Is this normal? Should I be concerned?

[JtTheWifey]

I know that this has nothing to do with 'weight' management but I have no where else to turn.

 

I'm going to try to give as much info as possible, so bear with me.

 

When I was 15 I was told I have PCOS I didn't think of it much after that, infact I had forgotten about it until my friend had a cyst burst and told me she had been diagnoised with PCOS and it made me remember that I had it.

 

I also have HPV (The type that causes cancer only, not warts)

 

I am on the depo provera **** (however, I am going off of it)

 

I am going off of it because we would like to have a baby, however with everything that is going on with me... the chances will be small.

 

Anyways...

 

For the last almost two months I have been bleeding irregular.

 

First off let me say that I was on Depo for a year when I was 15 and then went off of it for three years, until i was 18 when again, i went back on it however this time I have only been on it for 6 months.

 

Now the whole time I was on depo the first time, and this time I have never had a period. Which I was told was normal, and to be honest it never bothered me.

 

About a little over a month in a half ago I noticed that every time me and my husband would engage in intercourse I would bleed (which, as horrible as it sounds... unfortuntly has nothing to do with my husband, he does not have the equitment to make me bleed, I just wanted to clear that up, now.)

 

Also I do not finger myself, nor get fingered the only thing that goes inside of me is my husbands penis, so I was not accidently cut down there or anything else like, that would cause bleeding

 

I figured, maybe it was normal. Even though my husband wasn't causing it maybe it did have something to do with us having sex.

 

About a month later i was bleeding, all the time. With or without sex. (which as i'm sure you can imagine, the amount of sex... was dwindiling)

 

When we do have sex, I get a horrible pain in my lower stomach usually on one or the other sides.

 

Now I am having pains without the sex. I'm having horrible lower stomach pains all day.

Also in my lower back.

 

So, basicly to recap. I've been bleeding for almost two months, straight. (which isn't normal for me, or anyone really), I'm having lower ab pain when i have sex, and even when I am not having sex, I am at risk for Ovrian cancer due to the HPV

 

And as far as family history goes:

My mother and both of my aunts, and my grandmother all had to have a hystorectomy before the age of 40

 

My mom had to have one because she had endometriosis

I do not know why both my aunts had to have them but i do know that one of them had to have one due to a tumor in her uturs

and my grandma had ovrian cancer.

 

 

 

Bottom line... should I seek medical help?

Is this more serious than a long period?

Anybody else go thorugh this?

 

Basicly, any advice would be awesome.

[mkmlaw]

I, too, have PCOS and have never experienced anything like what you are describing. My periods have always been long and painful, even when on the pill, but they are fairly regular. (Irregularity is one of the most common symptoms of PCOS.)

 

Have you already gone off the depo? Maybe I missed that. If so, then the lack of hormones could have thrown your system a curve ball and you may be having a really long period. But based on the fact that the problem initially started each time you had sex, I really doubt it.

 

Either way, I am not a doctor, so I would suggest you go to the OB/GYN. PCOS is the single biggest cause of infertility in women so, at a minimum, your doctor can help you figure out what is going on now and also what you need to be doing to increase your changes of getting pregnant. Good luck!

[RecordProducer]

So, basicly to recap. I've been bleeding for almost two months, straight. (which isn't normal for me, or anyone really), I'm having lower ab pain when i have sex, and even when I am not having sex, I am at risk for Ovrian cancer due to the HPV

 

And as far as family history goes:

My mother and both of my aunts, and my grandmother all had to have a hystorectomy before the age of 40

 

My mom had to have one because she had endometriosis

I do not know why both my aunts had to have them but i do know that one of them had to have one due to a tumor in her uturs

and my grandma had ovrian cancer.

 

Bottom line... should I seek medical help?

Is this more serious than a long period?

OF COURSE YOU SHOULD SEEK MEDICAL HELP ASAP!!!

 

With your family history, HPV, pain and bleeding, this is probably an emergency! I assume you don't have health insurance - hence all the contemplating you're doing about seeking help. If your partner doesn't take your state seriously, then he is not there for you when you need help and I would think twice about having a baby with him. If he knows all this and didn't get concerned, then he's a jerk.

 

Sorry for all the assumptions, but it sounds like you're very concerned and yet, something is stopping you from seeking medical help - which could only be money.

 

Something is definitely wrong (bleeding and pain indicate this very strongly). It could be many things so schedule an appointment ASAP.

[JtTheWifey]

OF COURSE YOU SHOULD SEEK MEDICAL HELP ASAP!!!

 

With your family history, HPV, pain and bleeding, this is probably an emergency! I assume you don't have health insurance - hence all the contemplating you're doing about seeking help. If your partner doesn't take your state seriously, then he is not there for you when you need help and I would think twice about having a baby with him. If he knows all this and didn't get concerned, then he's a jerk.

 

Sorry for all the assumptions, but it sounds like you're very concerned and yet, something is stopping you from seeking medical help - which could only be money.

 

Something is definitely wrong (bleeding and pain indicate this very strongly). It could be many things so schedule an appointment ASAP.

 

I have health insurance, but it's through the military so the doctors are limited, and I did tell my doctor that i had been bleeding and she told me to wait it out (but this was when it had only been like two weeks)

 

I made an appointment to see my doctor tomorrow and I'm going to tell her that she better do something, or I'm just going to go to the Emergency Room (which the military hates for some reason)

 

my husband is really nervous and concerned, he's been wanting me to go to the hopsital

 

Truth is, it's me. I'm scared. Right now I can just say 'well, it's from pcos' or 'it's just normal' I'm scared if I go to the doctor... that it's going to be something serious. which I know, is stupid! Because the longer I wait, the more risk I have of it turning into something serious! So I am going to go to the doctor tomorrow like I said, I hope she does something!!!

 

And as far as the first posters comment, the depo will not be out of my system until the middle of march.

[Lucky_One]

Yes, you should seek medical advice. There are way too many variables here for anyone to give much in the way of legit help.

 

But I do want to point out that some strains of HPV have a small chance of leading to cervical cancer, not ovarian cancer. Since you are only 18 or 19 or so, make sure you get yearly PAPs. Cervical cancer is almost always preventable with yearly screening. So be aware of the HPV, but don't stress yourself over worry about cancer simply from that virus.

[Lucky_One]

I just read your other posts on LS.

 

Please, PLEASE tell your OB/GYN about your marital difficulties and your depression. PLEASE rethink this desire to have a baby. Just one month ago, you were thinking of divorce. A baby will NOT save your marriage, it will NOT make your depression go away, it will NOT keep you from being bored.

 

Babies are wonderful - and the most difficult and expensive decision you will ever have in your life. They give you great joy, and the most intense frustration and fatigue that you will ever experience.

 

You are very young, and you are very unhappy, and please don't make the mistake of thinking that a baby will save you.

 

(((((JtTheWifey)))))

[JtTheWifey]

I just read your other posts on LS.

 

Please, PLEASE tell your OB/GYN about your marital difficulties and your depression. PLEASE rethink this desire to have a baby. Just one month ago, you were thinking of divorce. A baby will NOT save your marriage, it will NOT make your depression go away, it will NOT keep you from being bored.

 

Babies are wonderful - and the most difficult and expensive decision you will ever have in your life. They give you great joy, and the most intense frustration and fatigue that you will ever experience.

 

You are very young, and you are very unhappy, and please don't make the mistake of thinking that a baby will save you.

 

(((((JtTheWifey)))))

 

 

Oh no, no, no honey! lol

That was not me.

My sister uses this account more than me actually.

This is my first post.

She is getting a divorce and is not having a baby (thank God)

I agree with you 10000% a baby would have made things worse, not better. She figured things out, she's on anti depressants and she is feeling a lot better.

[JtTheWifey]

 

And as far as the first posters comment, the depo will not be out of my system until the middle of march.

 

 

I meant to say May. Obviously lol

[Lucky_One]

Oh no, no, no honey! lol

That was not me.

My sister uses this account more than me actually.

This is my first post.

She is getting a divorce and is not having a baby (thank God)

I agree with you 10000% a baby would have made things worse, not better. She figured things out, she's on anti depressants and she is feeling a lot better.

 

You have a sister that is exactly your age and is married to a man in the military, too? And she lives totally away from where you live, and you use the same LS account?

 

Odd.

[JtTheWifey]

You have a sister that is exactly your age and is married to a man in the military, too? And she lives totally away from where you live, and you use the same LS account?

 

Odd.

 

It does seem odd. And I can understand that you find it hard to believe. But she is my twin sister. I'm like... five minutes older than her lol. Her soon to be ex husband is one of my husbands friends. They met through us.