Re: painful underarm lumps

[Guest guest]

I got shooting electric pains in my breasts and into my armpits when I was on WP

progesterone so we get opposite responses apparently. Some of the former

members of the group who had previously overcome some very serious kinds of

breast cancer (Cougie, Lyn - see the archives) would say to apply Lugols iodine

to problematic breasts. www.breastcancerchoices.org has loads of documentation.

Some might say to apply P to painful breasts when using E. A member of the

group did that and hers got worse. It really depends on the woman! You'll

need to sort out your path on this. Do check out the website. The owners are

devoted to gathering good documentation for women. For example they documented

that removing lymph nodes was bad stuff long before it was announced in the news

years later.

Laurel

> I am experiencing very painful lumps with shooting pains in my right armpit

and am hoping someone in the group can shed some light on why this is happening.

The pain seems to be directly related to my use of bio-identical estrogen as

whenever I have stopped dosing, the lumps and pain subside. I have tried both

estradot and estrogel, but both have the same side effect - right side only.

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> I am tempted to stop the estrogen again . . . though I hate the resulting hot

flashes and menopausal symptoms I experience when not taking estrogen. (I also

take prometrium about every three months.)

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> Has anyone else experienced this problem? I am getting quite worried as the

pain is getting stronger and more frequent. Could this be a sign of breast

cancer?

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> My doctor wants me to get a mammogram . . . I am wondering if I should ask for

an ultrasound as well since the basic mammogram doesn't seem to include the

underarm area.

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> I would greatly appreciate any thoughts / suggestions you might have.

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> Thank you.

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[Guest guest]

Laurel and ,

This month Dr. Schwarzbein put me on 7 lines of static WP E estrogen and on day 18-19 (last Saturday and Sunday) I took 1/1/2 lines of WP P total during those 2 days and started having symptoms such as pain in left breast and armpit, difficulty sleeping, jittery, brain fog, heart palpitations, mental lapses, incontinence, some bloating, sore teeth, and craving chocolate (after being off it for a month). She had me stop the P completely and drop to 6 lines of E. I have felt better and am thrilled that I haven't had any vaginal burning this month!. I feel calmer, am sleeping better and no longer have dry eyes. However, I live with a lot of anxiety about the well-being of my body, such as possible breast cancer, bone loss, etc. I think that I am continuing to release stored P from 21 months on WP and I'm thinking that just about any symptom at this point is related to release of P. Today is day 23

and I am having lots of joint and muscle pain, especially my left shoulder, arm, armpit, and breast, right hip and calve muscle, little hair growth under my arms and legs, brain fog, and forgetfulness. I imagine this season will be difficult because I won't be able to control the amount of P releasing from my tissues. I pray I will have enough E to conteract it and keep me safe as I continue to lower it. Right now the thought of ever taking any P in any form again is just plain nauseating. Laurel, if you have a list of symptoms to look for signs of P overdose please share them. I know my doctor's goal is to get me on a low dose cycling bio-identical E patch and P where I will continue to have a menustral cycle. She believes in just supplementing what you have lost. She is also monitoring my cortisorl so I don't have adrenal failure while going through this process. I know eating differently has

certainly helped. I have learned a lot and still have so much more to learn. Thanks!

Sheree

To: rhythmicliving Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 12:32:58 PMSubject: Re: painful underarm lumps

I got shooting electric pains in my breasts and into my armpits when I was on WP progesterone so we get opposite responses apparently. Some of the former members of the group who had previously overcome some very serious kinds of breast cancer (Cougie, Lyn - see the archives) would say to apply Lugols iodine to problematic breasts. www.breastcancerchoices.org has loads of documentation. Some might say to apply P to painful breasts when using E. A member of the group did that and hers got worse. It really depends on the woman! You'll need to sort out your path on this. Do check out the website. The owners are devoted to gathering good documentation for women. For example they documented that removing lymph nodes was bad stuff long before it was announced in the news years later. Laurel> I am experiencing very painful

lumps with shooting pains in my right armpit and am hoping someone in the group can shed some light on why this is happening. The pain seems to be directly related to my use of bio-identical estrogen as whenever I have stopped dosing, the lumps and pain subside. I have tried both estradot and estrogel, but both have the same side effect - right side only.> > I am tempted to stop the estrogen again . . . though I hate the resulting hot flashes and menopausal symptoms I experience when not taking estrogen. (I also take prometrium about every three months.)> > Has anyone else experienced this problem? I am getting quite worried as the pain is getting stronger and more frequent. Could this be a sign of breast cancer?> > My doctor wants me to get a mammogram . . . I am wondering if I should ask for an ultrasound as well since the basic mammogram doesn't seem to include the underarm area.> > I would

greatly appreciate any thoughts / suggestions you might have.> > Thank you.> > > > > > ------------------------------------> > click here for our webpage http://rhythmicliving.com/> > **The group conversation is informational in nature and is not intended as medical advice.**