Has anyone noticed a change in their J-pouch functioning due to menopause?
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I am curious about this as well, since the menstrual cycle seemed to consistently cause digestive trouble for me. I'm just now experimenting with what it's like to be off HRT.
My bowel function would always increase during my periods, I’m on HRT now and again every time I have a period I have more urgency to go, I’m now meant to be in menopause however the HRT is now working properly due to the malabsorption of the progesterone tablets I’ve had to double the dosage and now take it vaginally instead of oral but this is still not working now under a multidisciplinary team and gynaecologist to try and sort it!. My pouch seems to be a bit all over the place with it all at the moments.
I will not take HRT's, riding it out, it's getting better each year. My pouch however is a little challenged due to hormonal changes, I have had to adjust my diet, and be more strict, where as before I had more freedom. Just another challenge I will over come and experiment with. It's all experimental with this surgical lifestyle change. Still remains the best decision, and my quality of life is way better, than my life with UC. 🙂🙏
@Sara Marie posted:I am curious about this as well, since the menstrual cycle seemed to consistently cause digestive trouble for me. I'm just now experimenting with what it's like to be off HRT.
Did your period stop coming every two weeks???
@Former Member posted:Did your period stop coming every two weeks???
Yes, it stopped when I decreased the estrogen dose (by half) last fall along with the horrid PMS. Thanks for asking!
@Sara Marie posted:Yes, it stopped when I decreased the estrogen dose (by half) in the fall along with the horrid PMS, though the cooling off of the temps may have also helped. I guess we'll see this summer whether the horrid PMS/periods return. Thanks for asking!
@Sara Marie posted:Yes, it stopped when I decreased the estrogen dose (by half) last fall along with the horrid PMS. Thanks for asking!
Oh good! I thought it was pretty cool that your period was still coming after menopause, to me that it is a miracle. You probably have/had eggs left too.
@Former Member posted:Oh good! I thought it was pretty cool that your period was still coming after menopause, to me that it is a miracle. You probably have/had eggs left too.
I'm sure if I have any eggs left, they'd be a mess. Chemotherapy can cause all sorts of cell damage!
But you can also have periods without eggs. The summer periods were super light; they were mostly marked by the horrid PMS.
@Sara Marie posted:I'm sure if I have any eggs left, they'd be a mess. Chemotherapy can cause all sorts of cell damage!
But you can also have periods without eggs. The summer periods were super light; they were mostly marked by the horrid PMS.
Oh you were on Chemotherapy? I am sorry to hear that.
I actually just looked it up, periods with no eggs are: abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), did your doctor ever mention that?
@Former Member posted:Oh you were on Chemotherapy? I am sorry to hear that.
I actually just looked it up, periods with no eggs are: abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), did your doctor ever mention that?
Yep. And they did an ultrasound! My uterus is fine, it was just responding to weird hormonal messages.
@Sara Marie posted:Yep. And they did an ultrasound! My uterus is fine, it was just responding to weird hormonal messages.
Wow interesting! I read online you cannot have a period without ovulating and without having eggs so you must have had eggs or you have magic in you! Lol. I think its pretty cool! Your a magical woman! 
@Former Member posted:Wow interesting! I read online you cannot have a period without ovulating and without having eggs so you must have had eggs or you have magic in you! Lol. I think its pretty cool! Your a magical woman!
It's the magic eggs! (Must be the dark arts.)
I'm glad they're not doing their thing any more. It was truly awful. Not the blood. I have never minded that.
@Sara Marie posted:It's the magic eggs! (Must be the dark arts.)
I'm glad they're not doing their thing any more. It was truly awful. Not the blood. I have never minded that.
Yeah magic eggs must be worth a lot lol.