Re: 7 weeks post surgery, bleeding every day for 2 weeks
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 2 Aug 2000 08:01:58 -0500 (CDT)
At Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Ann wrote:
>
>I had my right ovary removed in a laparotomy 7 weeks ago. Immediately
>after the surgery my GYN reduced my BCP dosage from 1/50 to 1/35. I've
>had slight bleeding for almost two weeks now.
This is not unexpected since your estrogen level was lowered in the
pill.
>Normally I wouldn't be
>concerned, but since I have endo is this a bad sign?
Not likely.
>The good thing is
>that the endo pain is gone and no other implants were seen.
That's great.
>I take my
>pills back to back, so having any sort of bleeding is unusual for me. I
>took 1/35 for years before Dec 1999 and never had breakthrough bleeding
>(if that's what this is).
>
>Should I be concerned?
>From your history, it doesn't sound like anything to be concerned about.
>Does this merit a phone call or a visit to my
>doctor?
I think it merits a call to let your doctor know.
>Thank you for any replies.
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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