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Re: breast pain and met?
From: Ann (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:59:25 -0500 (CDT)
Thank you Pat. I'll give it a try.
-Ann
At Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Pat wrote:
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>A fairly reliable recommendation for breast pain is: Evening Primrose
>Oil, 500 mf tp 100 mg/day (two capsules/day). Many providers recommend
>this, and women have found improvements in their cyclic breast pain. So,
>you are suggesting the pain starts in the early part of your cycle,
>after your menstrual period, or in the later part of your cycle. Usually
>the breast pain is before menstruaion, after ovulation, if one were
>ovulating.
>
>My thought on this is that if you are starting to get a hormone cycle
>back (which Met does), you will start to have some of the hormonal
>things that go with a normal menstrual cycle. Other things recommended
>for fibrocystic breasts include taking Vitamin E and avoiding caffine.
>Pat Sonnenstuhl, ARNP, CNM, MS
>PCOS Support
>Editorial Advisor PCOS Pavilion
>http://www.obgyn.net/pcos/pcos.asp
>http://www.midwivesofwa.org/pcos.htm
>http://www.midwivesofwa.org//pcosarticles.htm
>
><<<Lately I've started to have achy, sore, swollen breasts
>>during the pre-ovulatory part of my cycle. Has anyone else experienced
>>this? About a year ago my doctor commented on the possibility of
>>fibro-cystic breast disease on examination. At the time we decided to
>>look into it later because we were in the midst of trying to get a
>>diagnosis of PCOS and thyroid problems. So my second question would be
>>is pre-ovulatory breast pain part of fibro-cystic breast disease? I've
>>only experienced the pain during the early part of my cycle since
>>starting the metformin.>>
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