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Breast atrophy trauma

dsf95
dsf95
Okay, last year after my surgery, I had a hormone imbalance. I think my body went into shock and my adrenal glands were making too much testosterone. This is just conjecture from web MD.My Obgyn said there's nothing I can do to change it. Also could have been a bunch of hormones from the improved blood flow after the vascular surgery.? So my dance class woes were kind of a male puberty in my 30's. I can't describe how weird it was last year; I woke up one morning and my breasts were "dead" and floppy and it felt like a trauma in my chest. The hormones are back to normal and I didn't get hairier or anything. Weight loss was part of it.

So, I just thought that it meant being a smaller bra size. But my shoulders are getting narrower and so is the under bra measurement. After every period, more changes seem to happen. I always thought my shoulders were too wide, so this is actually making me look more feminine. But, I could be like an A cup next year. My years of losing weight in hopes of being a curvy goddess are dead. this is humiliating. Positive: my aunt and grandmother had breast cancer; guess I don't have to worry about it now. My shoulders hurt so much right now; my cycle ended last week. I'm living in the body Twilight Zone.
arfie
arfie
***Nerd Alert. Putting on my biologist cape:
Mammary glands are very complex organs, ds, in every single one of the mammalian species, no exceptions. You should see what dairy farmers have to go through to take care of their mammary glands.
***Nerd threat over***

***Now to rant.
I didn't grow enough breast to hold a bra down until I was in my 40's. They have been fluctuating in size ever since. Bras of any cup size still feel like torture devices. I often think the elective surgery I want is a double mastectomy. How, exactly, are these things enhancing my senior sex image? Can I have a life outside my sex appeal now?

I love the term, "Body Twilight Zone." Just might describe how I feel about the entire female physical experience, from molested "pretty girl" to patronized, 61 year old, "young lady."
KAdunn
KAdunn
There are medications you can take to balance your hormones. I'm perimenopausal and have been taking progesterone cream. Otherwise I feel dizzy and nausea and red faced and weird period. I had two periods that were two weeks apart. I have the naturally occurring higher testosterone and so does my older sister.It's called PCOS. have you been tested for it? I take metformin and it really helps with lowering testosterone and my cholesterol. I have hyperlipidemia also.
LeoX3
LeoX3
Honestly, that's a lot to comprehend, and nerd alert.... many a factor affects the glands, of all kinds. Don't self-dx off Web-anyone. They didn't go to medical school.

That said? I devleoped fibrocystic breast disease. Now I know why I had wide shoulders and am a "big" girl (as in broad across the hips and shoulders). Had t hold up the two cups sized *gained* in short order from fibrocysts. No cancer (yet) and not likely but Oh God, I miss being free of the need for and pains of a brassiere. Ouch. Just ouch.

I'm supposedly in pre-menopause but as yet, my periods, endometriosis and so on haven't gotten the memo. Weight seems irrelevant to the whole thing with me. *sgh*

All that to say.... There coud be a lot going on, so better safe than sorry, mention this to a doc, okay? There's many mysteries in the human body.
dsf95
dsf95
Thanks, sweet Arfie!

Kadunn: I've been tested and ultrasounded and I don't have PCOS. No cysts. Period got a little lighter, if anything. Calmer and better now.

I'm drinking guarana tea, which really helped me bike and helped me feel better, but I found out, too late, that it has some kind of a hormonal impact. But it's the only thing that's helped my leg and thyroid and makes me feel better. Since my boobs are gone anyway, I decided to keep drinking it, but maybe not as much as before. I don't think it's hormones now; just my upper body adjusting. I guess I should call the doctor anyway.
jewells1
jewells1
Bones don't shrink unless there is osteoporosis(loss od bone density)where the cell structure collapses on it's self. But loss of weight will remove fat deposits in connecting tissue and surface subcutaneous tissue. So that will affect the width measurement of shoulders and rib cage measurement of below breast, as well as the flattening of breast tissue where fat deposits naturally fluff up appearance.
Collegen is a big part of the process, since it holds all cells together. it is a protien based substance. So if your body in action is using more protien than you are injesting it will steal it from other parts.
Loss of weight will come from fattier tissue(breast) first usually for some reason, then other areas. Using muscles in dance will push out fat attached to the connecting strands of muscle tissue.... progesterone a male hormone will effect where your body stores lipids(fat)
Keep up with the drink and the flattening will continue, as well as the hip area that women tend to carry more fat in the tissue.. . next is a flat but, defined by gluteus maximus muscle only.

Hows that for nerdy? My classes did it to me.
J.
Keep up the
jewells1
jewells1
keep up the work* mad bad typing skills in motion.
dsf95
dsf95
Thank you jewells and Lei, guess I was silly to think bones could change. But what the heck happened to my shoulder?
jewells1
jewells1
Though not proven, fibromalgia points that include shoulder scapula and joint points trauma, can be onset and exacerbated by anxiety. Not all points are effected at the same time, but can be.

http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/default.htm

I have fibro that really flares with stress. Women are more prone than men. But given your dance history and movement, check with your doc.
LeoX3
LeoX3
Muscle tension can warp the bones, as can soft tissue damage, as I know, and that in connection with hormone changes or other significant body changes? You can change body shape. But please do consult a doc. Also, I have a passing acquaintance with guarana, not the tea, and it's *high in caffeine*. So it can suppress appetite and do all that a lot of caffeine would do, and it's used as an "energy" drink. t makes coffee look wimpy. So mention it to the doc, too. While South America uses it way more than coffee to get their caffeine, and it's safe of itself, tere's no regulation on what *else* is used with it.

Take care, okay?
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