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Do you have to be diagnosed by a Dr. to know if you have fibrocystic breasts? I had a mammogram last year and it was fine. The little nodes in my breasts are sore, and its not going away. BTW, I am going to make an appt. with my DR too. But, I thought I could start on Dr. Stoll's protocol for fibrocystic breasts now anyway.
In Reply to: fibrocystic breasts posted by Barb [5186.1351] on February 12, 2006 at 21:43:27:
Thanks, Barb.
The only SURE way is by a needle biopsy. Since the protocol is totally safe and almost universally effective within a few months, what I would do is try it and see if it goes away. If it does not, THEN see the doc for an evaluation.
Walt
In Reply to: fibrocystic breasts posted by Barb [5186.1351] on February 12, 2006 at 21:43:27:
For years, I was plagued by breast cysts. I had them drained (needle aspiration) as well as had the fluid tested. (If the fluid is hay-colored, it's probably fine.) Finally found an internist who recommended taking EVENING PRIMROSE OIL. He said it doesn't work for all but since taking it, I do not have the cysts anymore! I take anywhere from 500-1000 mg. per day. I still can't believe that an M.D. recommended that I go to the health food store! Such a simple remedy plus EPO is so good for you. Check it out.
In Reply to: Re: fibrocystic breasts posted by RUTH [1699.1351] on February 13, 2006 at 09:30:46:
I second that!! I also noticed I dont spot before my period anymore, on Evening Primrose Oil, and I only use Barleans EPO, as it is organic, Juli
In Reply to: Re: fibrocystic breasts posted by RUTH [1699.1351] on February 13, 2006 at 09:30:46:
thanks Ruth, I've been reading about evening primrose oil for pre-menapause and menapause symtoms. I'll have to get some when I pick up the Vit E.
In Reply to: fibrocystic breasts posted by Barb [5186.1351] on February 12, 2006 at 21:43:27:
Hi Barb:
800 i.u. of vitamin E daily is what my doctor recommended. It does help. Also, keeping the lymphatic system flowing is said to be helpful too.
In Reply to: Re: fibrocystic breasts posted by PhillyLady [1906.1536] on February 13, 2006 at 11:21:50:
Hi Philly, How much snow did you wake up to this morning? I am going to start on Vit E. Did you start with 800 mg first off? OR, did you build up
slowly?
In Reply to: Re: fibrocystic breasts posted by Barb [5186.1351] on February 13, 2006 at 13:15:14:
Hey Barb:
Actually, the heavy snow came down Saturday night into Sunday afternoon, for a total of about 18+ inches. I'm all achy from shoveling. Even the back of my legs are sore.
I took 1000 i.u. daily back in my 20's when I had a breast lump that the doctor wanted to have removed. The lump had decreased considerably right before the operation so I ended up not having it removed. I took it for several months then stopped.
Right now I take 800 i.u. several times a week when I remember:-) No, I didn't build up slowly to that amount. I never got any unpleasant results from those amounts.
In Reply to: Re: fibrocystic breasts posted by PhillyLady [1906.1536] on February 13, 2006 at 13:32:03:
REgarding your lump... what did he do to diagnose it, that made him want to remove it? I take it that your "lump" was something fibrocystic, and that it disappeared completed after the Vitamin E? How long did it take for it to go away?
In Reply to: Philly posted by Worried [4800.74] on February 13, 2006 at 13:54:01:
Hi Worried:
I first found the lump while showering. The doctor then "diagnosed" it by feeling it, and determined that it was benign. However, I don't recall if I had an x-ray or not. I believe I may have. But I definitely did NOT have a biopsy.
He said it should be removed because he didn't think it belonged there, even though it was not cancerous. I was hoping that the Vitamin E would work in decreasing the size, and it did. It decreased enough that I did not have the operation. I'd say it took approximately 3 weeks to achieve a noticeable decrease.
By the way, there are times when fibrocystic breasts get very hard in some spots. Sometimes it's just on the sides of the breasts. Then, as hormones fluctuate, the texture returns to normal. I used to call them "granite breasts" because they felt hard and painful. On the plus side, it looked as if I had been working out diligently. But the pain and swelling was no fun. I rarely get those symptoms now, but I'm also a bit older and take better care of my health:-)
I believe a hormonal imbalance is the cause for this problem. I've never had children, so childbirth and/or breastfeeding was not a factor.
In Reply to: Re: Philly posted by PhillyLady [1906.1536] on February 13, 2006 at 14:20:01:
Worried:
I want to add one more thing. The doctor who first wanted me to have the operation is not the one who recommended the Vitamin E treatments. This first doctor was skeptical about Vitamin E.
It was a gynecologist, years later, who recommended the Vitamin E. But I had already been sold on this remedy since I had used it years before to shrink the lump.
In Reply to: Re: Philly - One more thing. posted by PhillyLady [1906.1536] on February 13, 2006 at 14:25:10:
Another question... you said your first doctor dagnosed your lump as benign. How did they do that w/o doing anything invasive (or at the very least, an ultraound?). What was it that made them say that... the feel of it, the size, shape, etc??? I always wonder (for this case and others) to what extent we need to get "tested" for health issues. I mean, we don't all get chest xrays when we are coughing for a couple of weeks. We wait to see if it'll go away first. And for lumpy breasts, at what point is it wise to get it biopsied/aspirated/ultraounded? I do NOT want to do anything invasive or unnecessary. It'll only feed into my anxiety about it, and if it's nothing, I'd rather proceed on the conservative side.
In Reply to: Re: fibrocystic breasts posted by PhillyLady [1906.1536] on February 13, 2006 at 13:32:03:
Any reputable teens you can hire to shovel for you?
I went rummaging through my vitamins and herbs and found an E with 1000 mgs. I started on it today.
In Reply to: Re: Philly - One more thing. posted by Worried [4800.74] on February 13, 2006 at 14:41:46:
Hi Worried:
I don't recall if I had an x-ray or an ultrasound. But I am positive that I did not have any kind of biopsy, no needle aspiration, nothing like that.
If I'm not mistaken, hard lumps are mostly benign. However, the very soft ones that can easily move between the fingers are the ones to pay attention to.
At what point do you get tested? When something tells you that this lump is not the usual fibrocystic lump. With the many lumps I've had, I have never had one that remained hard indefinitely. They stay hard for a while, then decrease (or disappear), and then they return. And the pattern repeats itself, like high tide and low tide. You will, in time, learn to tell what's normal and what isn't. But you still want to not have the problem in the first place. So do something about it.
Please try and relax a bit:-) If you are overly anxious and tense, you will not be able to interpret the signs your body is giving you.
In Reply to: Re: fibrocystic breasts posted by Barb [5186.1351] on February 13, 2006 at 15:00:34:
Barb:
Actually, there was one woman who was trying to convince her son to go out and help the neighbors so he could earn a little extra money (you have to pay the kids here). She was on the doorstep and he was on the sidewalk so I could hear their conversation. I got a chuckle out of it, and, no, the son didn't want to shovel any snow for anybody. He did the front of their house and that was enough for him:-)
In Reply to: Re: Philly - One more thing. posted by PhillyLady [1906.1536] on February 13, 2006 at 15:03:27:
Whoah... let me step back and hopefully somebody will answer this for me. Hard is benign, and soft is maybe not? I thought it was the other way around. I thought soft in the breasts would mean benign, maybe something fibrocystic, and hard meant something to watch for.
PLEASE somebody out there, which is it???
In Reply to: Somebody!!! - Hard versus SOFT? posted by Worried [4800.74] on February 13, 2006 at 19:27:27:
Hey Worried:
That was my understanding, but if I'm wrong I hope someone can clarify for us.
In Reply to: Somebody!!! - Hard versus SOFT? posted by Worried [4800.74] on February 13, 2006 at 19:27:27:
Hi Worried,
soft easily movable is probably noncancerous.
new lumps that don't change with the menstrual cycle should be checked.
In Reply to: Re: Somebody!!! - Hard versus SOFT? posted by lissa [2032.8] on February 13, 2006 at 21:12:09:
Hey Lissa:
I always had hard painful lumps due to sclerosing adenosis and was told that they were benign. Plus there was some calcification involved. But there are SO many kinds of lumps, maybe that was normal for me and may not be for someone else. Maybe Dr. Stoll can clarify this hard & soft puzzle.
In Reply to: Re: Somebody!!! - Hard versus SOFT? posted by lissa [2032.8] on February 13, 2006 at 21:12:09:
What is it about the menstrual cycle that causes these lumps to wax and wane? I assume they are hormones???
What about breastfeeding moms who don't have their cycle back? I should be getting it back very soon. Is the period before the return of my cycle anything to do with more lumpiness??? I don't know exactly how the hormones work in lactating women.
In Reply to: Re: Somebody!!! - Hard versus SOFT? posted by Worried [4800.74] on February 13, 2006 at 22:24:39:
Yes hormones. I don't know about the breastfeeding q though...I assume hormones are rampant while breastfeeding too.
In Reply to: Re: fibrocystic breasts posted by RUTH [1699.1351] on February 13, 2006 at 09:30:46:
Thanks, Ruth!
Walt
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