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[EllieJ]

Hi ladies - horrible subject title, apologies! I'm post menopausal, been on evorel conte for 21 months. Over the last week I've had on occasion mild abdominal pain and then I noticed that a couple of times a day when I wipe after going to the loo I have brown staining on the loo roll. Its not heavy bleeding or anything, and it only happens once or twice a day then absolutely nothing again. I do have a prolapse too and can get a bit sore down there. Everything you read on the internet screams 'cancer!' and as a health anxiety sufferer it scares me so much! Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice? Thanks in advance. Sorry updated to add that I paid for a private internal scan 9 months ago which showed endometrial thickness of 4.2mm which the gynaecologist wasn't worried about, normal sized womb and atrophied ovaries.

[CLKD]

Stop reading the internet, Dr GOOGLE, he knows nowt ;-)

4 me it was every cycle: I would bleed heavily with excruciating pains for 7-10 days then have 2 days clear; followed by 24 hours of brown staining.  Probably due to a lack of hormones to cleanse the womb completely it was normal for me and I never worried.

Which symptom would you like to ease by taking HRT? 

You could also consider starting vaginal atrophy treatment if you 'are sore down there'.  Let us know how you get on.

[EllieJ]

Stop reading the internet, Dr GOOGLE, he knows nowt ;-)

4 me it was every cycle: I would bleed heavily with excruciating pains for 7-10 days then have 2 days clear; followed by 24 hours of brown staining.  Probably due to a lack of hormones to cleanse the womb completely it was normal for me and I never worried.

Which symptom would you like to ease by taking HRT? 

You could also consider starting vaginal atrophy treatment if you 'are sore down there'.  Let us know how you get on.

Thanks for replying - I'm post menopausal, haven't had a period in over a year so I'm a little concerned at this sudden onset of brown discharge. Can it still be normal to have brown discharge when you're post menopausal? I thought all kinds of bleeding after menopause were red flags?

[CLKD]

Perhaps put the product name of the HRT into the search box and read threads that pop up.  It mayB that your body needs a hike in the amount of replacement. 

Hopefully some1 else will be along. 

[MrsMitch]

It happens to lots of us, Ellie. Don't worry and absolutely don't Google! I'm bleeding again after a 12 month gap and it isn't concerning me having been through this before and all was OK.
You can see what your GP suggests as you were scanned 9 months ago, they may recommend another scan. The NHS usually get you in pretty quick for something like this.

[Pinkwindsor21]

I had this too!! It’s normal as I checked it out with my GP xx

[CLKD]

That's annoying Mrs Mitch!

[MrsMitch]

That's annoying Mrs Mitch!

It is but I have been told by my specialist yesterday it's due to me increasing my oestrogel.  She's not concerned unless it continues for 3 months. It does seem to be abating now.

[EllieJ]

Thanks for all the replies ladies. Saw my gp who put me on the dreaded 2WW and the hospital has sent me helpful advice for women "on the urgent cancer pathway" which isn't helping my nerves! Got a scan this Thursday. Its good that they take things seriously but they don't help those of us with health anxieties! The discharge has stopped now, but the way the GP was talking you'd think it was terrible

[CLKD]

It's how we interpret what we are being told as well as anxiety may cause parts of the conversation to be forgotten ;-).  2 week pathway can occasionally move into 3 because of the problems within the NHS. It does mean that either the GP or patient can chivvy up the dept etc..!

If U are worried then take a list of them with you and ask.  R U going alone? 

Let us know how you get on. 

[Penguin]

Thanks for all the replies ladies. Saw my gp who put me on the dreaded 2WW and the hospital has sent me helpful advice for women "on the urgent cancer pathway" which isn't helping my nerves! Got a scan this Thursday. Its good that they take things seriously but they don't help those of us with health anxieties! The discharge has stopped now, but the way the GP was talking you'd think it was terrible

The wording is unfortunate but the pathway is there to rule it out, not to confirm that it is! Most people on that pathway will have nothing sinister wrong with them, this is just the way of getting you seen quicker. At least that's how it was explained to me by my GP.