Re: Aerobics, weight training & bleeding
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 21:33:19 -0600 (CST)
It sounds like your physician is right here. You're kind of young for
an endometrial biopsy but if it will make you more comfortable that
there's nothing bad going on in the uterus, ask about it. Some people
stain when they strain.
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
HSM
At Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Julia wrote:
>
>I am a married 31 yr old woman. No children. Condoms as birth control.
>25 mg Toprol XL once a day is the only medication for high blood
>pressure. Three days a week I have 30 minutes of aerobics. Two days a
>week I do 30 minutes very light weight training, mostly legs. The end
>of February 2001 when I began this regime, I had spotting - bright red
>blood - after aerobics, a feeling of fullness & slight cramping in my
>lower abdomen. Visited my ob-gyn. By time I got the appt. the
>bleeding had stopped. She did not detect anything unusual & said if it
>happens again to come in. My period was March 17 - normal. March 27
>after aerobics I had spotting, fullness and slight cramping. I saw the
>doctor that afternoon, but again there didn't seem anything wrong. Five
>months earlier a transvaginal ultrasound had been done for bleeding
>between periods & showed only a small ovarian cyst. Because of that
>test, my doctor feels this is nothing to worry about. Well, today after
>aerobics I have the same problem, but this time the bleeding is more
>than spotting and there was tissue-like substance in the toliet water.
>I'm wearing a pad for the light bleeding. I don't want to drive my poor
>physician crazy with this - could you please provide a second opinion?
>Thank you for your time.
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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