Old Blood - TMI

bbro · 03-21-2005, 05:28 PM

Okay, for all you TMI post readers....I know I posted about getting old blood with my last AF, but I am getting a little concerned because of the amount of old blood that I get. I always get it for the first few days and actually the final days as well.
Now I thought I was getting AF this month, too. All I had for about 5 days was the old blood showing up. It isn't heavy and isn't like normal AF, not even a quarter of a pad a day, sometimes less.

My concern is where is all this old blood coming from? I mean, I can understand if I haven't had AF for a while, but after AF, I would expect it to go away.

I have been having some pain on my left side - I am assuming it is my ovary, but I don't know where there are :o Could this be related?

I just started taking Spiro last week, maybe that is why?

Any ideas?

Also, can I just say how happy I am to be able to ask these questions and not be worried about people getting all grossed out? You girls are the best

MISSY_DEE · 03-21-2005, 05:58 PM

I am anxious to hear a reply from this one. I had one day of "bleeding" this time and 3 days of "old blood". I had a d&c last month so I don't know if that is the reason. I've never had a period like this before. I have tried to pass it off as hormonal changes due to a different bcp that i started 2 months ago. It's just weird.

TickledPink · 03-22-2005, 01:46 AM

I actually get old blood before and at the end of my period. Also when I was on spiro it wayyyyyy screwed up my periods and I had to go off of it as I was getting my period every 2 weeks

carolinej · 03-22-2005, 09:38 AM

Bump - I've had several days of old blood spotting twice now and no proper AF, also accompanied by apparent ovary pains immediately prior to discovering each spotting episode. Can anyone help?

Caelda · 03-22-2005, 01:16 PM

I always thought old blood was normal. Ever since I've had my period, I had it at the beginning and at the ends of my periods. Although right now I'm AF'ing on my own, without the pill, and I seem to get some of that, thinking I'm about done, and new batch of red comes along--nothing heavy. I'm just assuming it's hormones and won't let it bother me unless it doesn't go away.

leachamb · 03-22-2005, 04:00 PM

is ther a post that tels me what AF is and old blood is? What is Spiro?

bbro · 03-22-2005, 05:15 PM

leachamb - Some of the acronyms can be found on a sticky at the top of the newbies section - Updated!!! Abbreviations For Newbies:)

AF = Aunt Flo - your period

Spiro is a medicine called Spironolactone, but I can never spell it and most people usually refer to it as spiro.

Old blood is just that, old blood with AF. It is normally a brown color and not very heavy.

HTH

Caelda - it's nice to know that someone else gets it too. I haven't always gotten it though. It has become more frequent probably in the last couple of years. I always thought it was because of the BCP I was on.

TickledPink - I have seen some other posts of yours sharing that unfortunte side effect. I am still crossing my fingers - everything seems ok so far!

carolinej and Missy - thanks for the replies. Hopefully some others will have experienced this as well. I just hate the idea of calling my doctor and talking about this over the phone.

Sunshine&JoJoWannababy · 03-22-2005, 08:24 PM

I've also had the whole old blood thing before my "as normal as it can get" cycle but never after it though. Sometimes that's all I have....AF took a vacation or something. It's been like that off and on since I was 21. When I got off BCP. For 4 months, I didn't have any period and I was having what I thought to be symptoms of pregnancy. But that wasn't the case...just my body getting over not having the pills in my system. Ho-hum. What a let-down that was. But after all that, I am actually glad that I didn't have a baby with my fiancee *at the time*....cuz he turned out to be a jerk and I have found my true soul-mate and I love him with all my heart.