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Good that the scan was clear but if you are having menopausal symptoms I dont think your doc was very helpful just dismissing it
My periods became painful and heavier, when I hit my very late 40's. After a lifetime of being very lucky in that respect.I didnt have any other symptoms of meno. I had an ovarian cyst but this bas been ruled out in your case. They wouldve seen it on the scan.so dont worry about that But imy point is it might not have been the cyst which caused this for me anyway. I have no way of telling as I had ovaries removed so periods stopped but the heavier periods might well have been the first sign of peri meno for me as well as the cyst causing it. After reading on here some ladies get heavier.periods during peri., it seems just as common as getting lighter ones. Which I didnt know. . You might also find you miss several periods and then get several regular on the trot . They can become closer together, further apart and change in flow and duration . Only once you havent had period for 12 months clear are you deemed to be post menopause.
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Obviously I dont know if you're peri menopausal but I do know you are not too young to be. Docs say average age of meno iin U.K s 51. But it's an average and the lead up to that I.e. peri, and the erratic hormonal shifts that signal it can start years before. You are on vagifem which I assume is for bladder/vaginal issues which can also be a feature of peri. Everyone is different, of course, we all have our own individual body clock so theres no definitive answer to your question about when or if your period will arrive again.
I apologise if you already knew all of this I must admit I didnt know any of this a few months ago. I had thought periods would just stop dead and then hot flushes would start!! So I hope this info helps.
I hope you dont mind me saying but If you find your symptoms trouble you, which from your post It seems they do, then i think you should go back to doc. Maybe see a different one in the practice or the practice nurse if you have one. Unfortunately it seems some docs are not very clued up, or sympathetic, when it comes to peri meno and meno. You may well find another doc has a different attitude or perspective on it entirely
I wish you luck.x