MRIs show up tumours more clearly in dense breasts than it does in mammograms. If you are told you have dense breasts, you can ask for a MRI if there is a concern re breast cancer. Too many women who have dense breasts are not told this.
Green...I was told by a radiologist that I can get an MRI but insurance probably wouldn't pay for it. Also, the medical machine still insists on following protocol which is mammography first. So still the harm!
Thank you for clearing this very important difference and significance of being on the proper HRT vs no HRT and having dense breasts. I understand now why dense breasts are associated with cancer. I have very dense breasts, have been on estradiol patch and oral Prometrium since menopause, 13 years. I have a mother and sister who both had breast cancer but neither were on HRT. After my sister's diagnosis, I became very concerned I would be next. She also never had children, whereas I've had three and breast-fed each for 2-1/2 years, 2-3/4 years and 2 years. People thought I was crazy. I read books, (library back then) on importance of breast-feeding for baby and mom. I will discuss with my GYN before next mammogram, I don't want one anymore, but I'm fairly certain she will stop writing my script for HRT if I refuse mammograms. I love your videos, I'm subscribed, thank you very much!
Mammo suggested suspicious growth. Underwent biopsy. Thankfully, negative. Ob gyn told me I had to do mammograms 2x a year. Years later, PCP told me it was way too much radiation exposure. I was confused then became upset by the conflicting opinions!
My grandmother is 94 years old. Never took pills or vitamins or anything. She had 14 kids never a mammogram or anything. She is super healthy and never need any test or ultrasound or anything
Thanks for sharing that. And that's what's amazing. No ultrasounds. Nowadays they act like a woman is crazy if she doesn't get an ultrasound during pregnancy.
I'm 72, always had fibrocystic breasts (since puberty, probably), breastfed 3 babies, and have never taken hormones of any kind, nor do I ever want to. I have dense breasts, Stage 3. Never had cancer. Ever since age 40, have had numerous unnecessary breast biopsies due to having mammograms, and now it's due to having calcifications on the mammograms. I'm ready to quit the mammograms, but I guess that's a separate issue. I want to thank you for explaining clearly that dense breasts do not CAUSE breast cancer, they simply cause existing breast cancers to grow. I appreciate knowing this, and my plan going forward will be to lose a few pounds and also get more exercise, which are other ways to reduce inflammation other than taking hormones. But that's just me. You do you!😊
First time ever heard such a pertinent video on dense breast and woman on HRT… my doctor asked me recently to give up HRT because of my dense breast when on hormones😢 thank you!!
The only reason the doc asked you to stop your hormones is because he’s worried about his medical license. A lot of physicians make decisions not based on patient needs or patient quality of life, but in self-interest.
Thank you very much, Dr Gersh! I don’t know where else I would learn this valuable information regarding the female body, estrogen and menopause. You go well beyond the usual surface information we hear about menopause. I really appreciate that. Looking forward to more.
Thank you, this was extremely helpful. I am 64 and not on any kind of hormone therapy. Last year I had my 1st mammogram showing breast density in my right breast only. I had to go back for an MRI. Your explanation of the relationship between inflammation and breast density was very helpful. Now I can put 2 in 2 together and see what I think is been going on. My past 10 years have been very difficult in the result in a diet and decides and what they need to be. I'm trying to. I'm mediterrane Diet and eliminating sugar which is very hard for me. I'm hoping I can reverse this density by taking better care of my health. Again n thank you.
What valuable information. Wish i had this kind of menopause info few years bak and wouldn't have suffered for years. Most doc know nothing about menopause. Much appreciated doc.
I wish I could listen to your video before I ended up of having breast biopsy due to density on breast when having mammogram . I am 65 use bio identical hormones, I keep insisting the dr that my breast hasn’t any change . No cyst, no lump. only dense breast for many years. He did not listen to me, but made me go for painful biopsy and negative result. These doctor need to listen to your explanation about estrogen on menopause women . i am appreciate your knowledge and teaching vedoes ❤❤❤❤
Well, since Doctor’s aren’t likely to start listening to their patients, we can sure arm ourselves with knowledge and INSIST they give us what we NEED. I’ve had to hunt down a doctor who is willing to work with what I ask of him/her, not them telling me what to do. I’ve now been through enough trauma due to this misinformed “health care” culture to start being willing to demand what I KNOW my female body needs!
I had the exact same experience. I've had dense breasts along, breastfed 2 children for total of 3 years. And the Mayo doc put me through most awful biopsy experience. My breast had a lump the size of an egg afterwards and black bruised for months. He had to stop midway it was so escruitiatingly painful...I felt like an experiment for their cause. I did what they told me and then had hot flashes, sleepless extreme sweaty nights...I went to half dose hormones and am sleeping again
I have breast density. Fibrocystic breasts. I had trouble nursing my 3 kids. They did sleep through the night. Crazy isn't it. I didn't create enough milk, but I did breast feed the first few months for the good stuff. The one good thing...I'm 66 and my breasts don't drop. I did have a hysterectomy at 38 due to bladder/uterus prolapse. I kept my ovaries. I was recently diagnosed with Ehlers Danlose Syndrome after health issues my whole life. Prolapse is a symptom.
My first mammogram result was a lots of dense and a hard cyst. I was told it’s benign and they will monitor it for 6 months. After 4 months I waited for another mammogram since the lump was growing. My second mammogram should malignant but more showed in ultrasound then I was send for biopsy. My surgeon refused to do the surgery and question why I was not send for biopsy and MRI. I was diagnosed stage 3 cancer and have to through 6 sessions of Chemo , radiation and hormone therapy.
I am taking HRT from my early menopause. That makes a long time already. I don’t take human identical hormones, I do the regular Big Pharma hormonal brands. I confess I have disobeyed my Docs but they were wrong. I am healthy, look much younger and Cancer hasn’t chosen me and I assure you there was plenty of time for it. I don’t recommend the same to other women as each woman has her proper genetics… I feel lucky for being capable and able to make HRT for the rest of my life😊
The readings from my mammograms said I had dense fibrous tissue. After breastfeeding four children, my boobs are floppy hanging sacks of flesh. HEALTHY sacks of flesh. I don’t know how on earth anyone could convince me my boobs were dense.😂😂
You explain this is well, it's understandable! In menopause with fatty breasts, a strong family history of breast cancer sisters mother aunt all estrogen dominant, what are your thoughts on LDN as an inflammatory (something I take since thyroid cancer & hoping not to develop breast cancer ? Thank you.
Wow, that was packed full of useful information though I still seem unable to process it properly. I am post menopausal with dense breast tissue, just been diagnosed with lobular cancer tumour, obviously stopped the HRT which I had been on for over ten years. Since stopped the HRT the area feels a little calmer as my boobs sometimes used to feel as though they were exploding! This explanation about inflammation makes a lot of sense though as I understand this seems so be related to many disease states, or contributory, but I don't quite understand what is causing this, though perhaps linked to adrenal glands?
A friend of mine does the thermascans instead of the mammograms. I'm not telling anyone to do this, but. Thank you Dr Gersh for explaining all this chaos and confusion regarding dense breasts.
In Australia I think we need a referral from a breast specialist to get an MRI. The GP cannot do this I believe. Least ways that’s what has just happened to me. I am on HRT, 60 and the breast ultrasound showed two suspicious lumps (not detected on the mammogram done the same day). I have refused to have a biopsy at this stage so have a referral to see a breast surgeon who the GP says can organize for me to have a mammogram. In the meantime I have been told by my GP to go off my HRT. I wasn’t happy so she said cut back the patches to one a week, not two. After listening to this video I think I’ll continue to have the two patches a week until I see the surgeon. It’s so confusing and stressful.
I'm 60, and just recently had my screening, which said i need to come back for a diagnostic screening. They told me I have dense breasts. I'm not on any HRT.
Got it, thank you 💛This info will be so helpful to remember the next time I have to defend (yet again) my need to take HRT. I'm very interested in what Estrone is for and how it functions. What happens to all our Estrone once we're on exogenous Estradiol - how do these interact? 😊xx
Hi Felice.If someone has had breast cancer post menopause and has been told at the time they have dense breasts ,what can they do to improve the risk of further breast cancers if they cannot have HRT as contra indicated due to the cancer being driven by oestrogen?
She already said that E-1(Estrone) is the culprit, not E-2(Estradiol), which is vital to a female’s overall health. You must be informed and insist on. The hormones you need. A diabetic needs insulin(a hormone) to have better health.
Thank you for that information and explanation. Given that estrone is a (or the) cause if I understand that right, then HRT for post menopausal women doesn't exactly fix the estrone problem; it just fixes the (lack of) estrogen issue. That means there is high estrone in the bloodstream. Is there any way to reduce estrone levels in blood? Thank you. 🙂
Reduce overall inflammation, for starters, since that is the precursor for all diseases, as Felice stated. Lots of veggies, berries, Whole Foods, limited fatty foods, lean proteins, very limited processed foods, sunshine, vitaminD-3+K2, regular exercise that’s not too strenuous, limited, if no alcohol, and limited sugar. This will greatly improve your health and reduce inflammation in your body. Being on Estradiol and progesterone e(if you have a uterus) will reduce your inflammation because you will sleep better and your body will have the God-given hormones it needs to thrive!
@@melissaculpepper7663Yes, maybe, but after waiting till age 56 for menopause, I sure don't want my periods back, lol! But to each his (her) own, I guess.
I'm confused...you're saying that a lack of estradiol post menopause causes inflammation? That doesn't make sense. Menopause is a natural state a human female goes through. That shouldn't in itself cause inflammation. Eating a poor diet, not exercising and being under stress causes inflammation, not a lack of estrogen. Am I missing something?
Thank you so much for clearing this up for me. I have been on HRT for while and have dense breast. Been wondering if I should go off of it bc tired of all the false positives.
I have dense breasts and I am on estradiol vaginal suppositories but not on any progesterone. 1. Is progesterone necessary? 2. Are you talking about hormones taken orally? 3. Is an upgraded mammo and sonogram sufficient for dense beasts?
If you still have a uterus you need to balance the estradiol with progesterone(oral). I take the estradiol patch(.075mg) and 200 mg. Progesterone(oral). Both are generic brands and I now have my vitality back! I’m 58, finally lost a good amount of weight, and feel like my younger self again! The vaginal estrogen is only for the vagina’s health; it doesn’t coarse throughout the body. Your vagina can’t have too much estrogen so use it! Please do yourself a favor and watch Menopause Taylor on RUclips. She is a doctor and offers the best education on HRT and women’s health needs in general!
Talk to your doctor. My understanding is that vaginal estrogen is not taken up by the bloodstream in the same manner as a patch or a dermal cream. Whoever it is that has prescribed this for you should be able to explain to you what you should do.
I am in this situation. I am 47 in menopause, I had breast cancer at 35 so I can not have hormone therapy. I still have dense breast's. I feel lime I have cancer hiding somewhere again but mammogram and mri came back sorta clean. I have a bi-rad of 2. Is there anything else I can do or ask for???????
Been on oral HT for over 10 years- 60 years old and VERY healthy-exercise, eat right, normal weight, low cholesterol - feel great! But still must have inflammation in breast because have had ADH.... so many mamos, sonos, mri... tired of it! WHY! How can I change the unhealthy estrone environment! I started Duavee...is this smart? or no? Please discuss Duavee!
I have dense breasts and a mammogram showed calcifications and they want me to do a biopsy under mammogram. I want to ask for an MRI instead! Has anyone else had this?
What about a 69 yo woman who os fit and healthy , who has never been on HRT,and never had kids but has dense breasts? Is that normal to still be having dense many years after menopause who eats healthy, exercises and is fit?
I have fibrocystic breasts & all my doctors are trying to get me off my HRT. I will arrange an MRI but the information out there is so confusing. Should I continue my HRT? I really don’t want to give it up but they’re scaring me to death that the cysts will eventually become malignant. Has this happened to anyone else?
I have dense breasts since young age, it's been showing on my annual mammogram since 50. My OBGyn never told me anything to watch. I thought the HRT would cause cancer, so I never thought about it. I was pretty healthy. Now I was found with DCIS with stage 3 which is the most fast growing pre-cancer cell. No invasive yet. So, it looks like my body is inflamatory? Can I start the HRT now?
This is scary info, so if you are post menopausal and have been told you have dense breasts, and are not on hormones, should you then go on HRT or is it too late? And will you definitely get breast cancer if you do not go on HRT?
Please educate yourself by watching Menopause Taylor on RUclips. She is a former ob/gyn and gives you a free education on HRT and beyond!!! She really goes into great detail. It’s like taking an on-line course(but better). You absolutely need to watch her videos in order or you will be confused.
Your life is in their hands , healthcare for women and breast care is ludicrous, your mammogram is clear but you have dense breasts , with no other explanation, and that’s it , no I know the meaning of having dense breasts it is eye opening and quite frankly scary.
MRIs show up tumours more clearly in dense breasts than it does in mammograms. If you are told you have dense breasts, you can ask for a MRI if there is a concern re breast cancer. Too many women who have dense breasts are not told this.
Thank you for this info. It's really sad that doctors don't tell us our options.
True. I had 1 mamo- got a card telling me I had too dense tissue. No other options were offered.
Green...I was told by a radiologist that I can get an MRI but insurance probably wouldn't pay for it. Also, the medical machine still insists on following protocol which is mammography first. So still the harm!
Can they do the mri without contrast?
@@eh3477Yes, but it won't be as detailed
Thank you for clearing this very important difference and significance of being on the proper HRT vs no HRT and having dense breasts. I understand now why dense breasts are associated with cancer. I have very dense breasts, have been on estradiol patch and oral Prometrium since menopause, 13 years. I have a mother and sister who both had breast cancer but neither were on HRT. After my sister's diagnosis, I became very concerned I would be next. She also never had children, whereas I've had three and breast-fed each for 2-1/2 years, 2-3/4 years and 2 years. People thought I was crazy. I read books, (library back then) on importance of breast-feeding for baby and mom. I will discuss with my GYN before next mammogram, I don't want one anymore, but I'm fairly certain she will stop writing my script for HRT if I refuse mammograms. I love your videos, I'm subscribed, thank you very much!
Mammo suggested suspicious growth. Underwent biopsy. Thankfully, negative. Ob gyn told me I had to do mammograms 2x a year. Years later, PCP told me it was way too much radiation exposure. I was confused then became upset by the conflicting opinions!
My grandmother is 94 years old. Never took pills or vitamins or anything. She had 14 kids never a mammogram or anything. She is super healthy and never need any test or ultrasound or anything
Hello @morameji88
How wonderful for your grandmother!! Would you share about her lifestyle?
Your grandma is from the generation where food and environment was so natural
@@daniellerendenizexactly
Thanks for sharing that. And that's what's amazing. No ultrasounds. Nowadays they act like a woman is crazy if she doesn't get an ultrasound during pregnancy.
I'm subscribing. I am a victim of the screening medical fear machine! Bless you!
Ditto!
I'm 72, always had fibrocystic breasts (since puberty, probably), breastfed 3 babies, and have never taken hormones of any kind, nor do I ever want to. I have dense breasts, Stage 3. Never had cancer. Ever since age 40, have had numerous unnecessary breast biopsies due to having mammograms, and now it's due to having calcifications on the mammograms. I'm ready to quit the mammograms, but I guess that's a separate issue. I want to thank you for explaining clearly that dense breasts do not CAUSE breast cancer, they simply cause existing breast cancers to grow. I appreciate knowing this, and my plan going forward will be to lose a few pounds and also get more exercise, which are other ways to reduce inflammation other than taking hormones. But that's just me. You do you!😊
QT imaging
First time ever heard such a pertinent video on dense breast and woman on HRT… my doctor asked me recently to give up HRT because of my dense breast when on hormones😢 thank you!!
mine too but now I am back on them..seems sensible after all
The only reason the doc asked you to stop your hormones is because he’s worried about his medical license. A lot of physicians make decisions not based on patient needs or patient quality of life, but in self-interest.
Thank you very much, Dr Gersh! I don’t know where else I would learn this valuable information regarding the female body, estrogen and menopause. You go well beyond the usual surface information we hear about menopause. I really appreciate that. Looking forward to more.
Thank you, this was extremely helpful. I am 64 and not on any kind of hormone therapy. Last year I had my 1st mammogram showing breast density in my right breast only. I had to go back for an MRI. Your explanation of the relationship between inflammation and breast density was very helpful. Now I can put 2 in 2 together and see what I think is been going on. My past 10 years have been very difficult in the result in a diet and decides and what they need to be. I'm trying to. I'm mediterrane Diet and eliminating sugar which is very hard for me. I'm hoping I can reverse this density by taking better care of my health. Again n thank you.
I hope everything works out positively for you 🙏 🙏🙏🙏
What valuable information. Wish i had this kind of menopause info few years bak and wouldn't have suffered for years. Most doc know nothing about menopause. Much appreciated doc.
@@MS-sr1fe so weird how little is known especially about female bodies
I wish I could listen to your video before I ended up of having breast biopsy due to density on breast when having mammogram . I am 65 use bio identical hormones, I keep insisting the dr that my breast hasn’t any change . No cyst, no lump. only dense breast for many years. He did not listen to me, but made me go for painful biopsy and negative result. These doctor need to listen to your explanation about estrogen on menopause women . i am appreciate your knowledge and teaching vedoes ❤❤❤❤
Well, since Doctor’s aren’t likely to start listening to their patients, we can sure arm ourselves with knowledge and INSIST they give us what we NEED. I’ve had to hunt down a doctor who is willing to work with what I ask of him/her, not them telling me what to do. I’ve now been through enough trauma due to this misinformed “health care” culture to start being willing to demand what I KNOW my female body needs!
I had the exact same experience. I've had dense breasts along, breastfed 2 children for total of 3 years. And the Mayo doc put me through most awful biopsy experience. My breast had a lump the size of an egg afterwards and black bruised for months. He had to stop midway it was so escruitiatingly painful...I felt like an experiment for their cause. I did what they told me and then had hot flashes, sleepless extreme sweaty nights...I went to half dose hormones and am sleeping again
Thank you Dr. Gersh for sharing this life saving information w/ us all here!❤
I have breast density. Fibrocystic breasts. I had trouble nursing my 3 kids. They did sleep through the night. Crazy isn't it. I didn't create enough milk, but I did breast feed the first few months for the good stuff. The one good thing...I'm 66 and my breasts don't drop. I did have a hysterectomy at 38 due to bladder/uterus prolapse. I kept my ovaries. I was recently diagnosed with Ehlers Danlose Syndrome after health issues my whole life. Prolapse is a symptom.
My first mammogram result was a lots of dense and a hard cyst. I was told it’s benign and they will monitor it for 6 months. After 4 months I waited for another mammogram since the lump was growing. My second mammogram should malignant but more showed in ultrasound then I was send for biopsy. My surgeon refused to do the surgery and question why I was not send for biopsy and MRI. I was diagnosed stage 3 cancer and have to through 6 sessions of Chemo , radiation and hormone therapy.
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Excellent explanation! Thank you :)
Thank you very much for sharing this absolutely valuable info doc!
Common Sense!!! Thank you!
Glad I found this channel. Thanks Dr.!
I am taking HRT from my early menopause. That makes a long time already. I don’t take human identical hormones, I do the regular Big Pharma hormonal brands. I confess I have disobeyed my Docs but they were wrong. I am healthy, look much younger and Cancer hasn’t chosen me and I assure you there was plenty of time for it.
I don’t recommend the same to other women as each woman has her proper genetics… I feel lucky for being capable and able to make HRT for the rest of my life😊
Very educational, thanks
The readings from my mammograms said I had dense fibrous tissue. After breastfeeding four children, my boobs are floppy hanging sacks of flesh. HEALTHY sacks of flesh. I don’t know how on earth anyone could convince me my boobs were dense.😂😂
You explain this is well, it's understandable! In menopause with fatty breasts, a strong family history of breast cancer sisters mother aunt all estrogen dominant, what are your thoughts on LDN as an inflammatory (something I take since thyroid cancer & hoping not to develop breast cancer ? Thank you.
incredibly intelligent way of explaining! Thank you so much!
Great information and very much needed!
Wow, that was packed full of useful information though I still seem unable to process it properly. I am post menopausal with dense breast tissue, just been diagnosed with lobular cancer tumour, obviously stopped the HRT which I had been on for over ten years. Since stopped the HRT the area feels a little calmer as my boobs sometimes used to feel as though they were exploding! This explanation about inflammation makes a lot of sense though as I understand this seems so be related to many disease states, or contributory, but I don't quite understand what is causing this, though perhaps linked to adrenal glands?
Great Information...Dr. Gersh!!! 😊👍 BLESSINGS...🌹💗
A friend of mine does the thermascans instead of the mammograms. I'm not telling anyone to do this, but. Thank you Dr Gersh for explaining all this chaos and confusion regarding dense breasts.
In England if you ask your doctor for an MRI he laughs. Literally. He says he’s not permitted! Sad times
In Australia I think we need a referral from a breast specialist to get an MRI. The GP cannot do this I believe. Least ways that’s what has just happened to me. I am on HRT, 60 and the breast ultrasound showed two suspicious lumps (not detected on the mammogram done the same day). I have refused to have a biopsy at this stage so have a referral to see a breast surgeon who the GP says can organize for me to have a mammogram. In the meantime I have been told by my GP to go off my HRT. I wasn’t happy so she said cut back the patches to one a week, not two. After listening to this video I think I’ll continue to have the two patches a week until I see the surgeon. It’s so confusing and stressful.
I’m post meno, highly dense breasts, childless, and just do MRI. But the contrast can damage the kidneys.
Great information ❤❤
I'm 60, and just recently had my screening, which said i need to come back for a diagnostic screening. They told me I have dense breasts. I'm not on any HRT.
Got it, thank you 💛This info will be so helpful to remember the next time I have to defend (yet again) my need to take HRT.
I'm very interested in what Estrone is for and how it functions.
What happens to all our Estrone once we're on exogenous Estradiol - how do these interact? 😊xx
Hi Felice.If someone has had breast cancer post menopause and has been told at the time they have dense breasts ,what can they do to improve the risk of further breast cancers if they cannot have HRT as contra indicated due to the cancer being driven by oestrogen?
She already said that E-1(Estrone) is the culprit, not E-2(Estradiol), which is vital to a female’s overall health. You must be informed and insist on. The hormones you need. A diabetic needs insulin(a hormone) to have better health.
Thank you for that information and explanation. Given that estrone is a (or the) cause if I understand that right, then HRT for post menopausal women doesn't exactly fix the estrone problem; it just fixes the (lack of) estrogen issue. That means there is high estrone in the bloodstream. Is there any way to reduce estrone levels in blood?
Thank you. 🙂
Reduce overall inflammation, for starters, since that is the precursor for all diseases, as Felice stated. Lots of veggies, berries, Whole Foods, limited fatty foods, lean proteins, very limited processed foods, sunshine, vitaminD-3+K2, regular exercise that’s not too strenuous, limited, if no alcohol, and limited sugar. This will greatly improve your health and reduce inflammation in your body. Being on Estradiol and progesterone e(if you have a uterus) will reduce your inflammation because you will sleep better and your body will have the God-given hormones it needs to thrive!
@@melissaculpepper7663Yes, maybe, but after waiting till age 56 for menopause, I sure don't want my periods back, lol! But to each his (her) own, I guess.
Thank you for the information!
I'm confused...you're saying that a lack of estradiol post menopause causes inflammation? That doesn't make sense. Menopause is a natural state a human female goes through. That shouldn't in itself cause inflammation. Eating a poor diet, not exercising and being under stress causes inflammation, not a lack of estrogen. Am I missing something?
I got rid of breast, lumps and reduced breast density with cycle, smart, otherwise known as Astro smart, plus.
Thank you so much for clearing this up for me. I have been on HRT for while and have dense breast. Been wondering if I should go off of it bc tired of all the false positives.
THANK YOU!!! : >
This lady’s nerve wrecking for me 😢
I would encourage women to seek out thermograms and/or sonograms instead of mammograms.
I have dense breasts and I am on estradiol vaginal suppositories but not on any progesterone. 1. Is progesterone necessary? 2. Are you talking about hormones taken orally? 3. Is an upgraded mammo and sonogram sufficient for dense beasts?
If you still have a uterus you need to balance the estradiol with progesterone(oral). I take the estradiol patch(.075mg) and 200 mg. Progesterone(oral). Both are generic brands and I now have my vitality back! I’m 58, finally lost a good amount of weight, and feel like my younger self again! The vaginal estrogen is only for the vagina’s health; it doesn’t coarse throughout the body. Your vagina can’t have too much estrogen so use it! Please do yourself a favor and watch Menopause Taylor on RUclips. She is a doctor and offers the best education on HRT and women’s health needs in general!
Talk to your doctor. My understanding is that vaginal estrogen is not taken up by the bloodstream in the same manner as a patch or a dermal cream. Whoever it is that has prescribed this for you should be able to explain to you what you should do.
@@melissaculpepper7663I prefer the information that Dr. Mary Claire Haver provides.
I am in this situation. I am 47 in menopause, I had breast cancer at 35 so I can not have hormone therapy. I still have dense breast's. I feel lime I have cancer hiding somewhere again but mammogram and mri came back sorta clean. I have a bi-rad of 2. Is there anything else I can do or ask for???????
Been on oral HT for over 10 years- 60 years old and VERY healthy-exercise, eat right, normal weight, low cholesterol - feel great! But still must have inflammation in breast because have had ADH.... so many mamos, sonos, mri... tired of it! WHY! How can I change the unhealthy estrone environment! I started Duavee...is this smart? or no? Please discuss Duavee!
So if you have dense breasts in post menopause you should be on BHRT?
I have dense breasts and a mammogram showed calcifications and they want me to do a biopsy under mammogram. I want to ask for an MRI instead! Has anyone else had this?
QT imaging
I have been told I have dense breasts.
Please clarify: does 'HRT' include bio-identical hormones, or only the harmful kinds?
What about a 69 yo woman who os fit and healthy , who has never been on HRT,and never had kids but has dense breasts? Is that normal to still be having dense many years after menopause who eats healthy, exercises and is fit?
I have fibrocystic breasts & all my doctors are trying to get me off my HRT. I will arrange an MRI but the information out there is so confusing. Should I continue my HRT? I really don’t want to give it up but they’re scaring me to death that the cysts will eventually become malignant. Has this happened to anyone else?
I have dense breasts since young age, it's been showing on my annual mammogram since 50. My OBGyn never told me anything to watch. I thought the HRT would cause cancer, so I never thought about it. I was pretty healthy. Now I was found with DCIS with stage 3 which is the most fast growing pre-cancer cell. No invasive yet. So, it looks like my body is inflamatory? Can I start the HRT now?
Radial scars picked up on ultrasound, breast feeding for 2 years, should I be worried?
I have dense breast so I was advise to do 3D Mammogram not the regular 2D..
All I know is, almost everyone I know that gets diagnosed with breast cancer has been on hormones (HRT). Just sayin'. Am I the Lone Ranger on this??
I agree, I know multiple women who have taken hrt and they got breast cancer.
what kind of hrt? transedrmal or oral?
I've known several women who had breast or uterine cancer. None were on HRT 😊xx
I’ve known 2 women with breast cancer not on hormones
If on bio identical estradiol and progesterone and having light breast tenderness-is that a sign of breast inflammation?
If you choose to up your dose from 0.0375 to 0.05, which is the higher dose of Estrogen, will that make your risk for breast cancer higher?
Hi, may I know can the cancer survival take
Cucumin?
Yes, curcumin is excellent for a cancer survivor.
@@aimeerice4687
TQ
This is scary info, so if you are post menopausal and have been told you have dense breasts, and are not on hormones, should you then go on HRT or is it too late? And will you definitely get breast cancer if you do not go on HRT?
Please educate yourself by watching Menopause Taylor on RUclips. She is a former ob/gyn and gives you a free education on HRT and beyond!!! She really goes into great detail. It’s like taking an on-line course(but better). You absolutely need to watch her videos in order or you will be confused.
Thanks, will do..
Your life is in their hands , healthcare for women and breast care is ludicrous, your mammogram is clear but you have dense breasts , with no other explanation, and that’s it , no I know the meaning of having dense breasts it is eye opening and quite frankly scary.
Please tell women about QT imaging. High clarity, no radiation, works on imaging dense breasts.
What is qt imaging?
To reduce inflammation, consider a carnivore diet.