I can't see a forum devoted to boobs, so this seems the best one.
Mine feel at the moment as if I'm about to give birth! They've gone all heavy and tender, just quite suddenly, the way you'd expect them to before a period. But the period never comes, so they never go down... and at the moment I don't seem to have all the other PMS symptoms.
(touch wood).
I've done the whole self examination shtick and there doesn't seem to be any other problem, and in fact there probably isn't a way (short of actually having a period, which is something I don't have much choice over right now) to deal with this.
If anyone wants to share their thoughts please do, if not thanks for listening anyway!
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I am having issues with my boobs too! Had a weird situation that started in June. I have always had cysts, but a huge cyst started growing in June, which scared me to death, it had gotten rather large and painful. I immediately started on some Vit E and Evenning Primose oil supplements. Nothing changed for about 2.5 months, so I had doc's check it out, they sent me for an ultrasound, which they said to have it rechecked in December, so it wasn't anything serious so far.
But this past week, the cyst started shrinking and behold yesterday I started a period!!! I have not had a period in 11 months!!!! So, I guess my body was having some hormonal issues and that could be why it was acting up for months.
You had mentioned that you felt like a period was gonna start but didn't, this happened to me also many times this past year.
Hang in there, I'm sure it is just another phase of all this meno stuff.
Take care, Juliann
But this past week, the cyst started shrinking and behold yesterday I started a period!!! I have not had a period in 11 months!!!! So, I guess my body was having some hormonal issues and that could be why it was acting up for months.
You had mentioned that you felt like a period was gonna start but didn't, this happened to me also many times this past year.
Hang in there, I'm sure it is just another phase of all this meno stuff.
Take care, Juliann
QUOTE (CelticTigress @ Oct 19 2009, 07:34 PM) 
I can't see a forum devoted to boobs, so this seems the best one.
Mine feel at the moment as if I'm about to give birth! They've gone all heavy and tender, just quite suddenly, the way you'd expect them to before a period. But the period never comes, so they never go down... and at the moment I don't seem to have all the other PMS symptoms.
(touch wood).
I've done the whole self examination shtick and there doesn't seem to be any other problem, and in fact there probably isn't a way (short of actually having a period, which is something I don't have much choice over right now) to deal with this.
If anyone wants to share their thoughts please do, if not thanks for listening anyway!
Mine feel at the moment as if I'm about to give birth! They've gone all heavy and tender, just quite suddenly, the way you'd expect them to before a period. But the period never comes, so they never go down... and at the moment I don't seem to have all the other PMS symptoms.
(touch wood).
I've done the whole self examination shtick and there doesn't seem to be any other problem, and in fact there probably isn't a way (short of actually having a period, which is something I don't have much choice over right now) to deal with this.
If anyone wants to share their thoughts please do, if not thanks for listening anyway!
been there too! I have had problems with my boobs around my period since I have been in my mid-30s. I have not menstruated now for the last 10 months but the few days before my mentruation, my breast would swell soo much that it would hurt and I would need to hold them to remove my bra. PLus the fact that I needed a larger bra to fit them in! In the last few years leading to the end of my periods, the swelling would not even go down once my period had started. The pain was not cyclic any longer, it was just there, so was the swelling. I used to freak out as I would always find new lumps in my boobs and run to the doctor's office. I had two biopsies by the age of 41. and by the age of 50 I was getting so anxious and my breast had gotten bigger, (one breast was size E while the other one was D) that I went to a surgeon and got a breast reduction. They removed cysts and fibrous stuff. Now that I am a big c cup and don't menstruate, the pain is gone but when I do my BSE (too often! each lumpiness that I feel scared me. no lumpiness after the surgery but now it is back). My mammogram just came back with begnin microcalcifications, which, from my understanding is due to changes in the breast. It is amazing what I went through in the past ten years with my breast, mind you, as you can tell, I suffer from anxiety and have started on klonopin, which helps.
so swelling is part of the hormonal changes, I guess! plus the fact that the closer you get to menopause the wackier it gets, well it did for me.
Hope my experience was helpful
Mrs Buff
Hi Mrsbuff,
So do you think that if you are prone to these cysts, even if removed they will just come back?? I have often wondered about this. I have so many lumps, and have dealt with them since the age of 35. The doctors have never removed them, and now mostly they are smaller, except for in my right breast, I have had a flair up.
Thanks, Juliann
So do you think that if you are prone to these cysts, even if removed they will just come back?? I have often wondered about this. I have so many lumps, and have dealt with them since the age of 35. The doctors have never removed them, and now mostly they are smaller, except for in my right breast, I have had a flair up.
Thanks, Juliann
QUOTE (Juliann @ Oct 19 2009, 08:33 PM)
Hi Mrsbuff,
So do you think that if you are prone to these cysts, even if removed they will just come back?? I have often wondered about this. I have so many lumps, and have dealt with them since the age of 35. The doctors have never removed them, and now mostly they are smaller, except for in my right breast, I have had a flair up.
Thanks, Juliann
So do you think that if you are prone to these cysts, even if removed they will just come back?? I have often wondered about this. I have so many lumps, and have dealt with them since the age of 35. The doctors have never removed them, and now mostly they are smaller, except for in my right breast, I have had a flair up.
Thanks, Juliann
My breast definitely does not hurt at all the way it did. the decrease in size has really helped with the pain. With a smaller breast, I feel the lumpiness but it does not hurt the way it did before my surgery. The lumpiness came back few months after the surgery, not as bad, mind you. I have not had the full report of the mammogram that I just did (second one since my surgery) and I don't feel any cysts but I definitely feel lumpiness on the side of both breasts. My sister who is few years older than me and most likely 5-6 years post meno has told me that she does not feel the cysts any longer and now her mammogram are clear from what she told me 2 years ago.
I just get so anxious and nervous to feel this lumpiness. I have a friend who had few cysts that her doctor kept checking on a regular basis, she never used to worry about it and just accepted it as part of the process of aging. she was a size A. If they don't hurt you, you are better off leaving them alone, if that is what your doctor suggests and if they don't create any anxiety. As for me, having a smaller breast has been easier on a daily basis as my breast was really big and painful.
hope it answered your questions
MrsBuff
Mrsbuff, I am glad that your surgery was successful in that you are not in that kind of pain anymore. I know how the anxiety goes, I am always a bit worried about the different lumps that I feel, wondering if it is a cyst or something else. Each year at mammo time, I stress out.
So the lumpiness that you are feeling is "tissue" that is dense?? It's so hard having these breast issues, some women don't feel anything like this, so we are different.
I have an appointment tomorrow with a general surgeon to see if he wants to aspirate this cyst, which is to draw out the fluid and have it tested. The thing grew so large, and now it has shrink but is still like the size of a peach pitt. I had implant surgery a few years ago, so I'm not wanting needles stuck into my breasts without it being done VERY carefully.
Thank you for answering, I appreciate that. I hope that your situation is nothing to worry about.
Juliann
So the lumpiness that you are feeling is "tissue" that is dense?? It's so hard having these breast issues, some women don't feel anything like this, so we are different.
I have an appointment tomorrow with a general surgeon to see if he wants to aspirate this cyst, which is to draw out the fluid and have it tested. The thing grew so large, and now it has shrink but is still like the size of a peach pitt. I had implant surgery a few years ago, so I'm not wanting needles stuck into my breasts without it being done VERY carefully.
Thank you for answering, I appreciate that. I hope that your situation is nothing to worry about.
Juliann
QUOTE (Juliann @ Oct 19 2009, 09:36 PM)
Mrsbuff, I am glad that your surgery was successful in that you are not in that kind of pain anymore. I know how the anxiety goes, I am always a bit worried about the different lumps that I feel, wondering if it is a cyst or something else. Each year at mammo time, I stress out.
So the lumpiness that you are feeling is "tissue" that is dense?? It's so hard having these breast issues, some women don't feel anything like this, so we are different.
I have an appointment tomorrow with a general surgeon to see if he wants to aspirate this cyst, which is to draw out the fluid and have it tested. The thing grew so large, and now it has shrink but is still like the size of a peach pitt. I had implant surgery a few years ago, so I'm not wanting needles stuck into my breasts without it being done VERY carefully.
Thank you for answering, I appreciate that. I hope that your situation is nothing to worry about.
Juliann
So the lumpiness that you are feeling is "tissue" that is dense?? It's so hard having these breast issues, some women don't feel anything like this, so we are different.
I have an appointment tomorrow with a general surgeon to see if he wants to aspirate this cyst, which is to draw out the fluid and have it tested. The thing grew so large, and now it has shrink but is still like the size of a peach pitt. I had implant surgery a few years ago, so I'm not wanting needles stuck into my breasts without it being done VERY carefully.
Thank you for answering, I appreciate that. I hope that your situation is nothing to worry about.
Juliann
I wish you good luck for tomorrow. I know how you feel. To answer your question : it seems that my breast is still very dense (according to my mammogram). However, I still feel some roppy smoothy things moving. The main thing is to keep going to do our mammogram!!!
good luck tomorrow. If you lump has shrunk it is obviously not something to worry about. However, it is always an easy thing to say. Please let me know by tomorrow how your day went. I will be thinking about you as I had a bad week last week having been recalled to do more view of my mammogram. Thank god for Klonopin!
take care
Mrs buff
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went to a surgeon and got a breast reduction]
Mrs. Buff, would you mind giving a little info about the reduction re pain and recovery time? I'm small and since this nightmare started I've gone from 105 lbs to 125, and bosoms grew accordingly. I am now a 32 F or DDD or something and it's driving me mad. I'm seriously considering a reduction due to all the back and chest pain but have the scaries about the whole thing and wondering if I should do this while my hormones are in such turmoil...
Hello Guys.
Just to say about the breasts... During my last period about two weeks ago I started the Revival Soy and you know, my breasts are almost twice their normal size (from 34B to 34DDD) and I am so bloated all over! I feel like Ms. Pillsbury Dough Boy. So, it seems that the Revival Soy actually caused my minimal monthly breast swelling to not only double, but to sometimes triple and it has not gone away
I haven't stepped on the scale yet, for fear, but all of my clothes are embarrassingly tight now! I don't even feel comfortable undressing for sex, so my poor hubby missed out on the hormonal surge that usually comes after my period leaves...it didn't happen this month. I'm 45 and a runner and this weight gain is driving me nuts! I stopped the soy for a day and the breasts started to decline in size. I even felt better but thought it might have been in my head so, stupid me...I took the soy for another day and the breasts are now even larger than they were previously
I already had a B9 breast tumor before the soy and now I am embarrassed to even go back to the surgeon for my six-months ultrasound for fear that I would appear as an idiot for having 'done this to myself'...ya know what I mean? Anyway, my breasts are so large and heavy that they are making me feel disgusting and altogether embarrassed out in public because at any given time throughout my day, my breasts seem to grow a bit bigger and then go back down. They start to spill out of the top and sides of my bra. I have to let this Revival stuff get out of my system. I am a whole foods consumer and should have known better than to consume a food in part instead of eating the soy bean itself, but sometimes we just do things out of sheer desperation to feel better. So, I know what you guys mean about the out-of-control breasts.
At this point in my life my breasts are no longer my husband's toys, so I don't want them to grow like I once did in my 20s and 30s when they were used for fun and frolic
I know this is hormonal and is a result of the soy; however, it's the Revival that is still in my body that I am concerned about. What else is it doing to me that's not so apparent? I just want it out. I've learned my lesson.
Later and hugs and kisses to you All.
Just to say about the breasts... During my last period about two weeks ago I started the Revival Soy and you know, my breasts are almost twice their normal size (from 34B to 34DDD) and I am so bloated all over! I feel like Ms. Pillsbury Dough Boy. So, it seems that the Revival Soy actually caused my minimal monthly breast swelling to not only double, but to sometimes triple and it has not gone away
I haven't stepped on the scale yet, for fear, but all of my clothes are embarrassingly tight now! I don't even feel comfortable undressing for sex, so my poor hubby missed out on the hormonal surge that usually comes after my period leaves...it didn't happen this month. I'm 45 and a runner and this weight gain is driving me nuts! I stopped the soy for a day and the breasts started to decline in size. I even felt better but thought it might have been in my head so, stupid me...I took the soy for another day and the breasts are now even larger than they were previously
I already had a B9 breast tumor before the soy and now I am embarrassed to even go back to the surgeon for my six-months ultrasound for fear that I would appear as an idiot for having 'done this to myself'...ya know what I mean? Anyway, my breasts are so large and heavy that they are making me feel disgusting and altogether embarrassed out in public because at any given time throughout my day, my breasts seem to grow a bit bigger and then go back down. They start to spill out of the top and sides of my bra. I have to let this Revival stuff get out of my system. I am a whole foods consumer and should have known better than to consume a food in part instead of eating the soy bean itself, but sometimes we just do things out of sheer desperation to feel better. So, I know what you guys mean about the out-of-control breasts.
At this point in my life my breasts are no longer my husband's toys, so I don't want them to grow like I once did in my 20s and 30s when they were used for fun and frolic
I know this is hormonal and is a result of the soy; however, it's the Revival that is still in my body that I am concerned about. What else is it doing to me that's not so apparent? I just want it out. I've learned my lesson.Later and hugs and kisses to you All.
QUOTE (crunches1 @ Nov 3 2009, 11:51 PM)
Hello Guys.
Just to say about the breasts... During my last period about two weeks ago I started the Revival Soy and you know, my breasts are almost twice their normal size (from 34B to 34DDD) and I am so bloated all over! I feel like Ms. Pillsbury Dough Boy. So, it seems that the Revival Soy actually caused my minimal monthly breast swelling to not only double, but to sometimes triple and it has not gone away
I haven't stepped on the scale yet, for fear, but all of my clothes are embarrassingly tight now! I don't even feel comfortable undressing for sex, so my poor hubby missed out on the hormonal surge that usually comes after my period leaves...it didn't happen this month. I'm 45 and a runner and this weight gain is driving me nuts! I stopped the soy for a day and the breasts started to decline in size. I even felt better but thought it might have been in my head so, stupid me...I took the soy for another day and the breasts are now even larger than they were previously
I already had a B9 breast tumor before the soy and now I am embarrassed to even go back to the surgeon for my six-months ultrasound for fear that I would appear as an idiot for having 'done this to myself'...ya know what I mean? Anyway, my breasts are so large and heavy that they are making me feel disgusting and altogether embarrassed out in public because at any given time throughout my day, my breasts seem to grow a bit bigger and then go back down. They start to spill out of the top and sides of my bra. I have to let this Revival stuff get out of my system. I am a whole foods consumer and should have known better than to consume a food in part instead of eating the soy bean itself, but sometimes we just do things out of sheer desperation to feel better. So, I know what you guys mean about the out-of-control breasts.
At this point in my life my breasts are no longer my husband's toys, so I don't want them to grow like I once did in my 20s and 30s when they were used for fun and frolic I know this is hormonal and is a result of the soy; however, it's the Revival that is still in my body that I am concerned about. What else is it doing to me that's not so apparent? I just want it out. I've learned my lesson.
Later and hugs and kisses to you All.
Just to say about the breasts... During my last period about two weeks ago I started the Revival Soy and you know, my breasts are almost twice their normal size (from 34B to 34DDD) and I am so bloated all over! I feel like Ms. Pillsbury Dough Boy. So, it seems that the Revival Soy actually caused my minimal monthly breast swelling to not only double, but to sometimes triple and it has not gone away
I haven't stepped on the scale yet, for fear, but all of my clothes are embarrassingly tight now! I don't even feel comfortable undressing for sex, so my poor hubby missed out on the hormonal surge that usually comes after my period leaves...it didn't happen this month. I'm 45 and a runner and this weight gain is driving me nuts! I stopped the soy for a day and the breasts started to decline in size. I even felt better but thought it might have been in my head so, stupid me...I took the soy for another day and the breasts are now even larger than they were previously
I already had a B9 breast tumor before the soy and now I am embarrassed to even go back to the surgeon for my six-months ultrasound for fear that I would appear as an idiot for having 'done this to myself'...ya know what I mean? Anyway, my breasts are so large and heavy that they are making me feel disgusting and altogether embarrassed out in public because at any given time throughout my day, my breasts seem to grow a bit bigger and then go back down. They start to spill out of the top and sides of my bra. I have to let this Revival stuff get out of my system. I am a whole foods consumer and should have known better than to consume a food in part instead of eating the soy bean itself, but sometimes we just do things out of sheer desperation to feel better. So, I know what you guys mean about the out-of-control breasts.
At this point in my life my breasts are no longer my husband's toys, so I don't want them to grow like I once did in my 20s and 30s when they were used for fun and frolic
I know this is hormonal and is a result of the soy; however, it's the Revival that is still in my body that I am concerned about. What else is it doing to me that's not so apparent? I just want it out. I've learned my lesson.Later and hugs and kisses to you All.
Hi crunches, I just thought I'd comment on what you said about the soy causing your breasts to swell dramatically. OUCH, this really does sound painful, I'm sorry you are having this problem. Anyway, my comment is that I saw on the men's health website that an actor found that when he took soy, he developed "man boobs"! I guess I must have been living under a rock but I've never heard this connection before and now in the space of 30 min. I've heard it twice. Is it really this common?
take care,
Jan
hello ladies,
In Jan of this year I developed 3 very painful cyst in my breast. Needless to say I was bummed out until
tests came back ok. I refused surgery...thinking there was a better answer.About 2wks ago I came across Suzanne Somers' book "Breakthrough" in which she
maintains and has cutting edge doctors attest to the fact that "all breast" diseases are caused by the thyroid.....
Being an alternative health advocate I tried the method outlined using iodine and I am happy to say that within a few days
my cysts began to shrink and I am actually able to touch where the cysts are without pain....also the visible chewed
up look of my breast is going away...she also has some other very interesting things to say about menopause and aging in general.
I leave no stoned unturned in my quest to find answers and remedies that actually cure or rebalance the many issues
I have or I am now experiencing during this never ending in your face 24hrs a day nightmare....
be well, I know I'm trying to be...
In Jan of this year I developed 3 very painful cyst in my breast. Needless to say I was bummed out until
tests came back ok. I refused surgery...thinking there was a better answer.About 2wks ago I came across Suzanne Somers' book "Breakthrough" in which she
maintains and has cutting edge doctors attest to the fact that "all breast" diseases are caused by the thyroid.....
Being an alternative health advocate I tried the method outlined using iodine and I am happy to say that within a few days
my cysts began to shrink and I am actually able to touch where the cysts are without pain....also the visible chewed
up look of my breast is going away...she also has some other very interesting things to say about menopause and aging in general.
I leave no stoned unturned in my quest to find answers and remedies that actually cure or rebalance the many issues
I have or I am now experiencing during this never ending in your face 24hrs a day nightmare....
be well, I know I'm trying to be...
QUOTE (Siaran @ Oct 20 2009, 06:25 PM)
Mrs. Buff, would you mind giving a little info about the reduction re pain and recovery time? I'm small and since this nightmare started I've gone from 105 lbs to 125, and bosoms grew accordingly. I am now a 32 F or DDD or something and it's driving me mad. I'm seriously considering a reduction due to all the back and chest pain but have the scaries about the whole thing and wondering if I should do this while my hormones are in such turmoil...
Hello Siaran,
The recovery was long and being a very active person, I wanted to get on the treadmill few days later so you have to take it easy as you will have lot's of stitches and your breast will be bruises. I was 50 when I had it done so I was peri at the time but the breast pains was my biggest (no pun intented) issue for me. I do not regret one day having it done. I took me 2 months to fully recover from it but the stitches in itself took 1 month only.
I was feeling so miserable that i felt it was my only recourse.
I am happy with them now.
MrsBuff
QUOTE (soul survivor @ Nov 4 2009, 07:25 AM)
hello ladies,
In Jan of this year I developed 3 very painful cyst in my breast. Needless to say I was bummed out until
tests came back ok. I refused surgery...thinking there was a better answer.About 2wks ago I came across Suzanne Somers' book "Breakthrough" in which she
maintains and has cutting edge doctors attest to the fact that "all breast" diseases are caused by the thyroid.....
Being an alternative health advocate I tried the method outlined using iodine and I am happy to say that within a few days
my cysts began to shrink and I am actually able to touch where the cysts are without pain....also the visible chewed
up look of my breast is going away...she also has some other very interesting things to say about menopause and aging in general.
I leave no stoned unturned in my quest to find answers and remedies that actually cure or rebalance the many issues
I have or I am now experiencing during this never ending in your face 24hrs a day nightmare....
be well, I know I'm trying to be...
In Jan of this year I developed 3 very painful cyst in my breast. Needless to say I was bummed out until
tests came back ok. I refused surgery...thinking there was a better answer.About 2wks ago I came across Suzanne Somers' book "Breakthrough" in which she
maintains and has cutting edge doctors attest to the fact that "all breast" diseases are caused by the thyroid.....
Being an alternative health advocate I tried the method outlined using iodine and I am happy to say that within a few days
my cysts began to shrink and I am actually able to touch where the cysts are without pain....also the visible chewed
up look of my breast is going away...she also has some other very interesting things to say about menopause and aging in general.
I leave no stoned unturned in my quest to find answers and remedies that actually cure or rebalance the many issues
I have or I am now experiencing during this never ending in your face 24hrs a day nightmare....
be well, I know I'm trying to be...
Hello Soul survivor,
I am happy the iodine worked for you. I also tried that before thinking a breast reduction but it did not bring me any relief. I don't know if it is because I had so many cysts and lumpiness.
Mrsbuff
QUOTE (mrsbuff @ Nov 4 2009, 03:49 AM)
Hello Siaran,
The recovery was long and being a very active person, I wanted to get on the treadmill few days later so you have to take it easy as you will have lot's of stitches and your breast will be bruises. I was 50 when I had it done so I was peri at the time but the breast pains was my biggest (no pun intented) issue for me. I do not regret one day having it done. I took me 2 months to fully recover from it but the stitches in itself took 1 month only.
I was feeling so miserable that i felt it was my only recourse.
I am happy with them now.
MrsBuff
The recovery was long and being a very active person, I wanted to get on the treadmill few days later so you have to take it easy as you will have lot's of stitches and your breast will be bruises. I was 50 when I had it done so I was peri at the time but the breast pains was my biggest (no pun intented) issue for me. I do not regret one day having it done. I took me 2 months to fully recover from it but the stitches in itself took 1 month only.
I was feeling so miserable that i felt it was my only recourse.
I am happy with them now.
MrsBuff
Thank you Mrs. Buff. I'm considering waiting but if I have another month like this last one, I may just have it done sooner. Considering what I'm putting up with now anyway, I think I could deal with the two months of recovery. I'm glad everything worked out for you. That gives me some hope. Thanks for responding..
I also had very, very large cycsts on one side only. I started using the iodine and they were gone within a few days! Amazing!
The iodine sounds really interesting! I've been struggling with cycsts since I was a teenager. I would love to get rid of them!!!
Did you get them in supplement form?
Did you get them in supplement form?
I have the opposite problem. With peri my teeny boobs are shrinking and deflating daily! I HATE THIS. Just when I didn't think I could get any flatter - urg. I have never consider implants, but it is more tempting all the time. I hate looking like a 12 year old boy.
me
me
QUOTE (midwestpiglet @ Nov 9 2009, 08:58 AM)
The iodine sounds really interesting! I've been struggling with cycsts since I was a teenager. I would love to get rid of them!!!
Did you get them in supplement form?
Did you get them in supplement form?
The iodine that I was told to use is called Iosol Formula II. It is a liquid Iodine. I ordered it online. I was told to rub 1-2 drops onto my breast once daily. Within 2 days, the cysts were gone! I was amazed! I really didn't think that it was going to work, as I've had very cycstic breasts for as long as I can remember, especially the left breast. They've always had to repeat my mammograms to get a closer look because of the cycsts. After a week or so, I just started using 1 drop of the Iodine on my wrist once a day. I tried stopping it one time and after 1 week, the cycsts returned. I don't really know why it works, but it's nice to have something work for me for a change! LOL
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