Late period after laparoscopy

[Chillyoga]

I had my laparoscopy two weeks ago, they found endo and a load of adhesions so performed diathermy.

My period is now 4 days late. I did a pregnancy test at the hospital before the op.

Did anyone else experience a late period after surgery?

They told me the first period after the surgery would be bad but they didn’t say it would be late.

[Deniz96]

Hi there,

Don’t worry it’s totally fine. Back in April i had a laparoscopy wasn’t told anything period related for after laparoscopy. However i started getting worried like yourself as i was 1 week late. But then i was told it’s completely normal as i’ve had a surgery and stress related etc. After a week it came but it was very bad & painful which that is also expected.

[Chillyoga in reply to Deniz96]

Thanks! Silly bodies and stress. Sod’s law is that it’ll come on when I go back to work and it’ll be awful.

Did your periods get better after the first one?

[Deniz96 in reply to Chillyoga]

its always the case coming on badly when back to work. So my first period after lap was horrible but then i never had anymore as am in the pill now to manage my endo which also isn’t working.

[Chillyoga in reply to Deniz96]

Oh no. Does that mean you’re not getting periods but still all the pain?

[Deniz96]

Unfortunately yes i get the full package of period side effects but no period 😂🤦‍♀️

[Chillyoga in reply to Deniz96]

Bloody annoying. I don’t understand that. So frustrating as the doctors say if you stop mensuration you stop the endo inflammation. Grrrrr

[HMC18]

Same here! I got diagnosed in December 2021, stage 4 Endo, diathermy and then I waited for the dreaded period and it didn’t come. If I remember correctly what did come eventually was totally fine and light and then my next one was back to being heavy again xx

[Berry_blue]

My first period was on time (10 days after excision surgery) started by spotting which I don’t usually have and BAM pain like I’ve never felt before, so yes the first period was super painful, the 3 periods after that were reduced pain compared to before surgery - definitely not life affecting and the 5th period was a dream!! I even forgot I was on my period as I had zero pain. I have read that in can take 3-6 cycles to heal x

[BeckyBoo25 in reply to Berry_blue]

Thanks for that encouragement, mine has hit 2 weeks after and I'm feeling super uncomfortable & quite nauseous 🤢 things can hopefully only get better!! X

[JT1992]

When people say the first period is bad.. how bad are we talking? A lot worse than the period pain with Endo?