Thank you Dr. Taylor! I started bioidential HRT early w the onset of menopause during the “window”. I can’t state all the ways HRT has kept me feeling healthy, strong, youthful and living in a state of well being. I am diligent with my yearly screenings. ❣️ ps love your get up today🥰
You are so very welcome, my dear. I respond to RUclips comments daily. If I can answer your questions in a comment box, I will. If I can't I'll tell you it warrants a consultation.
My oncologist said, “we don’t know”. Sadly, hrt is suspicious without very good reason. They want to protect us from one thing while putting us at risk for so many others-so frustrating!We need new studies!! Cannot wait for the next video.
I looked over the package insert…once…and tossed it in my compost. It made it so easy after being educated on the facts of HRT. I have weighed the benefits vs the risks of HRT and decided, for myself, to take it without fear. Thank you, teacher. 💕💕
Doctor Taylor, I have been a follower of yours for quite some time now and I immensely respect your commitment to educating us. However, I just don't understand, you do you keep saying it takes 7 years for a cancer to grow enough to be detectable? Some cancers are detectable as early as 2 years...
That unit will be one of many in the symptom series of videos. But they will not air until 2026. If you want help with this now, please, please schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I do them all online. And all mental health issues require tailoring. After Ovarian Cancer, I'll give you a unit on PCOS and then one on the phases of the peri- to post-menopause transition. I am always 2 to 3 years ahead on creating these videos for you.
Wow! That lung and breast cancer comparing statistic was eye-opening, to say the least! I can't even tell you how many drs., PAs and other med. professionals try to advise me to quit HRT. It's not worth it to me to explain my stance because I'm not a med. pro.. So I just say, "Hmm, perhaps I should." But am I going to? 𝑵𝑶!
There is NO education on menopause in medical school at all. In four-year OB/GYN residency programs, less than 1% of the time is devoted to menopause. So most doctors know none of the stuff I teach you.
I have been on HRT for almost 3 years. My mother has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer (BRCA negative). My gyn suggested that I may want to stop my HRT. I am so confused and not sure if this is accurate or not.
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.
There are. But do not be "product" or "brand" focused. Be "goal-focused." That way, you can choose options that will meet your goals, while limiting yourself to those that also meet your stipulations. If you need my help tailoring everything specifically to YOU, schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I do them all online.
They had me stop using my estrogen patch and taking progesterone when they found breast cancer. Tests showed it was hormone fed. It was an extremely slow growing type. I sure miss my hormones! Now I wonder if stopping them was not necessary .
Most people have misconceptions about the meaning and significance of “estrogen receptor” and progesterone receptor” status of breast cancer. Think about it: Your breasts have always responded to estrogen and progesterone. • Your breasts grew at puberty when your ovaries started producing estrogen and progesterone. • Your breasts became tender at the time of “Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS): just before your periods. • Your breasts became tender in early pregnancy due to rising levels of estrogen and progesterone. In order for your breasts to respond to estrogen and progesterone, they have to have estrogen receptors and progesterone receptors on some of your breast cells. You can think of receptor sites as parking places. Estrogen receptor sites are “estrogen-only” parking places. Progesterone receptor sites are “progesterone-only” parking places. These are the sites where estrogen or progesterone “park” in order to perform their normal functions on your breasts. But only some of your breast cells bear these receptors. All breast cancers begin with just a single cell that becomes cancerous. That one single cell replicates rapidly to form the cancer. And all the cells that comprise the cancer will be identical to that one cell. If that one cells has estrogen receptor sites, then the cancer itself will have estrogen receptor sites. And that cancer will be “estrogen receptor positive.” If that one cells has progesterone receptor sites, then the cancer itself will have progesterone receptor sites. And that cancer will be “estrogen receptor positive.” But the designation of estrogen or progesterone receptor positive has nothing whatsoever to do with what caused the cancer. And this is where most people misconstrue the meaning of “estrogen receptor positive” or “progesterone receptor positive.” Instead of pertaining to cause, the designations of “estrogen receptor positive” or “progesterone receptor positive” pertain to treatment. Some cancers are treated by estrogen or progesterone. Others are not. By associating the designation of “estrogen receptor positive” or “progesterone receptor positive” with cause rather than treatment, everybody has things upside down. So now people think that “estrogen receptor positive” or “progesterone receptor positive” mean that estrogen and progesterone cause breast cancer. They don’t. They just help identify the most appropriate treatment.
Thank you so much. I have been finding more doctors discussing this science. One of them said why are they more worried about breasts than women’s hearts. That makes so much sense.
Exactly! Heart attacks kill 1 out of every 2 women who has a heart attack. Breast cancer kills 1 out of 29 women who have breast cancer.@@nancybass1962
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.
I already started with cyclacur and be transfered to elover sequi patches..I m 44 years old and wasn't sleeping properly and my hair were falling 4 years now ..my cycles were on 24 days and had apoting from day 16vto day 24 it sucked.i changed 3 obgs until finally listened to me... me ..
It does not sound like your plan is logical. 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.
Your female sex hormones have ALWAYS increased your breast density. So HRT will, too. But that shouldn't be a surprise. And HRT bears no more blame than your hormones produced by your own body. I'm so glad this education is helping you.
Thank you for the response. I have dense breasts with many fibroids. My mother died of breast cancer at age 64. I just had a mammogram. I was told that I have microcalcification. I take an Angeliq every other day. I am 63. I have been on it for about 5 years. I have been told that the calcifications are benign and to come back in 6 months. Do I continue the HRT? @@MenopauseTaylor
The question is then if HRT increases breast density and breast density is associated with breast cancer, then should we be taking HRT if you already have dense breasts?@@MenopauseTaylor
Angela, I can help you with this in a consultation. 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.@@angelabatson
There's a meta study. "HRT increases the risk of women being diagnosed with breast cancer" It could be due to increased blood circulation or inflammation. I wish someone would talk about this instead of saying "No, it doesn't cause breast cancer" Because causality is not the only concern.
Oftentimes, a woman will start HRT and notice that she has breast tenderness in the first days or weeks. And she wonders if (1) That indicates a higher risk of breast cancer or (2) That indicates early breast cancer. Now, to address this, let’s go back to basics. Your breasts consist of glandular tissue that is supposed to respond to estrogen and progesterone. Every single cycle of your entire reproductive life, your breasts have responded to estrogen and progesterone. That’s why you had breast tenderness as a part of PMS every month. Then, when you got pregnant, one of the very first symptoms of pregnancy was breast tenderness. Once again, your breasts were responding to estrogen and progesterone. So, your breasts are hormonally-responsive organs that respond to the presence of, and changes in, levels of estrogen and progesterone. So, here you are at peri- or post-menopause. And you start taking HRT. Why would your breasts respond any differently? And if you do experience breast tenderness, why would it be any more significant than it was when they became tender in response to PMS or tenderness? The dosages of estrogen and progesterone in HRT are much, much less than they are at the time of PMS or pregnancy. So why would you think breast tenderness now is in any way associated with or indicative of breast cancer when you didn’t think that way when it occurred in response to PMS or pregnancy? It turns out that it is the progesterone component of menstrual cycles that increases the risk of breast cancer. In all studies, women who take estrogen alone have lower rates of breast cancer than women who take both estrogen and progesterone.
@MenopauseTaylor Dr Taylor, thank you so much for your detailed response. I have been on the combi patch for 2 years already, but did not have breast tenderness before, it started the last 3 months, which is why I am anxious. I krrp learning from your videos. I don't want to stop hrt but the tenderness is constant.
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.@@dniki2152
Thank you Dr. Taylor! I started bioidential HRT early w the onset of menopause during the “window”. I can’t state all the ways HRT has kept me feeling healthy, strong, youthful and living in a state of well being. I am diligent with my yearly screenings. ❣️ ps love your get up today🥰
I just love knowing that this education is helping you, my dear.
There’s no window that completely removes increased cancer risk. Don’t delude yourself.
@@sevendeadlychins we all have to educate ourselves and make the best informed decisions without judging others decisions , don’t we?🙏🏼☺️
Thanks for responding so promptly to my question. You are a wealth of information.
You are so very welcome, my dear. I respond to RUclips comments daily. If I can answer your questions in a comment box, I will. If I can't I'll tell you it warrants a consultation.
My oncologist said, “we don’t know”. Sadly, hrt is suspicious without very good reason. They want to protect us from one thing while putting us at risk for so many others-so frustrating!We need new studies!! Cannot wait for the next video.
You're doing a beautiful job of connecting all the dots!
Thank you so much and Merry Christmas 😊😊😊
Merry Christmas to YOU, my dear Christine.
I looked over the package insert…once…and tossed it in my compost.
It made it so easy after being educated on the facts of HRT. I have weighed the benefits vs the risks of HRT and decided, for myself, to take it without fear.
Thank you, teacher. 💕💕
You see! You are empowered!
Doctor Taylor, I have been a follower of yours for quite some time now and I immensely respect your commitment to educating us. However, I just don't understand, you do you keep saying it takes 7 years for a cancer to grow enough to be detectable? Some cancers are detectable as early as 2 years...
I have heard several times over the years women say they were told, we caught it early- ten years is early? Oh brother
Can you please do a series of mental health issues in post menopause please 🙏
That unit will be one of many in the symptom series of videos. But they will not air until 2026.
If you want help with this now, please, please schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I do them all online. And all mental health issues require tailoring.
After Ovarian Cancer, I'll give you a unit on PCOS and then one on the phases of the peri- to post-menopause transition.
I am always 2 to 3 years ahead on creating these videos for you.
Wow! That lung and breast cancer comparing statistic was eye-opening, to say the least!
I can't even tell you how many drs., PAs and other med. professionals try to advise me to quit HRT. It's not worth it to me to explain my stance because I'm not a med. pro.. So I just say, "Hmm, perhaps I should." But am I going to? 𝑵𝑶!
There is NO education on menopause in medical school at all. In four-year OB/GYN residency programs, less than 1% of the time is devoted to menopause. So most doctors know none of the stuff I teach you.
Happy Holidays Dr Barbie Merry Christmas 🤶 🎄
And to you, my dear.
Merry Christmas, Dr. Taylor!🎄🎅
And to you, too, my dear.
I have been on HRT for almost 3 years. My mother has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer (BRCA negative). My gyn suggested that I may want to stop my HRT. I am so confused and not sure if this is accurate or not.
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.
Are there any HRT options that DON'T have preservatives and dyes? I'm an all natural believer and want to avoid those.
There are. But do not be "product" or "brand" focused. Be "goal-focused." That way, you can choose options that will meet your goals, while limiting yourself to those that also meet your stipulations.
If you need my help tailoring everything specifically to YOU, schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I do them all online.
They had me stop using my estrogen patch and taking progesterone when they found breast cancer. Tests showed it was hormone fed. It was an extremely slow growing type. I sure miss my hormones! Now I wonder if stopping them was not necessary .
Most people have misconceptions about the meaning and significance of “estrogen receptor” and progesterone receptor” status of breast cancer.
Think about it:
Your breasts have always responded to estrogen and progesterone.
• Your breasts grew at puberty when your ovaries started producing estrogen and progesterone.
• Your breasts became tender at the time of “Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS): just before your periods.
• Your breasts became tender in early pregnancy due to rising levels of estrogen and progesterone.
In order for your breasts to respond to estrogen and progesterone, they have to have estrogen receptors and progesterone receptors on some of your breast cells. You can think of receptor sites as parking places. Estrogen receptor sites are “estrogen-only” parking places. Progesterone receptor sites are “progesterone-only” parking places. These are the sites where estrogen or progesterone “park” in order to perform their normal functions on your breasts.
But only some of your breast cells bear these receptors.
All breast cancers begin with just a single cell that becomes cancerous. That one single cell replicates rapidly to form the cancer. And all the cells that comprise the cancer will be identical to that one cell.
If that one cells has estrogen receptor sites, then the cancer itself will have estrogen receptor sites. And that cancer will be “estrogen receptor positive.”
If that one cells has progesterone receptor sites, then the cancer itself will have progesterone receptor sites. And that cancer will be “estrogen receptor positive.”
But the designation of estrogen or progesterone receptor positive has nothing whatsoever to do with what caused the cancer. And this is where most people misconstrue the meaning of “estrogen receptor positive” or “progesterone receptor positive.”
Instead of pertaining to cause, the designations of “estrogen receptor positive” or “progesterone receptor positive” pertain to treatment.
Some cancers are treated by estrogen or progesterone. Others are not.
By associating the designation of “estrogen receptor positive” or “progesterone receptor positive” with cause rather than treatment, everybody has things upside down. So now people think that “estrogen receptor positive” or “progesterone receptor positive” mean that estrogen and progesterone cause breast cancer. They don’t. They just help identify the most appropriate treatment.
Thank you so much. I have been finding more doctors discussing this science. One of them said why are they more worried about breasts than women’s hearts. That makes so much sense.
Exactly! Heart attacks kill 1 out of every 2 women who has a heart attack. Breast cancer kills 1 out of 29 women who have breast cancer.@@nancybass1962
So, what are perimenopausal women to do? If cyclical HRT can slightly increase the risk of beast cancer?
@@MenopauseTaylor Thanks so much! I stopped my hormone blocker today. Maybe there is hope that I can get back on HRT.
Are estradiol tablets ok to consume after menopause? Pls help
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.
I already started with cyclacur and be transfered to elover sequi patches..I m 44 years old and wasn't sleeping properly and my hair were falling 4 years now ..my cycles were on 24 days and had apoting from day 16vto day 24 it sucked.i changed 3 obgs until finally listened to me... me ..
It does not sound like your plan is logical.
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 so much for this information as it is very helpful. I was wondering is HRT increase breast density?
Your female sex hormones have ALWAYS increased your breast density. So HRT will, too. But that shouldn't be a surprise. And HRT bears no more blame than your hormones produced by your own body.
I'm so glad this education is helping you.
Thank you for the response. I have dense breasts with many fibroids. My mother died of breast cancer at age 64. I just had a mammogram. I was told that I have microcalcification. I take an Angeliq every other day. I am 63. I have been on it for about 5 years. I have been told that the calcifications are benign and to come back in 6 months. Do I continue the HRT? @@MenopauseTaylor
The question is then if HRT increases breast density and breast density is associated with breast cancer, then should we be taking HRT if you already have dense breasts?@@MenopauseTaylor
Angela,
I can help you with this in a consultation.
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.@@angelabatson
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There's a meta study. "HRT increases the risk of women being diagnosed with breast cancer" It could be due to increased blood circulation or inflammation. I wish someone would talk about this instead of saying "No, it doesn't cause breast cancer" Because causality is not the only concern.
Probably because women who are on hrt are diligent when it comes to getting mamograms. HRT is anti inflammatory.
@@andreadavis1250well said. Thank you!
Inflammation could cause inflammatory breast cancer...but what is the real cause of inflammation? Could it be a lack of Estrogen?
Are there studies showing correlation between continued breast tenderness when being on HRT combination patch and increase of breast cancer?
Oftentimes, a woman will start HRT and notice that she has breast tenderness in the first days or weeks. And she wonders if (1) That indicates a higher risk of breast cancer or (2) That indicates early breast cancer.
Now, to address this, let’s go back to basics.
Your breasts consist of glandular tissue that is supposed to respond to estrogen and progesterone. Every single cycle of your entire reproductive life, your breasts have responded to estrogen and progesterone. That’s why you had breast tenderness as a part of PMS every month.
Then, when you got pregnant, one of the very first symptoms of pregnancy was breast tenderness. Once again, your breasts were responding to estrogen and progesterone.
So, your breasts are hormonally-responsive organs that respond to the presence of, and changes in, levels of estrogen and progesterone.
So, here you are at peri- or post-menopause. And you start taking HRT. Why would your breasts respond any differently? And if you do experience breast tenderness, why would it be any more significant than it was when they became tender in response to PMS or tenderness?
The dosages of estrogen and progesterone in HRT are much, much less than they are at the time of PMS or pregnancy.
So why would you think breast tenderness now is in any way associated with or indicative of breast cancer when you didn’t think that way when it occurred in response to PMS or pregnancy?
It turns out that it is the progesterone component of menstrual cycles that increases the risk of breast cancer. In all studies, women who take estrogen alone have lower rates of breast cancer than women who take both estrogen and progesterone.
@MenopauseTaylor Dr Taylor, thank you so much for your detailed response. I have been on the combi patch for 2 years already, but did not have breast tenderness before, it started the last 3 months, which is why I am anxious. I krrp learning from your videos. I don't want to stop hrt but the tenderness is constant.
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.@@dniki2152