spotting after and before period normal? help ladies

[kammie72]

hi all. I'm on high alert about uterine cancer! I had brown spotting a few days before my period and then brown spotting 3 days after it ended and then 4 days the spotting was reddish! I was flipping out! I am flipping out. I am 45 so people are telling me its normal for periods to get wacky before this time. I am also getting mild cramping along with this spotting post period.

has any one had this? i could be perimenopausal or it could be something more sinister...

 

[Rinka]

You could be nearing your menopause I think. Also UTI can result in blood present in urin.
Check with your doctor and get some blood tests done. Just to make sure.

 

[kammie72]

will do - thanks! waiting for doctor to call me...