AF advice for starting treatment

[lauren3189]

Hi ladies,

I am due to start treatment as soon as my AF arrives, i have had light spotting today, do i need to wait until the proper bleed before i can ring?

Thanks

[Vicky-01]

I would wait, I rang too early on my last cycle and had to ring back and change dates. I was spotting and started light flow then it disappeared for 3 days before starting properly so ended up going 5 days later than original date.

The one time we want af to turn up it seems to take forever lol x

[lauren3189 in reply to Vicky-01]

thank you i googled this as well and it said it is not the first day haha x

[lauren3189 in reply to Vicky-01]

mine seems to have stopped now were they mad about it? x

[Vicky-01 in reply to lauren3189]

No they were fine I just explained it had stopped for a few days and they altered the dates slightly x

[lauren3189 in reply to Vicky-01]

aww thank you worried about being shouted at haha x

[E_05]

My clinic also say not to ring until you have a full flow. Hopefully it won’t be long and then you can get started x

[lauren3189 in reply to E_05]

thank you fingers crosses it will be this weekend x

[lauren3189]

What a nightmare starting to bleed so rang up she said nurse will ring me in up to a week!!

She doesn't know if they will fit me in i have had all my meds for 2 months already xx

[E_05 in reply to lauren3189]

Wasn’t it agreed what month you’d start when they ordered all your meds? Are you NHS funded x

[lauren3189 in reply to E_05]

i am NHS funded, they said i could start before xmas depending on dates, unfortunately this landed on xmas day so then i had to wait for this month, Should i phone back? x

[E_05 in reply to lauren3189]

I would perhaps ring and just say I was told I could start this month or at least ask if you can speak to the nurse today so you know what’s happening. They have so many people I think they can forget at times what’s been arranged especially if you spoke to the receptionist x

[lauren3189 in reply to E_05]

just phoned she said i will get a call today or tomorrow either way to let me know and that i am on the urgent pile. No my bleeding seems to have stopped x

[E_05 in reply to lauren3189]

Glad there going to let you know soon, fingers crossed you can start this month. Oh how strange, maybe the stress is delaying things? X