bleeding for 17 days!

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-28-2007
bleeding for 17 days!
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Mon, 06-09-2008 - 2:55pm
 

Me AGAIN.  I have been bleeding for 17 days.  That has never happened to me before.  I feel tired and drained.  It is not super heavy, but it is there.  (My periods are normally extremely heavy and about 5 days long). 


I had surgery on May 13th, I had 1 tube (my only remaining after an ectopic pregnancy last September) tied (here they remove half the tube for a tubal ligation).  I started my period a week later. 


When I went to my followup appointment, my doctor told me that I had endometriosos, diagnosed while in surgery.  So I had my tubes tied and still have to take birth control, to control the endometriosis. 


So my concerns are, could I be bleeding for so long in any way because of the surgery?  Or could it be because of the endo? 


My other concern is, I just recently started having pain that I can now attribute to the endo (like the last few months).  And I have been having mild pain this whole time I have had this bleeding.  Could it be worse than endo?


This really sucks.  Thanks for your help.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-12-2002
Mon, 06-09-2008 - 9:12pm

Hi there,


I wouldn't expect you to be bleeding 17 days after surgery.