally normal. Get some help for your health anxiety, please.

DP here. Well, my gyn is making me get a pelvic TV ultrasound and an endometriol biopsy to rule out precancerous hyperplasia and endometrial or uterine cancer. She says it can be normal but before assuming it is, you have to have tests to rule out cancer.

How old are you?

Late forties. In perimenopause. I'm utterly confused as to why I need to get a biopsy for what I thought was normal in perimenopause, but my point is apparently it can be a bad thing and you ARE supposed to bring it up and discuss with your doctor.

And I find it offensive the "stop posting about this" person is trying to shut down women discussing their periods, spotting, perimenopause, etc. This is a health board. Women too often are told to keep any symptoms about their pelvic region quiet and to themselves. That's bad for women's health overall because then we know less about our health and society and the medical community focuses less on our issues. And labelling women as anxious has historically been a way to dismiss their health problems.

I'm a woman in my 40's. Mid-cycle spotting is normal from the start of menstruation to menopause and has been forever. This constant reassurance-seeking is NOT normal, though.

Well, both my gyn and my pcp disagree with you and are insisting I get it checked out.

With what doctor that is not a gyn or pcp? A discharge specialist? Your response makes no sense. You are making all this up for your fetish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You again? It's ovulation. It's totally normal. Get some help for your health anxiety, please.

DP here. Well, my gyn is making me get a pelvic TV ultrasound and an endometriol biopsy to rule out precancerous hyperplasia and endometrial or uterine cancer. She says it can be normal but before assuming it is, you have to have tests to rule out cancer.

How old are you?

Late forties. In perimenopause. I'm utterly confused as to why I need to get a biopsy for what I thought was normal in perimenopause, but my point is apparently it can be a bad thing and you ARE supposed to bring it up and discuss with your doctor.

And I find it offensive the "stop posting about this" person is trying to shut down women discussing their periods, spotting, perimenopause, etc. This is a health board. Women too often are told to keep any symptoms about their pelvic region quiet and to themselves. That's bad for women's health overall because then we know less about our health and society and the medical community focuses less on our issues. And labelling women as anxious has historically been a way to dismiss their health problems.

I'm a woman in my 40's. Mid-cycle spotting is normal from the start of menstruation to menopause and has been forever. This constant reassurance-seeking is NOT normal, though.

Well, both my gyn and my pcp disagree with you and are insisting I get it checked out.

With what doctor that is not a gyn or pcp? A discharge specialist? Your response makes no sense. You are making all this up for your fetish.

Huh? The PP said it's a PCP and GYN.

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NP. It can be completely normal. It can also be a sign of something serious. I had never had any sort of midcycle spotting in my life until I was 40 and experienced it after each covid shot and after actually having covid. Because it was abnormal for me, my OBGYN ordered a trans-vaginal ultrasound and bloodwork, both of which came back normal. I've not had it again, so we chalked it up to covid/vaccinations.
For my mother, mid-cycle bleeding was her first indication of endometrial cancer. She was in her late 40s. By the time someone actually took it seriously and didn't just write it off as a symptom of perimenopause, her cancer had progressed to stage 3. Thankfully, she survived.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. It can be completely normal. It can also be a sign of something serious. I had never had any sort of midcycle spotting in my life until I was 40 and experienced it after each covid shot and after actually having covid. Because it was abnormal for me, my OBGYN ordered a trans-vaginal ultrasound and bloodwork, both of which came back normal. I've not had it again, so we chalked it up to covid/vaccinations.
For my mother, mid-cycle bleeding was her first indication of endometrial cancer. She was in her late 40s. By the time someone actually took it seriously and didn't just write it off as a symptom of perimenopause, her cancer had progressed to stage 3. Thankfully, she survived.

I'm sorry: was she bleeding a lot? Or spotting for a day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You again? It's ovulation. It's totally normal. Get some help for your health anxiety, please.

DP here. Well, my gyn is making me get a pelvic TV ultrasound and an endometriol biopsy to rule out precancerous hyperplasia and endometrial or uterine cancer. She says it can be normal but before assuming it is, you have to have tests to rule out cancer.

How old are you?

Late forties. In perimenopause. I'm utterly confused as to why I need to get a biopsy for what I thought was normal in perimenopause, but my point is apparently it can be a bad thing and you ARE supposed to bring it up and discuss with your doctor.

And I find it offensive the "stop posting about this" person is trying to shut down women discussing their periods, spotting, perimenopause, etc. This is a health board. Women too often are told to keep any symptoms about their pelvic region quiet and to themselves. That's bad for women's health overall because then we know less about our health and society and the medical community focuses less on our issues. And labelling women as anxious has historically been a way to dismiss their health problems.

I'm a woman in my 40's. Mid-cycle spotting is normal from the start of menstruation to menopause and has been forever. This constant reassurance-seeking is NOT normal, though.

Well, both my gyn and my pcp disagree with you and are insisting I get it checked out.

Lol, except I probably pay for your healthcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You again? It's ovulation. It's totally normal. Get some help for your health anxiety, please.

DP here. Well, my gyn is making me get a pelvic TV ultrasound and an endometriol biopsy to rule out precancerous hyperplasia and endometrial or uterine cancer. She says it can be normal but before assuming it is, you have to have tests to rule out cancer.

Hahaha.
What a waste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. It can be completely normal. It can also be a sign of something serious. I had never had any sort of midcycle spotting in my life until I was 40 and experienced it after each covid shot and after actually having covid. Because it was abnormal for me, my OBGYN ordered a trans-vaginal ultrasound and bloodwork, both of which came back normal. I've not had it again, so we chalked it up to covid/vaccinations.
For my mother, mid-cycle bleeding was her first indication of endometrial cancer. She was in her late 40s. By the time someone actually took it seriously and didn't just write it off as a symptom of perimenopause, her cancer had progressed to stage 3. Thankfully, she survived.

I doubt it was only midcycle.

Some of you need to learn what a follicle is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You again? It's ovulation. It's totally normal. Get some help for your health anxiety, please.

I think the poster has a fetish related to vaginally discharge.

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You again? It's ovulation. It's totally normal. Get some help for your health anxiety, please.

DP here. Well, my gyn is making me get a pelvic TV ultrasound and an endometriol biopsy to rule out precancerous hyperplasia and endometrial or uterine cancer. She says it can be normal but before assuming it is, you have to have tests to rule out cancer.

How old are you?

Late forties. In perimenopause. I'm utterly confused as to why I need to get a biopsy for what I thought was normal in perimenopause, but my point is apparently it can be a bad thing and you ARE supposed to bring it up and discuss with your doctor.

And I find it offensive the "stop posting about this" person is trying to shut down women discussing their periods, spotting, perimenopause, etc. This is a health board. Women too often are told to keep any symptoms about their pelvic region quiet and to themselves. That's bad for women's health overall because then we know less about our health and society and the medical community focuses less on our issues. And labelling women as anxious has historically been a way to dismiss their health problems.

I'm a woman in my 40's. Mid-cycle spotting is normal from the start of menstruation to menopause and has been forever. This constant reassurance-seeking is NOT normal, though.

Well, both my gyn and my pcp disagree with you and are insisting I get it checked out.

Of course they are. That doesn’t mean anything. Doctors always love to throw a bunch of tests at you whenever possible.

So wait, is spotting a big deal or not? Why is the doctor wanting to do tests? I thought it was common?

They must play it safe. Don’t want to get sued.