Anonymous wrote:Yeah. Things don’t just end like clockworkAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I seriously could have written your post. I am 58. I had what I thought was my last period about a year ago but had a small one before the one year mark. As I approach the new one year mark, I had cramps yesterday, was feeling off, had some spotting and woke up this morning to a full period. Freaking out. I made an appt for late next week so i am now in waiting mode, doing a lot research and scaring myself.
This happened to my friend 3 years in a row: one period a year until it finally stopped.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Perimenopause can last up to 10 years
Yes, but once you have gone 12 months without a period, perimenopause is over. OP is in menopause, when any vaginal bleeding needs to be checked out, ASAP.
The thing that sucks is that women can have phantom periods during perimenopause and barely notice. Gyns mark the last period where you could fill a pad as your last period. I have had phantom periods: cramps, bloating, breast tenderness, moodiness, cravings and only traces of blood and then a few months later, a whole period. Op likely had phantom periods in the last 2 years which went un noted because they didn't make the mark to count as a period. In my book, her menopause countdown starts over with this cycle. But, yeah, get checked out just in case.
Yeah. Things don’t just end like clockworkAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I seriously could have written your post. I am 58. I had what I thought was my last period about a year ago but had a small one before the one year mark. As I approach the new one year mark, I had cramps yesterday, was feeling off, had some spotting and woke up this morning to a full period. Freaking out. I made an appt for late next week so i am now in waiting mode, doing a lot research and scaring myself.
This happened to my friend 3 years in a row: one period a year until it finally stopped.