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  • Опубликовано: 19 июн 2023
  • You’ve probably heard the terms “dense breasts” and “fibrocystic breasts.” But do you know what each means? And can you explain them in an anatomical way? Are they the same thing? Or do they differ somehow? Well, these are the topics of this video.
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Комментарии • 65

  • @kathyhandler5254
    @kathyhandler5254 4 месяца назад +2

    i laughed so hard when the fat fell off the fiber cystic breast. why can’t it fall off me that easily? 😂 i’m loving this unit.

  • @knackfulknitter
    @knackfulknitter Год назад +17

    Such a good tutorial! After every breast exam, I was told I had dense breasts. The doctors would make me so fearful and insist on an ultrasound. One went so far as to tell me I should stop my HRT! I told her I would not stop and that she did not know what she was talking about.
    Thank you for keeping me from falling prey to those doctors! 😘💕💕
    See you next week!

    • @deborahholly7305
      @deborahholly7305 Год назад +4

      I’ve had that same experience! It’s very upsetting and anxiety producing.

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +2

      You are so very welcome, my dear. I love being your teacher!

    • @yvettebennett6170
      @yvettebennett6170 Год назад +3

      This just happened to me as well this past February. Was told I needed to come back and get an ultrasound. I had horrible anxiety. It's awful.
      This education always comes at the perfect time thanks to Dr. Taylor.

    • @peggysheerin-hamill4860
      @peggysheerin-hamill4860 10 месяцев назад

      @@MenopauseTaylorI’m 56 and they keep saying I have dense breasts. Always scares me .

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  10 месяцев назад

      There is no need for fear. Please let me help you understand that your breasts are normal.
      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.@@peggysheerin-hamill4860

  • @yvettebennett6170
    @yvettebennett6170 Год назад +3

    I have been told a lot over the years inhave dense breasts This past February I was told I needed to come back and get an ultrasound after my mammogram. It freaked me out and i had horrible anxiety. It's awful.
    This education always comes at the perfect time thanks to you Dr. Taylor. I am looking forward to learning more.

  • @adria89
    @adria89 Год назад +4

    A bag of marbles would have been a great visual for this. I have both and I find it's the quickest way to explain to anyone asking me about it 😂

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +5

      Actually, in gynecolgy, we refer tp a uterus full of fibroids as "a bag of marbles." That's why I did not use the analogy here.

  • @suzy1750
    @suzy1750 Год назад +9

    Thank you so much - watching these videos with particular interest as I have large, dense breasts and, since I did not have kids, they are still pretty much the same in my fifties as they were when I first developed. Given that there's so much (hopefully bad) info about the link between breast cancer and dense breasts, I am terrified every time I go in for my mammogram and follow-up ultrasound (which my doctor always schedules while scheduling the mammo because she knows it will be needed.)

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +3

      You are going to learn so much in this unit! Keep watching, my dear.

  • @Corrans
    @Corrans 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for taking the time to explain things so well!

  • @christinedailey9254
    @christinedailey9254 Год назад +3

    This is so timely! I’m 53 and going in for my mammogram tomorrow and they always do the additional ultrasounds and it makes me nervous every year. I’ll breathe a bit better now. Thank you Dr. Taylor! ❤

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +1

      I love it when this education make you feel relieved!

    • @dejoncp1
      @dejoncp1 Год назад

      ​@@MenopauseTaylor Thank you Can I have a consultation in person.

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад

      @@dejoncp1 No, I do them all online. And I live in France.

  • @annramsey7907
    @annramsey7907 Год назад +3

    Thanks so much. The knowledge & understanding help so much. 22 years ago I hit perimenopause at 40. My breasts went from B cup to C cup & became very painful. My research ended in Advertising not education & I used progesterone cream on my breasts & it helped tremendously & I went back to a B cup. I used progesterone cream on my breasts only for about 5 years. Then I hit a crying jag that was non stop. My research led me to believe I had a sudden drop in estrogen. I also had lumpy breasts & my first mammogram in a mobile free clinic & was diagnosed with fibrocystic breasts. I stopped progesterone cream altogether & started a phytoestrogen regimen pills + cream & continued on with no more breast issues & no more crying jags, staying a B cup that I was happy with. I had permaperiod at 49, a negative for cancer biopsy & endometrial ablation at 50. Then at age 58 my breasts became fatty & a DD cup size & grew a menopot belly. No pain but I was still miserable. I found you at age 59. I have tried to get prescription HRT with several doctors to no avail. I currently use 2 pumps a day of 2.5 Bi-estro cream + 360 mg of isoflavones + 250 mg of genestien from Saphora japonica. And I do feel good & no doctor can limit my dosage this way. Thank you thank you thank you. I am getting so much of a better understanding of the changes in my breasts since age 40 & this aspect has plagued me horribly for 22 years now. Again thank you.

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +2

      This education is helping make sense of your situation. That's my goal!

    • @zulaladsign1310
      @zulaladsign1310 11 месяцев назад

      How do you get your bi-est cream with that much 2.5 mg? What brand and where?

    • @annramsey7907
      @annramsey7907 11 месяцев назад

      @@zulaladsign1310 online Amazon BHRT brand is my preferred brand but there are several.

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  11 месяцев назад

      @@zulaladsign1310 Comparing notes with other women will always get you into trouble.
      If you want to succeed with your menopause management, schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME and I will tailor everything specifically to you. I do them all online.
      This question you are asking somebody else tells me that you definitely need a consultation and that you definitely do not know what you are doing. I can tell you why in a consultation, once I've tailored everything to YOU.

  • @mrs.Columbo22
    @mrs.Columbo22 Год назад

    You are so helpful and so wonderful- thank you for making sense of everything for me ❤

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +1

      You are so very welcome, my dear. I love knowing that this education is helping you.

  • @Maria279
    @Maria279 Год назад

    Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏💕

  • @LuLU-ep7wf
    @LuLU-ep7wf Год назад

    Thank you for the lesson ❤

  • @christinehoffman1825
    @christinehoffman1825 Год назад

    Fantastic. Thank you 😊😊😊

  • @charlottemann3352
    @charlottemann3352 Год назад

    Thanks again Dr. Taylor! Pertinent and detailed information. I love the way you teach. Is there any genetic component to either one?

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад

      No, there is not, But in future videos, you will learn about a lot of other factors that play into the picture.

  • @krisq3616
    @krisq3616 7 месяцев назад +2

    I'm 50 and I was told I have extremely dense breasts. I get inconclusive results on mammograms, ultrasound and MRI. I've had 3 MRIs, all inconclusive. While it's not a disease, it sure makes it hard to get any sort of result from the aforementioned tests!

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  7 месяцев назад

      I can help you assess this in a consultation. You deserve to understand it fully. And you deserve peace of mind.
      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.

    • @stephaniesteed7653
      @stephaniesteed7653 3 месяца назад

      I have dense breast but one is more dense than the other.

  • @jeanetteraichel8299
    @jeanetteraichel8299 Год назад

    Good afternoon! Present and ready to learn! This is a interesting unit on our boobs and what can go wrong. I do love the props

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад

      You always make me smile. Jeanette.

    • @jeanetteraichel8299
      @jeanetteraichel8299 Год назад +1

      @@MenopauseTaylor You make a difference! You present and teach at a level we understand!

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +1

      @@jeanetteraichel8299 I'm so glad to know this. Thank you, my dear.

  • @athenachloewoodrow6356
    @athenachloewoodrow6356 10 месяцев назад +1

    🙏

  • @cinystarr4657
    @cinystarr4657 Год назад +9

    I've had dense, fibrocystic for many years pre & post meno. I always had to have further tests done usually with ultrasound to make sure it was nothing serious so it was always scary to go in for a checkup (which I put off out of fear). I had a few aspirated due to sharp pain with pressure but I accidentally got rid of my cysts unknowingly by adding Lugols iodine drops daily - all of a sudden one day I noticed they weren't all lumpy inside like before. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing with iodine & I'm not necessarily recommending for women to do this either. I don't know.

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +3

      It's best to refrain from "recommending" things to other women. We're all different.

    • @cinystarr4657
      @cinystarr4657 Год назад +4

      @@MenopauseTaylor AGREED! That's why I added that at the end of my comment - it's not recommending to anyone... we're all different with different dna & health histories. 👍🏼

    • @iss8504
      @iss8504 10 месяцев назад +3

      You are right. Breast tissue has iodine receptors, because we make milk for babies. I had horrible stabbing breast pain that I stopped with lugols drops. I was hunting thru pub med to find why i got follicular thyroid cancer and found out that women who have thyroid cancer have a significantly higher risk if breast cancer and vice versa. The studies believe that low iodine is behind both cancers. I have dense breasts. They feel very different now on iodine. No more lumps or pain and they feel very full.

    • @cinystarr4657
      @cinystarr4657 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@iss8504 Wow interesting. This sounds SO familiar. My mom had the same issues too. I just take 1 drop of Nascent or 2 drops of Lugols every other day and it keeps it all stable. Again I'm not going to do recommendations in these things since everyone is different and I don't know if it can be harmful to some ? But it's just a fact that I stumbled on when taking it and I wish I knew this back when my mom had the lumpy bumpies. I had them for years and it was embarrassing.

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  10 месяцев назад

      You are trying to connect dots that do not connect, my dear.
      This is precisely the kind of thing for which I do one-on-one consultations. If you want one, please consider scheduling 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.@@iss8504

  • @janetleephoto59
    @janetleephoto59 Год назад

    I can’t find anything online that says progesterone causes breast cysts. Most of what I’ve found says estrogen does this. Can you please provide a source?

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +2

      You are falling prey to marketing, my dear. This is just basic science.

    • @janetleephoto59
      @janetleephoto59 Год назад +3

      @@MenopauseTaylor not sure what you mean. This info was found on medical sites. I’m just asking for your source. You must’ve gotten it from somewhere.

  • @parisgirl3090
    @parisgirl3090 9 месяцев назад

    So if you have dense fibrocystic breasts and on hrt would it make sense to have more estrogen with your progesterone if you have an intact uterus?
    So dense and fibrocystic breasts have more chance of breast cancer?

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  9 месяцев назад

      I'll be covering this in this unit (next week).

  • @gypsylvia
    @gypsylvia Год назад +2

    Will you address extreme and persistent breast tenderness with HRT in this series?

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +2

      I will! But if you want it soon, please schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME. A video on this won't air for ages. I do them all online.

    • @parisgirl3090
      @parisgirl3090 9 месяцев назад +1

      That is me too. My dr doesn’t know enough about hrt and just tells me to stop it. The specialist that put me on bioidentical hrt gave my file to my dr lol. Then got into another on/gyn that said it doesn’t benefit me at all at age 60. Still trying to find a good on/gyn but it’s not easy to figure out which one when there are so many of them. Good luck to you!

  • @stephaniesteed7653
    @stephaniesteed7653 3 месяца назад

    My left breast has always been more dense than the other. Is that normal? I am on hrt! My breast are fibrystic.

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  3 месяца назад

      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.

  • @deboralove3986
    @deboralove3986 Год назад +1

    Dr. Taylor, should I be putting my daughter on birth control pills or not plant? She has psychological anxiety, & selective mutism. She has very few friends and I don't expect that she will ever be pregnant. Her periods cause her severe pain. SHE Screams in pain & takes Ibuprofen 800for it. I don't want her to get breast cancer or uterine cancer later. Right now, she is 20yrs.old.

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад +1

      This warrants a consultation. Please have your daughter schedule one. I can help her a lot, but not in a comment box. She can schedule at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I do them all online.

    • @deboralove3986
      @deboralove3986 Год назад

      Thank you very much for your attention to my question❤

    • @MenopauseTaylor
      @MenopauseTaylor  Год назад

      @@deboralove3986 You are so very welcome, my dear.

  • @Leavinsoon388
    @Leavinsoon388 Год назад +1

    I’m older so things swing low 😮

  • @jennieoh8543
    @jennieoh8543 Год назад +1

    My breasts are a number 2 and I am 62.