Recurrence of Post menopausal bleeding

You have to realize who you're asking here.  You're not going to find anyone on this forum who says, "Well, I had symptoms, but the doctor reassured me and told me it wasn't cancer, and I'm so glad he did."  Every one of us wishes that we had had a hysterectomy done before we developed uterine cancer.  Some of us were wrongly told that our symptoms were not cancer.  We're not supposed to be giving medical advice here.  I can only tell you the facts.  5% of women will develop a GYN cancer at some point in their lives.  You're post menopause, so you're not using your reproductive organs for reproduction anymore.  You do the math.

I saw my GYN at the first sign of a change, and was advised that it was nothing - it wasn't nothing, it was the first sign of a life threatening uterine cancer that has led me to 9 months of miserable, damaging treatment and may still result in my death.  Just recently, a close friend in her late 50s told me she has cervical cancer.  She had a bad PAP smear almost two years ago.  Colposcopy showed nothing.  Repeat PAPs every six months were okay, but then recently, she had a LEEP biopsy which showed invasive cervical cancer.  Her GYN told her that it must have been hiding in a fold in her cervical canal.  She had asked for a hysterectomy when the first PAP came back bad, but was told it was not needed.  Now she may pay for that wrong advice with her life.

I really can't think. of one.  But the down side of NOT having one is a spectrum that could include life altering disease and death.   

Forherself said:

I agree what is the down side of a hysterectomy post menopause

I really can't think. of one.  But the down side of NOT having one is a spectrum that could include life altering disease and death.   

.....is osteoporosis.  Mine became severe after hysterectomy, and my bones are almost transparent now.  So be sure you address this with your doctor and plan a combat measure!

The fact is that if you're post-menopausal, you're getting very little estrogen from the ovaries, anyway.  I was probably done with hot flashes for nearly a decade before my hysterectomy, and I felt exactly the same, hormonally, just before and then after the hysterectomy.  And believe me, chemo and radiation for uterine cancer are a heck of a lot worse for your bone density than a post-menopausal hysterectomy!  Not to mention that if you develop an aggressive form of uterine cancer, for some of us, living long enough to suffer from osteoporosis is an impossible dream.

I was scheduled for my 5th endometrial biopsy and I did not want another one.  I discussed having a prophylactic hysterectomy with ob/gyn and she agreed that I was a good candidtate.  Unfortunately, I flunked my endometrial biopsy and had a hysterectomy anyway but for endometrial cancer.  I think there are many women like us who have been told everything was ok, until it isn't.  I was very very lucky as I had no bleeding at all prior to this biopsy, just some pesky endometrial cells on Pap smear.  Before I had surgery, however, I did have significant bleeding.  Bottom line is PMB is not normal and you have every right to discuss a prophylactic hysterectomy with your ob/gyn.  Make him/her explain his/her answers.  I really don't think osteoporosis is a valid one since your ovaries are not producing estrogen anymore, anyway.  

Good luck!!

Suzanne