What’s Worse: Breast Cancer or Heart Attack? - 101
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Have you ever stopped to compare the significance of different diseases on your menopause? What about breast cancer versus heart attack? Which is worse? Which is more likely to affect you? Watch this video to learn the facts on how these two diseases compare.
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This one is more than good, it’s excellent! So simple to understand, you broke it down beautifully, Dr. Barbie. I knew the focus was on heart attack, getting this message out is crucial for menopausal women, I’m going to share this one. My love, and many thanks! ❤️❤️❤️
It's so great to know that your knowledge keeps building. I'll be giving you a lot of videos that approach material differently than I do in my book. The book addresses each item individually. Some of these videos group topics to give you a different perspective.
I'm so glad you're enjoying these videos, my dear.
Such a good video! Again they’re all good but in my personal life I’ve experienced more women with breast cancer and none with heart attack
I am changing my life - hopefully prolonging it too - because of your channel. I cannot thank you enough. I knew NOTHING about Menopause before I subscribed. I’m watching your videos in the right order and I feel informed, relieved from fears about my health and confident enough that I am now taking charge, instead of suffering in silence. You are a wonderful person.
Gillian,
You are so wise to get this education and so kind to let me know it's helping you. This is the education you deserve, and I love providing it for you. Keep watching!
Wow! What an eye opener. Thank you so much. I was so afraid to do any HRT at all. I was gonna go natural.. not now I’m meeting with my Ob/Gyn asap. To see what will work. Oh my... another HOT flash!🔥🔥🔥😩 it’s horrible!!
Got It !! Thank you for this information.
Thank you so much for all your hard work and truths that go into these videos. Oh how i wish every woman would get this education and not so much fear mongering. You should have heard what my husbands Endocrinologist said when we asked for Testosterone replacement therapy (he NEEDED it) Oh...it'll make you aggressive, you could get a heart attack or stroke, etc. etc., well pretty much the opposite is true if one NEEDS the hormone replacement. Just so much negatives and no encouragement, frankly i was shocked when he went ahead and put him on it. Oh and i got the answers right because i've listened to your previous videos (although cannot retain all the info!)
You are such a good student. And, don't worry. I'll come back to things from time to time. Plus, you can watch these videos again if you need to.
I have been watching all your videos in order for about a week now, I got the answer right because I've been paying attention 😁, but still, this visual was FANTASTIC and made the magnitude of it all (or rather, lack thereof) so much better to grasp. Thank you so much for the time, thought, effort, creativity and love that you put into all of this 💗🙏🏼.
You make me soooo happy! You see how much easier it is to learn when you do so in order. You are going to be so glad you did it this way.
I'm 48 and about 3 years into perimenopause. This was the catalyst for me to start HRT this year. My dad and sister both had heart attacks in their early 40's, and my dad died in his 60's. I have high LP(a), a genetic form of bad cholesterol and despite being a vegan for 4 years, I recently found out my LDL is also elevated. So it's back to a WFPB diet and HRT.
Don't hesitate to schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I do them all online.
Gosh watching these videos sure do bless me!!!
You make me smile. I love knowing that you're learning.
Wow! Very informative!!!!! Thanks so much!
Outstanding, Doctor! Thank you SO much for these videos.
You're so very welcome, Liz. I love making them for you.
I’m 57 and had menopause at 55. I’m so glad I found you. Just started HRT TODAY 🙏
You sound so happy! And I'm happy for you.
Thanks again for presenting all the facts to us. We hear stories every day that frighten us but it is the facts that reassure us
That's one of the big reasons I make these videos for you. Most of what you hear is either incomplete, inaccurate, or just plain irresponsible.
My hubby got all the quiz answers right because he has been listening! We thank you for this education we would not know about otherwise!
You are both students of Menopause University!
@@MenopauseTaylor Its awesome! Thank you!
Dr Barbie. You really are passionate about educating women.
I am so grateful for the amount of time you put into these videos and props👏
You know me now. I just love teaching you this stuff. The best part is knowing that it's making a difference for you.
Menopause Taylor 💙💚💛🧡💜
Great video, you never disappoint. I’m forever grateful to Dominique for sharing the wealth....as I like to say 🤣
Aren't you sweet. I'm trying to do my best for you, and I'll continue to do so. I'm so glad you're learning this stuff.
I’m learning so much from you. You are a wonderful teacher. Thank you!!!!
This makes me s happy. I love giving you the menopause education you deserve.
Great video. Very informative. Thank you!
It's my pleasure! I love making these videos for you.
Thank you for explaining this in an easy to understand way. Most women don't know the symptoms of a heart attack. Even if you went to the doctor with complaints, they're likely to dismiss you as imagining things. Scary stuff, a heart attack can take you out before you know you're having one. Thanks to your videos, I got all the quiz questions correct. Menopause is serious stuff. The one coworker I mentioned before, who stopped taking HRT back in 2003 after that WHI study came out, is now almost bedridden with osteoporosis. Her vertebrae are breaking and there's nothing much doctors can do for her now. She's in constant pain. It's very sad.
Oh, I am so sorry for this tardy reply. The RUclips comments on my end are supposed to line up all the new ones so that I don’t have to search for them one-video-at-a-time. And most of the time, it works. But occasionally (as in this case), a comment doesn’t appear in the line-up. I apologize profusely for the delay.
I am so glad you're getting this education. And I feel so badly for your co-worker. It is sad ... and so unnecessary!
My dream is for every woman to get this education when she's in her 30s or 40s. It's what every woman deserves.
Oh my goodness Dr. Barbie, I SO love this tree! and the sound of the velcro, as you removed inconsequential relatives. hehe
I'm so glad these visuals help you to really understand things. I have loads of fun making all my goofy props.
@@MenopauseTaylor I can tell you do :) That is why they are so fun to watch.
@@annief.9256 Thank you so much, my dear.
@@MenopauseTaylor No thank you Dr. Taylor! Every video either clarifies something or gives me another piece of information to explore. I will cross reference what you teach with BBC (which is how I found the estrogen gel I chose to take) and pubmed abstracts (how I found out I could take my micronized progesterone intravaginally to avoid side effects). The piece I got with from this video is that I had the misconception it was everyone in on my mother's side that influenced cancer risk. My maternal grandmother had breast cancer. Also my paternal grandfather had a sister who died of cancer. But RRiippp! Turns out none of these folks matter! Lol
@@annief.9256 I love it when you learn things that relive you of your worries.
Very informational tutorial. And u look amazing in this colour.
I answered all ur questions correctly😄😄
That's because you're a star pupil! Thank you for liking my colors.
Thank you so much for this video. I am almost 43 and am so thankful that I have found your channel now! So much to learn. I do feel a little less in the dark than I thought I was though... I did guess heart attack for all of the answers! 😉 I’m heavily considering switching to a plant based diet as well. Thank you so much for all you do for women!!!
Oh, I love it when women learn this stuff BEFORE they need it. That's what I want for all women!
The world would be such a better place if all women received the education they deserve in advance. (I hope that mantra, "If you build it, they will come" is true!)
Yay!! I got the answers right but I sure did learn a lot!!!
Yea! It's great to build on what you already know.
I'm at great risk of a heart attack with so many relatives having had it. I have a daughter with breast cancer. I was unaware it increased my risk for that.
Well, now that you know these risk factors, you can make sure you choose options to decrease your risk. That's what this education is all about.
No matter how many relatives have had heart attacks, you have control over most of the risk factors that contribute to it.
Wonderful videos!!! Would you please do one on how (or if) HRT effects gynoid vs. android fat distribution? Am hoping to reverse the android fat accumulation when I start HRT. Many thanks!! Keep up the great work :)
I'll be addressing fat distribution in the videos on heart attack and the videos on weight gain. It's a very important topic in terms of your risk for heart attack. Fat accumulation in your abdominal region (apple shape) increases your risk for a heart attack significantly.
Excellent!
Well, thank you, my friend.
I knew heart attack was the answer to all of those questions. Yay!
I dont know much about my birth father's health, heart attack on his side of the family or anything. 😳 So heart attack side seems a little scar just not knowing but thank goodness breast cancer is not something I truly was concerned about.
You explained this perfectly. So easy to understand. Thank you.
You are so welcome, my dear Yvette. You are a star student.
Thank you.
I’ve heard that your father having prostate cancer makes you, as his daughter, more likely to develop breast cancer. Have you heard this before, Dr. Taylor? Thank you once again for all these videos. Because I’ve been watching them in order, I knew the answer to your question. I’ve learned so much already and will continue to learn with each one!
This is only true if the prostate cancer and the breast cancer are due to a genetic mutation. Otherwise, it is not true.
@@MenopauseTaylor Thank you for the clarification.
@@jeanneritchie7863 You are very welcome, my dear Jeanne.
Thank you for the very informative video. As a two time breast cancer survivor (IDC non BRCA+) I’m now worried my chances of a heart attack are exponentially higher. Is this true?
Thank you very much for your fantastic video once again. I,ve seen most of them and they have been of great help, anyway there,s way to discussion I think. As you have stated before HRT prevents heart attack, but all my doctors (and I have asked quite a lot) are sure that exposure to estrogen clearly increases risk for breast cancer, that,s why your menopausal age, number of children, age for first kid matter...because those are the periods in your life when you stopped that exposure for a while. On the other hand if you had your first period very young, didn,t have children, late menopause your risk increases....(more estrogens knocking at your breasts door)...
This can,t be prevented....but...why taking estrogen when nature has decided to stop your exposure naturally????
On the other hand, a healthy diet, healthy habits, exercise can greatly prevent heart attack.....why are then estrogens necessary?
Even there have been some comments in previous videos on the question of lying to your doctor, exaggerating your symptoms to get hormones prescribed.
I don,t get to understand it as it is like increasing(the chemical way)a risk nature has got rid off, to decrease other risk that you naturally (that is, the natural way) can prevent. I think many women have been up to a point mistaken by the idea that if they take hormone replacement they are NOT going to age, and that is completely untrue. My mother took HRT for many years and didn,t get breast cancer, nor ostheoporosis, nor a heart attack, but she doesn,t look younger than she is, she looks exactly her age, and exactly the same age of her peers (not having taken HRT)....
So, not having any sympton with menopause, leading a healthy life, healthy diet and exercise, regularly controlling your cholesterol...what,s the need for HRT?
I,ve seen some videos by menopausal youtubers, saying «I am following MenopausevTaylor in You tube, got my prescription for HRT because I don,t want to age»....I increasingly get more and more surprised and worried about this type of comments.
I mean, HRT is not going to prevent you for aging......what is going to prevent it (up to a point) is your way of life.
I don,t know if you and the rest of people around here agree or disagree.
I think there are many women who DO NOT need HRT when getting to menopause, but ALL of them need to have a healthy life style, and in my humble opinion, that healthy way of life shouldn,t be susbtituted by HRT. ...in the way of doing whatever my body could do when I was younger by taking artificial hormones that my body has naturally stop to produce (and in my view it doesn,t have to do with diabetes, for example as the latter is an illness and menopause is not)'
The whole point of this education is for you to learn the facts and then do whatever you please to manage your menopause your way.
You write about estrogen "preventing aging." I think you'r referring to the aging you can visibly see outside your body. I'm talking about the aging of your internal organs (heart, bones, and brain).
You also write that menopause is "natural." The fact is that humans are living twice as long a Mother Nature intended. We are all supposed to be dead by the time we reach the age of menopause!
Mother Nature has a formula for how long each kind of animal lives. It's all about the heart rate. Every animal gets 1 billion heartbeats, and then it dies. That' why little tiny animals, like mice, with little tiny hearts that beat quickly die in about 2 years. And it's why great big animals, like elephants, with great high hearts that beat very slowly live for about 80 years.
Based on this formula, humans are supposed to die at about age 47 ... before we go through menopause.
The only reason humans aren't dying at age 47 is because of all our scientific and medical advances. So now humans are getting 2.1 billion bests. I call it your billion-beat bonus.
I don't know about you, but I think of a billion-beat bonus as bonus time.
The problem is that we outlive our ovaries and the hormones they produce. And that's what menopause is: loss of our female hormone estrogen.
Loss of any hormone (insulin, thyroid hormone, etc.) is called a "deficiency state." And every deficiency state gives you a long list of miserable symptoms. Estrogen deficiency is no different.
But there are many ways to compensate for estrogen deficiency. And that's what this menopause education is all about. HRT is only one option. It happens to be the one about which women know the least. So, I teach you about it.
NOTHING is right for all women. No two women are alike. You know yourself better than anyone else does.
The goal is for you to open you mind to all the possible options, learn about all of them, and then do whatever you prefer for your own menopause.
I have no agenda for how you should manage your menopause. All I care about is giving you the education. You will see that I teach you about Diet, Exercise, Lifestyle, Vitamins, Minerals, Botanicals, Herbs, Acupuncture, Hypnosis, Hormonal Medication, and Non-Hormonal Medications with enthusiasm.
I love your videos menopause Barbie, I have watched every one up to this one so far and I have learnt so much. I must say I am a bit confused after seeing this one. I know my situation is different from the average woman, I have a risk of a variation on a BRCA gene. The genes effect on breast cancer in my families case is not known (which is why I have not been tested). However I was told by a genetic counsellor that in genetic cancer with the BRCA genes, the risk of cancer is not linked to a women’s maternal first degree relative, it depends on whether you were passed the gene, which equally could come from a paternal relative. This makes sense to me but where I am struggling is, in understanding why generally breast cancer risk increases with a maternal first degree relatives. This suggests in that case most breast cancer is not genetic, does science know why the risk increases with first degree maternal relatives? Is the link in maternal relatives still a mystery? If you could shed any light on this I would be most grateful. I am sure to continue to watch and enjoy your videos and suggest them to my friends. Thank you so much xxx
Genetic breast cancers are a whole different story For them, it all depends not eh specific genetic mutation. But, for the women with average risk for breast cancer and no genetic mutation, it's only the maternal first-degree relatives the have a bearing on her risk.
There are many genetic situations that have specific inheritance patterns like this. It's one of the things that makes genetics so interesting.
My mother had the back pain that you described with her massive heart attack. She died with it at age 71.
As soon as women learn these facts, they recognize how many women have died suddenly from heart attacks. I'm so sorry your mother was one of them. And I hope to make it so that you aren't as unfortunate. I'm here to help you.
Plus, I got all the answers right! 🙂
That's because you're a star student! I hope you're proud of yourself. This education is the best investment you could possibly make in yourself.
Thank you so much for doing this video. What happens if a person has never had children. Should they take hormone replacement therapy?
That's an individual matter for each and every woman. No one factor determines whether or not you "should" take HRT.
Looking at things in isolation like this is what prevents you from balancing all the options. There are advantages AND disadvantages to absolutely everything.
There's really no way to even answer your question as posed.
Thank you for the information dr Taylor. I have a question, why is it that only your maternal 1st degree relatives matter and not your paternal, since you get half your genes from your father’s side? During my mammogram today, my dr said that both sides have equal standing when it comes to breast cancer risk, I told her about what I learnt here and she dismissed it as not true! I said I’m sure Dr Taylor is well informed as she is a gynaecologist and has researched extensively menopause issues! I didn’t go any further as she was just a general physician and didn’t want to undermine her. I hope you can newer my question as I am very curious. thank you.
Will HRT reverse any of the aging symptoms? Such as thinning hair, bone loss?
Lynda,
I cannot answer this without tailoring everything specifically to YOU.
This is precisely the kind of thing for which I do one-on-one consultations. You definitely need one for this. I cannot tailor things specifically to you in a comment box. It requires much more information than you can give me here, and you deserve much more information than I can give you here. No two women are alike, and addressing your situation requires tailoring all the facts specifically to YOU. I do them all via video conferencing. You can schedule at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I look forward to meeting you and helping you.
Hi Dr Barbie,
Today I saw a cardiologist my heart has gotten to the point where I can no longer ignore it. Anyway the nurse practitioner said there are protective elements to estrogen for the heart. Which I knew because of you. In fact we both know more than most doctors about menopause.
The doctor seems to be a good cardiologist but when he saw on my chart that I am on a Estrogen patch he went into al of this stuff about the risks. He talked about the Black box warning and my husband said if Barbie didnt teach us we would not know what to think. Then he said he doesn't allow his wife to take it and would recommend I don't take it and I explained about your channel he said listen I am a cardiologist and they told us about the risks in medical school and said he was going to call my GYN I managed to talk him out of it but said I am taking it for my bones and because of my fracture and devastating DEXA I need to take it.
He temporarily backed off a little bit but anyway long story short he didn't convince me or my husband in fact I am scared not to take it now based on the response I have when I have palpitations. But he said it causes stroke. I was not too clear on that and he pointed out I have stroke on both sides of my family.So my question is does it cause stroke?
We appreciate all of your help and expertise it bene a life saver truly!
Estrogen is associated with a risk of both heart attack and stroke. But, heart attack and stroke are essentially the same thing. They both amount to a roadblock in the arteries that supply your heart or your head. They are both caused by the same things, cured but the same things. People who are at high risk of one are at high risk of the other one.
The only real difference is that your coronary arteries get clogged to cause a heart attack, and your carotid arteries get clogged to cause a stroke.
But the shocking thing is that people don[t seem to take that actual individual into account. The risk factors for both heart attack include:
Being overweight
Having a fat abdomen (apple shape as opposed to a pear shape)
Smoking
Having high cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL
Having low HDL
Having a ratio of total cholesterol:HDL of > 4
Diabetes
Sedentary lifestyle
Gum disease
High levels of homocysteine (an amino acid that comes from eating animal products)
Depression
Previous heart attack or stroke yourself
I'll be giving you a whole unit on heart attack (and it will include a video on stroke). I've already made the syllabus. They will be videos 160 - 185, and air from August 6, 2019 - January 28, 2020.
And, everything is a balancing act. Your cardiologist is going to look at nothing but your heart. Your rheumatologist will consider nothing but your bones. YOU have to consider everything.
@@MenopauseTaylor wow! New info! Thank you for the response. I thought Estrogen only protected the heart. Thanks for the new info! I have not had my cholesterol checked lately but I do have gum disease. I am working on that. Thanks again!
You are so very welcome, as always.
Hi! Do you have any advice for women who have had ER+/PR+ breast cancer, who also have either had estrogen suppression, ovary removal or are taking hormone blockers with respect to helping to prevent heart attacks when they cannot take estrogen after menopause?
You need a consultation for this. Every situation is different and helping you requires tailoring everything specifically to YOU. Please schedule a consultation at MenopauseTaylor.ME
Started on estrogen patch 0.035 mg twice weekly and one 100mg progesterone capsule every pm.... LIFE CHANGING,,! The first night after starting I slept 5 hours without waking up,,, then went right back to sleep another 4 hours,,, I felt so good the next day because of getting proper rest,,,, and it’s been three weeks now,,,& I continue to feel better & better,,, so grateful my friend told me about you,,, your aMy angel 😇👍🏼
Do you have any idea how happy this makes me? I just love knowing that you got the knowledge you needed to make an informed decision for yourself. That's what this is all about.
Thank you for sharing your story.
Hello. I have a question not related to the video. My friend injects estrogens and testosterone on a weekly basis. Injecting hormones was not in your previous videos. I was wondering what your thought are on delivering hormones in this manner?
"Injections" are the same things as "shots." If you go back to video 33, you'll see that I did present estrogen shots.
All hormones could be injected, but it's not a very popular way of taking HRT. Injections do provide predictable blood levels of hormones, though.
Menopause Taylor ok thank you. I will go back to video 33.
Very early on, I took HRT viai shots administered by an MD. Those shots were painful & the hormone delivery was erratic. The MD refused to administer the next shot until I was totally on empty. They were expensive & made no sense.
I’ll post another question that just came up this morning. I have been taking 75 mg of compounded progesterone in powdered capsule form. I asked my physician to increase the strength to 100 mg. My compounded pharmacy can not supply that strength because it is available “commercially”. They can supply it in 75, 80 or 125 mg. However, the compounded one is sustained release and the “commercial” one is in a peanut oil base (no allergies here) and not sustained release. If bioidentical is important to me any suggestions or feedback? Thank you, again, for doing what you do to help us navigate the confusion.
That's an interesting reason for not being able to supply something! I mean the very word "compounding" means that they make the formulation on the premises. I imagine that they have some kind of non-compete agreements with the companies that provide commercial products.
In any case, the sustained release factor is not a critical one. It's really only a matter of preference. I think you should go about this in one of two ways:
(1) They the commercially-available, non-sustained release 100 mg of progesterone for 3 months and see how you like it.
(2)Try the compounded, sustained-release 125 mg of progesterone for 3 months and see how you like it.
You will essentially be conducting an experiment. And the key to experimentation is to isolate something long enough to assess it. You'll know which of these you prefer in pretty short order by doing it this way.
I’ve had breast cancer twice and the only other person in my family tree who had it was my paternal grandmother. She too had it in late twenties. She died from that about age 41. My 2nd occurrence was at age 48. My mom,s family has had not instanced for breast cancer. Curious what your thoughts are on this. Also, would love to hear your thoughts on HRT after breast cancer & post-menopause
Patti,
This is precisely the kind of thing for which I do one-on-one consultations. You definitely need one. No two women are alike, and addressing your situation requires tailoring all the facts specifically to YOU.
I'm in the business of educating you about everything you need to know and do in order to get exactly what you want for managing your menopause your way. So, here's how a consultation works:
1) You would schedule a one-on-one consultation at my website, MenopauseTaylor.ME, choosing a time that is convenient for you. I do consultations on Skype, FaceTime. Facebook Messenger, What’s App, and the phone. (But very shortly, I’ll have my own video platform embedded in my website.)
2) I would send you an email to confirm that you are scheduled for the stated time, and invite you to send me as much information about yourself as you please. You can make it brimming with details and tell me about your reproductive life, any gynecologic problems you've had, your symptoms of peri-menopause, and your symptoms of post-menopause. You can include all your fears, concerns, and goals for your menopause management. You may also send me any labs, mammogram results, bone density results, etc. that you would like me to include in designing your protocol. If you want to adhere to a certain category of management options (herbs or diet & lifestyle, or whatever), you should tell me that. I will give you a 5-day deadline for sending all materials, and will not accept anything after that date.
3) I'll get busy creating a document that gives you all the education you need to understand absolutely everything, points out the pros and cons of each option, and tailors it all to YOU, using the information you have provided. The document will be loooooong. Most are over 30 pages.
4) I will send you the document by email 72 hours before your consultation. You will benefit greatly by reading it in advance. Light bulbs will go off like crazy, and if you're like most women, you'll feel that you've already gotten your money's worth.
5) During your consultation, we will review the document and address any issues you want in order to fine tune everything and determine your best options. I'll tell you exactly how to find the right kind of professional, how to have the conversation in order to get what you want, and the nuances of things like guidelines and insurance. I leave nothing unaddressed.
6) You will go to a professional of your choosing in order to get the actual hormones or whatever you choose to use.
7) After the first consultation, I'll hold your hand (forever if you want me to). In other words, you'll be able to schedule mini-consultations (30-minute, in addition to full consultations) whenever you need to. I'll keep records of your situation. Most women schedule mini-consultation whenever they go to the doctor and don't understand what he or she said, or why. I translate. I make sense of everything. Most schedule mini-consultation whenever they have a new test and they want me to explain the results. And all schedule mini-consultation whenever their situation changes and they need to re-weigh and re-balance their options.
The time you spend with me will make everything about working with any other professional so easy. And they will love the fact that you have an actual education rather than a bunch of misconceptions that you got from the Internet. If your initial hormone regimen is not right, you'll want to consult with me before going to your doctor. I can prepare you for what to expect and what to request.
So, that's my role. And nobody else on earth does this kind of thing but me. So, I hope you schedule a consultation and let me hold your hand (figuratively).
I hope to meet you soon!
Thank you for all your videos. I am so confused. This info confirms what I always thought: breast cancer risk was on the maternal side. A few years ago I went for BRCA testing at Baptist MD Anderson because my paternal grandmother had breast, ovarian, AND uterine in her lifetime and my paternal aunt and paternal cousin had breast cancer. Almost all of my dad's siblings including my dad died of cancer. NO ONE on my maternal side has had breast cancer. Turns out, I did not have the BRCA gene, thankfully! Despite this, the medical recommendation by them was that based on my family history, I am higher risk for breast cancer because of my family history and they recommended a yearly MRI AND MAMMOGRAM because of it.
You should have a consultation with me, which you can schedule at MenopauseTaylor.ME. You need the facts. And I'll make sure you have them. Then, you can do whatever you want ... knowingly.
Is there a video about the BRCA mutation and what to do in regards to menopause?
Everyone I ever hear says, only 5-10% of breast cancers bla bla .. well I am in the 5-10%. I need to know all about it 😣
In this breast cancer unit (of 55 videos), I cover all of this.
But no matter what, you need tailoring for your situation.
This is precisely the kind of thing for which I do one-on-one consultations. You definitely need one. I cannot tailor things specifically to you in a comment box. It requires much more information than you can give me here, and you deserve much more information than I can give you here. No two women are alike, and addressing your situation requires tailoring all the facts specifically to YOU. I do them all via online video conferencing. You can schedule at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I look forward to meeting you and helping you.
Thank you for sharing your valuable information! My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 34. Does that mean that I will be further at risk for breast cancer if I take HRT?
This depends on too many different things to address it in a comment box. Please schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME, and I can tailor everything to YOUR specific situation.
@@MenopauseTaylor Thank you Dr. Taylor, will be scheduling a consult with you.
@@lynnky9370 I look forward to meeting you and helping you, my dear.
I’m having trouble relocating the video where you gave suggested strengths of hormones. Which one was it?
I think you're referring to video 85. In it I don't give "suggested strengths." I give you the minimal necessary dosages for achieving the benefits to the estrogen window of opportunity. It's the dosages to prevent heart attack, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's Disease.
Thank you! As I typed suggested strengths I knew two things: 1) there was a better word choice, and 2) you’d know what I meant. -ha.
Well, what's important is that I answered your question. I'm glad you can count on me.
...as am I!
Love you ,,,,,!
Well, I love you, too!
I was not shocked by the answers at all. I did all kinds of research about meno/breast cancer/heart attack, over a year ago. SO I decide on HRT, and 1 year to the month after starting HRT I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Every professional I have seen since diagnosis is now advising against HRT. If I had it to over again, I would have taken my chances on having a Heart Attack. Mastectomy, and chemo, and waiting on reconstruction may very well cause a heart attack! Each woman has the right to make the best choice for HER, I just wish health care professionals that recommend HRT were more informed!
There's no way that HRT could cause breast cancer in the period of one year. Cancer takes a long time to grow, and is usually present for about 7 years before it's large enough to feel on breast exam.
I'm terribly sorry for your situation, and I understand why you feel the way you do. Please do not blame yourself for making a choice that turned out badly for you. You did the best you could with the information you had at the time.
I know you've been through a lot, and it probably seems like it will never end. Please know that this education gives you options in all categories, including diet & lifestyle, vitamins & minerals, herbals & botanicals, hormonal medications, non-hormonal medications, acupuncture, and hypnosis. I present all these options, and will help you tailor them to your own needs and desires. I have no agenda and push nothing. I just want you to find ways to make the rest of your life better.
I'm sorry if this video upset you. I didn't mean to cause you any harm.
I’m post menopausal now but I was a long term user of the birth control pill and then I used HRT because I had low estrogen and osteopenia. Then at 47 I was diagnosed with HER2 positive breast cancer. No family history whatsoever of any type of breast cancer. Ive had almost a year of treatment including chemo, radiation and immunotherapy treatment with Herceptin. I’m coming close to the end of treatment now but still have a 20% risk of recurrence and I worry about my future. Menopause Barbie can you please do a video on what causes HER2 positive breast cancer? I still really have no idea how I ended up with this.
This is the kind of thing that warrants a one-on-one consultation. No two situations are the same. Please, please schedule one so that I can help you with your personal situation.
I'm in the business of educating you about everything you need to know and do in order to get exactly what you want for managing your menopause your way. So, here's how a consultation works:
1) You would schedule a one-on-one consultation at my website, MenopauseTaylor.ME, choosing a time that is convenient for you. I do consultations on Skype, FaceTime. Facebook Messenger, What’s App, and the phone.
2) I would send you an email to confirm that you are scheduled for the stated time, and invite you to send me as much information about yourself as you please. You can make it brimming with details and tell me about your reproductive life, any gynecologic problems you've had, your symptoms of peri-menopause, and your symptoms of post-menopause. You can include all your fears, concerns, and goals for your menopause management. You may also send me any labs, mammogram results, bone density results, etc. that you would like me to include in designing your protocol. For instance, if you want to adhere to a certain category of management options (herbs or diet & lifestyle, or whatever), you should tell me that. I would need all these things at least 1 week before your consultation with me.
3) I'll get busy creating a document that gives you all the education you need to understand absolutely everything, points put the pros and cons of each option, and tailors it all to YOU using the information you have provided. The document will be loooooong. Most are over 30 pages.
4) I will send you the document by email 48 hours before your consultation. You will benefit greatly by reading it in advance. Light bulbs will go off like crazy, and if you're like most women, you'll feel that you've already gotten your money's worth.
5) During your consultation, we will review the document and address any issues you want to fine tune everything and determine your best options. I'll tell you exactly how to find the right kind of professional, how to have the conversation in order to get what you want, and the nuances of things like guidelines and insurance. I leave nothing unaddressed.
6) You will go to a professional of your choosing in order to get the actual hormones or whatever you choose to use.
7) After the first consultation, I'll hold your hand (forever if you want me to). In other words, you'll be able to schedule mini-consultations (15-minute or 30-minute, in addition to full consultations) whenever you need to. I'll keep records of your situation. Most women schedule mini-consultation whenever they go to the doctor and don't understand what he or she said, or why. I translate. I make sense of everything. Most schedule mini-consultation whenever they have a new test and they want me to explain the results. And all schedule mini-consultation whenever their situation changes and they need to re-weigh and balance their options.
The time you spend with me will make everything about working with any other professional so easy. And they will love the fact that you have an actual education rather than a bunch of misconceptions that you got form the Internet. If your initial hormone regimen is not right, you'll want to consult with me before going to your doctor. I can prepare you for what to expect and what to request.
So, that's my role. And nobody else on earth does this kind of thing but me. So, I hope you schedule a consultation and let me hold your hand (figuratively).
I hope to meet you soon!
What about uterine cancer
Great Video, thanks from Germany.
Does it make a difference, what kind of breast cancer the mother has? The one which comes in the older days, or the genetic one ? Is there an difference, when it's based on oestrogen and she must take pills to reduce it. I hope, I could make it clear. Looking forward to your next video.
Everything makes a difference. If you have the genetic mutation for breast cancer, it trumps everything else. But, even then, your diet and lifestyle can affect whether or not you actually get breast cancer.
It also makes a difference if your mother was in her 80s when she got breast cancer. Your risk is higher if she was very young when she had it.
The problem is that women are running around telling each other all sorts of things that are completely untrue. For the woman with average risk of breast cancer and no genetic mutation, the facts are as I presented them in this video.
Menopause Taylor thank you very much.
My Mother was in her 60 s, no genetics, but sensitivity for oestrogen. One Dr says I have high risk and should not use oestrogen, another one says, my risk are as high as without my mother's breast cancer.
To the women who have the cancer which is mortal, there where found much women in the prevention, who wouldn't die if it wasn't found. But it's like Menopause, not every Information is true or known.
I thank you very much.
We don't know everything. The goal is to use the facts you currently have. Your risk is higher simply by virtue of the fact that your mother had breast cancer at all. But the exact degree to which that increases your risk is difficult to determine.
What if you don't know your mother or siblings?! I've done a DNA health test but it doesn't give me heart and breast.
All you can do is rely on the long list of risk factors for each disease. And, that's really what all woe should do, regardless of whether or not they have relatives.
So I have a sister who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 63 and was told it was probably hormone induced because she's been on bio identicals for 10yrs. Does that mean that I should stop the bio identicals I've been on for the past 15yrs, and planned on staying on for life, to reduce my own risk?
Oh, I am so sorry for this tardy reply. The RUclips comments on my end are supposed to line up all the new ones so that I don’t have to search for them one-video-at-a-time. And most of the time, it works. But occasionally (as in this case), a comment doesn’t appear in the line-up. I apologize profusely for the delay.
Your sister's breast cancer increases your risk for breast cancer from 1 in 7 to 1 in 6.
BUT, there is no rule that because your sister (or anyone else) had breast cancer that YOU can't take HRT. That's a common inhibition that is purely due to fear. It's really all about your comfort level.
I assure you that your own habits, diet, and reproductive history have a whole lot more to do with your risk for breast cancer than your sister's breast cancer does.
If you stop taking HRT, your risk for heart attack, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's increases. If you continue taking it, your risk for breast cancer is probably unaffected.
It's a misconception that if SOMEONE ELSE had breast cancer, YOU should not take estrogen. That's not true. Only if YOU YOURSELF had breast cancer is there any reason to avoid estrogen. And, even then, some women who have had breast cancer are still candidates for using estrogen.
There are so many misconceptions about estrogen and breast cancer that confuse women. Here are the facts: Your breasts have ALWAYS responded to hormones. They grew at puberty because of hormones. You had breast pain and breast growth during pregnancy because of hormones. You had breast swelling and breast pain with PMS because of hormones. So, your breasts are supposed to respond to hormones.
Few women know the real risk factors for breast cancer. Here they are:
1) Personal history of breast cancer
2) Family history of breast cancer ... BUT, the ONLY relatives that contribute in any way to this risk are your MATERNAL, FIRST-DEGREE relatives. That means, only your mother, your sister, and your daughter. That's it. No one else matters. And your sister has to have your same mother. None of your father's relatives have anything to do with your risk for breast cancer.
3) Age: Your risk increases with age, period!
4) Age at the time of your 1st full-term pregnancy. The older you were, the greater your risk.
5) Number of pregnancies. The fewer you've had, the greater your risk.
6) Age at which you had your first period. The younger you were, the greater your risk.
7) Age at which you began post-menopause. The older you were, the greater your risk.
NOTE: Factors 4 - 7 are all about only one thing: The number of menstrual periods you've had in your lifetime. The more you've had, the greater your risk, period! Now, think about how ironic that is. The women who have had the highest levels of estrogen are the women who have had the most pregnancies. Yet, they are the women with the lowest risks of breast cancer. If estrogen caused breast cancer, the reverse would be true.
8) Smoking
9) Activity level. The less active you are, the higher your risk.
10) Body weight. The heavier you are, there greater your risk.
11) Diet. The more fat (animal fat) in your diet, the greater your risk.
12) Benign breast disease. This is simply because it makes it more difficult to diagnose breast cancer.
13) Alcohol consumption. Those 2 glasses of red wine per day that decrease a heart attack increase your risk for breast cancer.
14) Exposure to intense radiation, like radiation therapy.
15) Dense breasts, which are characteristic of women who have not had children.
Okay, so putting this into perspective, most of what you've heard about estrogen causing breast cancer is untrue.
Not only do women spread that misinformation among themselves, the WHI study that came out in 2002 had findings that you never heard about. Here's what you did not hear about the WHI study: The women who took estrogen all by itself (because they did not have their uteri) had lower rates of breast cancer. That's another piece of evidence that supports the fact that it's the CYCLES of estrogen AND progesterone that increases your risk for breast cancer, not estrogen all by itself.
Knowing these facts can help you so much. Here's what you're left with: Taking HRT will help prevent (1) heart attack, (2) osteoporosis, and (3) Alzheimer's. Taking HRT does not cause breast cancer. If you don't take HRT, and you get one of these other diseases, as well as all the symptoms of menopause, will that make you happier, or not?
Thinking about this will help you arrive at your answer. I think knowing the facts and being able to weigh them for yourself is the most important thing of all. You CAN take estrogen. NO one ever said YOU can't take estrogen if SOMEONE ELSE in your family had breast cancer. That's one of those things that has been extrapolated by fear. Find a doctor who WILL talk about it. Not having the conversation in a factual manner is unacceptable. The choice is entirely yours. But you deserve the facts.
Thank you Dr. Taylor for taking the time for such a detailed response. This is exactly what I needed to hear. In your last paragraph you stated that NO one ever said YOU can't take estrogen if someone else in family had breast cancer. But that is exactly what my female Dr. told me recently. I'm just glad I was smart enough to follow my own instincts and not take her advice. I'm not planning on finding another Dr. but when it comes to hormones, I'll continue to be my own "Dr." and stay informed enough to make my own decisions. It's pretty pathetic though that the majority of women are left to make these important decisions about their health basically on their own. Because unfortunately most medical doctors are not up to speed, or are misguided/uninformed. Sigh.
Most doctors have only 1 HOUR of education on menopause! It's the most neglected topic in society AND in medicine. That's why I'm on such a mission to change things for women.
Hi Dr. I certainly could answer all the quiz questions as I’ve been listening! But what floored me is the androcentric understanding of heart attack descriptors. WHY ARE THE FEMALE DESCRIPTORS NEVER REPORTED!! Sorry for shouting, but this really infuriates me. In Australia we had a public tv campaign to educate people about heart attacks and when to call an ambulance. Chest pain and (L)arm pain only. Nothing on the female experience. Thankyou again for your very valuable education 💋
Oh, I am so sorry for this tardy reply. The RUclips comments on my end are supposed to line up all the new ones so that I don’t have to search for them one-video-at-a-time. And most of the time, it works. But occasionally (as in this case), a comment doesn’t appear in the line-up. I apologize profusely for the delay.
It is a shame. Women deserve so much more. I am trying my best to reach as many women as possible. This education is power ... Menopower.
Menopause Taylor - you are doing such an excellent job and consider everything you tell us, we tell 10 friends 💋
We're starting a movement here. And it's long overdue.
What do you think of the TC risk assessment tool?
It doesn't matter what I think. However, I will teach you all about it and all the other risk assessment tools in the unit on Breast Cancer. That unit will begin on May 30. And it will consist of 55 videos. (I'm always 2 to 3 years ahead in shooting these videos for you. So I've shot all the videos through summer of 2025.)
@@MenopauseTaylor Thank you! Looking forward to that series. I’m just confused because the TC score takes paternal line cancers into consideration and in this video you say that the maternal line is the only side to consider
@@gypsylvia I will cover all of that.
@@MenopauseTaylor you’re ahead of my question by a few years! Thanks!
@@gypsylvia Exactly! I always anticipate your questions, which is why I tell you to watch these videos in order.
Are the risks the same for half-siblings (sisters who have the same mother but not father, and sisters who have the same father but not mother)?
All that matters is your mother. Siblings from that same mother have the same risks. Siblings who have a different mother have the risks associated with their mother.
Dr Barbie I just wanted you to know and maybe some other women will see it too that I was having severe palpitations.
I have a history of palpitations but they slowed down quite a bit with Estrogen where they don't care me any more. Well today I was having severe palpitations and my blood pressure was high and my heart rate was 105. I did not understand why. I put my new patch on Saturdays but today I changed it because for some reason that patch seemed really weak. My husband said lets put on a patch see if that helps and it took the palpitations away! So thank you for the education about how it helps the heart. I thought I was going to have a heart attack and my heart is calm again after putting the new patch on! My husband said that because of this education he has gotten with you! Thanks again!
Some product vehicle delivery systems tend to "run out of estrogen"sooner than they are supposed to. For instance, some women notice that the Femring vaginal ring runs out sooner than 12 weeks. Others feel the their patch runs out a day early.
Both you and your husband have gotten so astute! I'm so proud of both of you.
@@MenopauseTaylor As students to a very good teacher we feel honored to get this kind of information that most likely will save my life!
You are right about tit saving your life. If only I could get all women to realize that. Menopause is about so much more than hot flashes.
@@MenopauseTaylor Thanks to you. I was told about it helping bones before finding you but I didn't know it protects your heart and brain so thank you! The obsession with hot flashes drives me crazy! It might be a part of denial. So everyone will not talk about what really happens in menopause.
This is true. It's like there's an elephant in the room, and everyone talks about the one fly that's buzzing around. The elephant is going to crush you. The fly will do noting but annoy you.
My friend and her sister BOTH had breast cancer-hormonally driven from their FATHER. They had a genes test. Their father's mother and her sister died of breast cancer. I understand this is very rare. Just thought I'd put this out there. I will say that these two girls were NOT menopausal -they were young 27 and 39. I assume this is the difference? ??
Oh, I am so sorry for this tardy reply. The RUclips comments on my end are supposed to line up all the new ones so that I don’t have to search for them one-video-at-a-time. And most of the time, it works. But occasionally (as in this case), a comment doesn’t appear in the line-up. I apologize profusely for the delay.
I do not know what you mean by the designation "hormonally-driven." If they had a genetic test showing a mutation that come from their father, the nit's a genetic mutation, period. It has nothing to do with hormones.
It is possible to have a gene mutation from either parent. However, some genes are carried by the X or the Y chromosome only. In those cases, in females, you have to determine which X chromosome was contributed by your mother and which was contributed by your father.
Breast cancer due to genetic mutations usually manifests much earlier in life. For the woman with average risk (which is what I addressed in this video), the risk increases with age, being 1 in 7 over a lifetime of 81 years.
Menopause Taylor Thanks for that. I have only info supplied by my friend. I don't know what hormonally driven means in true medical terms. Her words. She said the gene came 'through'her father -his mother and her sister both had breast cancer. This is her doctors finding. My friends sister had it but much younger -27 years old. A month away from 10yr all clear at 37 and she got it back. Hence gene test and then my friends ultimate diagnosis -at that point she had absolutely no symptoms. There was a lump and she went on to have both breasts ovaries and womb removed.
Happily both these ladies are still alive.
Share this education with your friends as a gift of love. You'll all benefit greatly.
My younger sister is going through her second treatment for breast cancer. Would taking the BRCA give me and my doctor peace of mind so I can take Estrogen Replacement Therapy?
Maria,
I'm so sorry that your sister is dealing with that.
Deciding whether or not to do genetic testing to determine if you carry either BRCA (BRCA 1 or BRCA 2) gene is something that you have to really think about before proceeding. A positive BRCA status puts you at risk for both breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
Here are some of the things to consider:
(1) If you find out that you are BRCA positive, what would you do? Would you have a bilateral mastectomy? Would you have your ovaries removed? In other words, you should never get a test if you are not going to act on it. So know how you would use positive results. Do not wait to decide what you will do after getting the test and feeling "unprepared" or "boxed-in" by the results.
(2) The healthcare situation is in flux at present. So, you have to consider the possibility of your health insurance considering your BRCA status a "pre-existing condition." If so, they could use that to drop you or refuse to cover you. New medical insurance companies could refuse to accept you. Patients rarely think about ramifications like this in advance. Be sure you know how this will be handled by your current or future insurance companies.
(3) What are the implications for other female relatives? Do they want to know about your or their BRCA status? If so, what would they choose to do for themselves?
These are all thorny issues. But they are critical.
If you do have a bilateral mastectomy and remove both ovaries, your risk for both breast cancer and ovarian cancer are decreased by about 90%. But you have to endure a lot of surgery to accomplish that. If you have both surgeries, taking HRT is quite safe.
I hope this helps you think through your options.
Smart words! I had not thought about #1 or #3. I had thought of #2.
I would be a mess if I knew I was positive. At 61, having stopped HRT at 55, I want to move forward with my current good health, eating, exercise and start HRT again. I keep thinking of that window of opportunity! Thank you for being out there for us!
Is there a way to get a one on one before Monday, June 4th? I have a doc appointment after 2 pm, WA time.
My sister is a breast cancer surgeon and we have it in our family. She explained that BRCA is only some of the genes that they know cause breast cancer. I think she said they think there are like 80 more genes. It is so complicated and nothing will erase risk for any of us. This is why she said taking the test won't tell you much, unfortunately.
can you do a video on women who get breast cancer based on some test that is positive foe some kind of estrogen..? i saw your expiation on uterine cancer and breast cancer and estrogen .. but then i saw women who commented that they test positive for cancer because of estrogen... i know something is not right.
Breast cancer is more complicated and more individual, You willed to schedule a consultation for me to help you. Every situation is very different.
This is precisely the kind of thing for which I do one-on-one consultations. You definitely need one. No two women are alike, and addressing your situation requires tailoring all the facts specifically to YOU.
I'm in the business of educating you about everything you need to know and do in order to get exactly what you want for managing your menopause your way. So, here's how a consultation works:
1) You would schedule a one-on-one consultation at my website, MenopauseTaylor.ME, choosing a time that is convenient for you. I do consultations on Skype, FaceTime. Facebook Messenger, What’s App, and the phone.
2) I would send you an email to confirm that you are scheduled for the stated time, and invite you to send me as much information about yourself as you please. You can make it brimming with details and tell me about your reproductive life, any gynecologic problems you've had, your symptoms of peri-menopause, and your symptoms of post-menopause. You can include all your fears, concerns, and goals for your menopause management. You may also send me any labs, mammogram results, bone density results, etc. that you would like me to include in designing your protocol. For instance, if you want to adhere to a certain category of management options (herbs or diet & lifestyle, or whatever), you should tell me that. I will give you a deadline for sending all materials, and will not accept anything after that date.
3) I'll get busy creating a document that gives you all the education you need to understand absolutely everything, points out the pros and cons of each option, and tailors it all to YOU, using the information you have provided. The document will be loooooong. Most are over 30 pages.
4) I will send you the document by email 48 hours before your consultation. You will benefit greatly by reading it in advance. Light bulbs will go off like crazy, and if you're like most women, you'll feel that you've already gotten your money's worth.
5) During your consultation, we will review the document and address any issues you want in order to fine tune everything and determine your best options. I'll tell you exactly how to find the right kind of professional, how to have the conversation in order to get what you want, and the nuances of things like guidelines and insurance. I leave nothing unaddressed.
6) You will go to a professional of your choosing in order to get the actual hormones or whatever you choose to use.
7) After the first consultation, I'll hold your hand (forever if you want me to). In other words, you'll be able to schedule mini-consultations (15-minute or 30-minute, in addition to full consultations) whenever you need to. I'll keep records of your situation. Most women schedule mini-consultation whenever they go to the doctor and don't understand what he or she said, or why. I translate. I make sense of everything. Most schedule mini-consultation whenever they have a new test and they want me to explain the results. And all schedule mini-consultation whenever their situation changes and they need to re-weigh and re-balance their options.
The time you spend with me will make everything about working with any other professional so easy. And they will love the fact that you have an actual education rather than a bunch of misconceptions that you got from the Internet. If your initial hormone regimen is not right, you'll want to consult with me before going to your doctor. I can prepare you for what to expect and what to request.
So, that's my role. And nobody else on earth does this kind of thing but me. So, I hope you schedule a consultation and let me hold your hand (figuratively).
I hope to meet you soon!
My mother did get breast cancer but she didn't get it until she was 70. Two Questions: #1 - Does it effect me less if she was an "older" woman when she got cancer? #2 - If I eat a WFPB diet, exercise daily, have never smoked and keep at a healthy weight, does these lifestyle habits override my Mom's cancer factor? I'm 58 and she is 83 now and, thankfully, she is still doing well.
It does matter that your mom had breast cancer at an older age. Your risk is not as high as it would be if she'd
had it at a younger age.
And your excellent diet & lifestyle habits do offset your risk of breast cancer. But, I would not use the word "override." It's impossible to say if you can completely erase the risk with diet. You would probably like two books that address it:
(1) How Not to Die, by Michael Gerber, M.D.
(2) The China Study, by T. Colin Campbell
Thanks for the reply! Yes, I've read both of those books and you've reminded me that I can re-read them! Since I have people throughout my family tree with heart disease as well as all kinds of cancer, I'm just trying to do what I can!! :) Thanks for all you do!!!
My mother died of breast cancer at the age of 44. Does that mean that no doctor will ever prescribe me HRT?
No. There is nothing that has ever said YOU cannot take HRT id SOMEONE ELSE had breast cancer.
If you want to know all the facts, all your options, and all the risks, please schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME, and I will tailor everything specifically to YOU. I do all consultations via video conferencing, so it doesn't matter where you live.
The Mayo Clinic claims that estrogens increases the risk of both heart attach & cancer. [RUclips would not let me place he URL here. It is a good read.] Why the controversy?
It's not a "controversy."
Estrogen does cause uterine cancer. I've taught you that. That's precisely why you have to take estrogen WITH progesterone if you still have your uterus.
Estrogen and progesterone cycles increase your risk for breast cancer. (Notice that I wrote "increase your risk" rather than "cause.") Estrogen alone actually decreases the risk of breast cancer.
If a woman STARTS taking estrogen after her estrogen window closes, it increases her risk for heart attack. But if she STARTS taking estrogen in the early years of post-menopause, it decreases her risk. This is the estrogen window.
As you can see, this requires specificity with regard to the particular disease and the timing of estrogen administration. When articles leave out the specifics, all it does is mislead and scare you.
Are the articles incomplete due to ignorance, human mistake OR the intent to scare?
Would this mean that it's better to take hormones combined, with no break monthly, vs. cyclic? Or maybe taking my Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo straight through and not taking a week off monthly?
Sometimes, it's just someone's opinion. Sometimes, it's an uninformed interpretation. Almost all the articles I see in magazines are written by magazine editors with no medical knowledge at all. They interview physicians, and then "translate" the information incorrectly by trimming it. There are even books like this, written by people who have no education at all on what they're writing.
I don't like words like "better or worse," "right or wrong," good or bad." Part of the problem for women is that they tend to generalize things, as if we should all be doing the same things to manage our menopause We shouldn't.
There are benefits to the continuous regimen (which is what you're referring to - Video 41). But, it's not right for every woman. You have to make a personal decision ion this.
I don't dispute the statistics that 1 in 2 women die of heart attack, but honestly, I don't know of one woman who has died of a heart attack, and I know of a lot of women who've died. Unless --- Would end of life heart failure, in the elderly, be considered a type of heart attack? Dying in one's sleep? Also death months or years after a stroke? And disease related deaths like cancer, do some patients actually die of heart attacks when we've been told it was the disease? Most really sick people I've known have *quietly* been given lethal doses of morphine in hospice or hospital and that's how they've passed. I'm just curious as perhaps 'heart attack' is defined in more ways than my basic understanding of it.
So, you're going to compare what you've witnessed among the 300 or so people you know against world-wide statics of billions? What a huge mistake.
I give you facts. You may dispute them or use then as you please. But they are the facts.
And I do mean "Heart Attack." The problem is that neither some or medical professionals even know how to recognize a heart attack in women, which I discuss in video 164.
I am 64 i have terrible insomnia and no energy and wish i could take hrt again..I had a grade 1 tubular carcinoma 9mm breast cancer removed in 2013 ..funnily enough exactly 10 years earlier i had calcification in exactly the same spot !!!..I had an earlish menopause @ 47 yrs old ive been on and off hrt and had bleeding on tiblione or livial ..turned out to be just build up of womb lining....it's been about 3 years since i have had get but I'm finding that my doctor wont prescribe it ..I have been prescribed testosterone instead ..my quality of life is very poor ..if I was successfully in getting it again ..how long could I take it for as im not newly menopausal ..thanks
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Yikes!! I need to eat better, asap!
You're starting to see how you have many options. The choices you make every minute of every day add up to increase or decrease your risks for the diseases associated with menopause. Learning all this at once is what's so powerful about my seminar. We go through the entire worksheet. You learn which diseases are your biggest risks, and you learn all the options for reducing those risks.
I wonder if their poor choice of lifestyle has more of a factor. My one grandmother drank like a fish, smoked like a chimney, exercise was minimal, and no such thing as low fat diet in the house allowed. She died of serious heart problems. The other side the same, but they quit smoking and drinking, but bad diet. This grandmother died of the flu but had several small strokes in her 80s
Lifestyle is a huge risk factor for every disease. And most diseases have long lists of risk factors. I give you all of them in the individual units on each disease. This is so that you know which diseases pose the greatest risks for you.
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Heart attack I have had one .
I am so sorry. I hope you learn all about avoiding one in the future here.
So a heart attack would be my greatest risk.
Heart attack is the greatest risk for most women ... they just aren't aware of that fact. What's worse, they aren't aware of the symptoms of heart attack in WOMEN (as opposed to men).
This is one of the many reasons I make these videos for you. You DESERVE to know these things.