essnce629
04-14-2014, 05:11 PM
My mom will be 58 years old next month and her last period was in February 2009, so over 5 years ago. Just a few days ago she started having brown spotting then red blood like a light period. It's been 4 days now and she still has some light bleeding. She said over a week ago her boobs got really sore like PMS and since she's been bleeding she's been having period-like cramps as well. She's been taking HRT for a few years (both estrogen and progesterone) because of the hot flashes she was having. She takes them every day at the same time (sets an alarm). She was a late bloomer (first AF at 15 years old) and has only been pregnant and given birth once (me). She also has hypothyroidism and takes daily meds for that.
I told her to call her doctor right away when it started last Thursday. That day she talked to 2 different nurses who asked her a ton of questions and told her that the bleeding is definitely not normal. They said she needed to see an OBGYN and should get a call by the end of the day for an appointment time. She didn't get a call. I told her to call back today if she didn't hear anything. So she did and they gave her an appointment with an OBGYN for May 2nd!!! That's over 2 weeks from now! I told her they should see her asap to see where the bleeding is coming from (cervix? uterus?) and to call back and tell them 2 weeks from now is not acceptable.
Has anyone known someone to go through the same thing? Looks like it can be thinning skin (unlikely since she's on HRT I'd think), an infection, polyps, or uterine cancer. Her last pap was over 2 years ago since her doctor said the new recommendation is every 3 years!!!!
I did read some message boards with women who had the same thing happen and it turned out to be just a random period complete with sore boobs, o-pain, cramps, and light bleeding. All of them had ultrasounds, D&Cs, biopsies, etc and all came out normal. Odd, but hoping that's what is happening to my mom.
I told her to call her doctor right away when it started last Thursday. That day she talked to 2 different nurses who asked her a ton of questions and told her that the bleeding is definitely not normal. They said she needed to see an OBGYN and should get a call by the end of the day for an appointment time. She didn't get a call. I told her to call back today if she didn't hear anything. So she did and they gave her an appointment with an OBGYN for May 2nd!!! That's over 2 weeks from now! I told her they should see her asap to see where the bleeding is coming from (cervix? uterus?) and to call back and tell them 2 weeks from now is not acceptable.
Has anyone known someone to go through the same thing? Looks like it can be thinning skin (unlikely since she's on HRT I'd think), an infection, polyps, or uterine cancer. Her last pap was over 2 years ago since her doctor said the new recommendation is every 3 years!!!!
I did read some message boards with women who had the same thing happen and it turned out to be just a random period complete with sore boobs, o-pain, cramps, and light bleeding. All of them had ultrasounds, D&Cs, biopsies, etc and all came out normal. Odd, but hoping that's what is happening to my mom.