Brown discharge post menopausal

Hello.

I'm feeling rather worried and just wanted to ask opinions on here.

I'm 68 years old and had a brown vaginal discharge last September on just one occasion. I tied to just pass it off at the time as it was only briefly on one afternoon and after I'd had a flare up of my ibs. 
As my husband has prostate cancer I've tried not to dwell on this symptom of mine.....possibly thinking it was something like vaginal atrophy. 
This last week though I've felt increasingly unwell and tired and really bad bloating and stomach discomfort which again I've attributed to my ibs.

Yesterday afternoon as I stood up I was aware that I'd has some sort of discharge and on investigation saw a discharge rather like the tail end of a period. 

I think this time I must ring the dr? This will obviously have to be tomorrow with it being bank holiday.

Am I being alarmist here?

could vaginal atrophy cause this do you think?

Sorry for all the questions but I've no one else to share with. Many thanks. 

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  • Hi, I’m 57 and in menapause 5/6 years, I had discharge one month then the next month I had small bleed, asi had been suffering a lot with bloating gas and constipation I thought was a stomach problem causing this, so was shocked to be told endometrial cancer, I’m not saying this is what u have but is definitely worth a doc appointment,my oncologist said anything past menopause is worth a visit to be checked. Good luck with whatever you decide to do, but is def worth a word with ur gp x

  • Hi. Thanks for your reply too. 
    I've now got an ultrasound scan this Saturday, so not a long wait fortunately. 
    May I just ask was your discharge over a few days or an isolated event? Mine literally has just been on two occasions. 

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