Hopefully this post can stay. There are no answers my drs can give me, so this has to be from others with personal experience. I take a rather high dose of estradiol and progesterone cocktail. Estradiol by injection. It was a study to see if I could get my liver to recover after immune system problems caused by uncle sam.. I accepted taking to hormones on a hunch my body may recover, and it has more than drs can even understand. I have to keep this regiment for the rest of my life for mind and health. To literally stay alive (i need to make a book about it someday).
Ok, big thing, and I mean big is that feeling good for once today, I realized I may be at least an "a" cup after 13 months. I thought getting a sports bra may help hide my new friends when out and not hurt as bad when my wife drives over bumps.. after doing the 2 measurement method, I found I'm a 44b? To verify, I checked other websites and even measured wife to find she's a 34b.. mine are still conical but starting to round out with the milk ducts growing more than just fat.
I only want to get to a "c" size but fearing my mom was a "dd" instead of the "d" I had thought she was.
It would be a dream to be big and beautiful but I have health issues with a spinal fusion. I already carry oxygen on my back and it's starting to become hell as my health gets worse. The estradiol has helped in many ways but big breasts with condition may not be verywise.
Any suggestions out there on how long they grow, kind of a growth chart? Any herbs to slow them down soon without adding anymore meds to my 30 plus pills I take a day already? Tight bras? Sauna? I'd hate to have to cut on them in a few years:( maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but I have to start making plans. I'll be luck to get a few more years and just turning 40.. I know anything mentioned is just an idea, but maybe a place to start researching in advance. It was planning ahead, research, not listening to the pros, while checking out quack leads that I'm alive rt now;)
Thanks in advance on any ideas, I've had an orch, testosterone makes my condition worse, and I cannot stop the estradiol, so any ideas on this one? I doubt if some of the other vets who got this disease would be as willing to go the lengths I have to survive.. they just put me in the va system under gender dysphoria, rather than try to explain the other side of this. They are so lost as to what to do with me. Any ideas are much appreciated;) I'm sure someone has found this solution by accident. Could be as simple as they noticed eating bananas on Tuesday seemed to slow it down. I'm willing to listen so I can be ready if that time does come. I'd hate to be bed ridden because my breasts were too heavy? May sound stupid, but it's a possibility I have to live with. But until that time, I'm going to enjoy them growing;)
Have you perhaps discussed with your doctor about taking tamoxifen? It is an antagonist of the estrogen receptor in breast tissue, so could help retard any growth. Of course it may contradict the reasons why you are taking estradiol, so hence why you should consult your doctor first.
Wow, this was never mentioned;) my drs are mostly from around El paso TX and who I can get to talk to online. If I could travel, I'd be seeing more.. this tamoxifen may be the drug to replace the estradiol all together if hopefully it works on my mind too. I was diagnosed with adhd a few years back, it may be that, but then again I have a few masses in the brain that are just there. They say it's from the disease cutting off the blood flow.
I was taking Adderall for a few years which worked great until I found the disease is playing with my heart like a soulless lover! I had to get off the Adderall in fear of future complications. This was the first time I came across estradiol as a treatment. I tried other meds but up until the end of last year, it sucked having things todo, but not being able to decide what todo.
I will research more into this drug and I thank you for the hint. If there are still more ideas out there, I will be glad to hear. I don't want to put my eggs all into one basket incase this fails such as allergic or will not play nice with my tons of other meds. I have to take a med for almost every organ. I don't seem to produce any hormones, enzymes, or anything someone alive produces. Somedays I feel like I should just switch to blood, feeling like I belong to the undead;) its that bi-weekly shot of estradiol that makes me feel alive and full of emotions;) My one link to humanity still.. does anyone else think the transition is like being reborn or given a new life? nap time!