Caution: Girl Stuff

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

The fact that both of you say this catches my attention. I've talked to many women with menopause and other things going on and I do wonder if this would affect that.

I'm not menopausel. I'm not even pre-menopausel. I probably have another 10 years of this. My body does what ever other woman'tbody does every 28 days - like clockwork. And, since I haven't been taking ANY hormones for about 10 years now, my periods are easier and less problem-imposing than they've ver been. With a few month of bandess when I was taking tamoxifen and also before the thyroid dosage was adjested - one is a hormone one effect hormone production.)

The fact that I got breast cancer at a young age probably has to do with 4 things:
-I messed with my hormones by taking the pill for a very long time
-I drank heavily for a good 10 years
-I have a family history of POST-menopausel breast cancer
-I got pregnant late (at 32) and I wasn't only pregnant for 5 1/2 months, so it didn't really cancel out the other bd hormone abuse.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I have to say that I would never, ever get breast augmentation, barring a replacement for a mastectomy. The idea of inserting bags of liquid in my body to make me look prettier repulses me. I'm not judging anyone else's decision - I just know it's not for me.

So, inserting a bag of liquid repulses you, but ingesting hormones daily to augment your breasts does not? I don't see what the difference is.

Augementation is probably a LOT safer.

Oh, and the most wonderful gyno I ever had was a male and the 3 horrid ones were all female. Today, I just go with good regardless of gender.