JODI and Others was Re: keeping ABREAST of how weird my body is :)
From: AdoptASAP (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 May 2001 19:58:22 -0500 (CDT)
Have you heard of this new bra called 'Its All You' bra? See:
http://www.perfectbra.com/bra/bra.html
I have only heard good thigns about this. Each bra is made per person.
Most bras push your boobs out into your armpits which stretches them out
and makes them sag. This does the opposite and can muslize your breast
area. I am doing this myself because mine are so odd that I cant find a
bra to fit except a sports bra which doesnt work well either. Mine are
2 whole cup sizes different and I have a big gap in between so I need a
spacer in my bras.
Now, there is no study to back this up but its something to think about.
She said that a lot of women that turn out to have breast cancer that
she has spoken to over the years, have the lumps exactly where their
underwire has been sitting. There is some evidance but not scientific
that can back that up. Meaning, the material the wires are made out of,
and the hows and whys lumps are created. When you hear her talk about
it and give lots of facts, it really makes you think.
I am not risking it by wearing underwire bras just in case. I got
enough probs.
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>At Fri, 25 May 2001, jodi wrote:
>>
>>in the "real" world (the non internet non-PCOS world) , i feel i'd have
>>to say this might be more info about
>>my body parts than anyone needs... but since it's generally safe to
>>bare all here...
>>
>>i am lastingly unnerved by a post someone made a while back (in the deep
>>voice thread, i think?)
>>about there being two types of PCOS - classic, with irreg periods &
>>obesity, and virilizing, with excess hair,
>>enlarged clitoris, and breast atrophy.
>>
>>wellllll... first of all, i seem to recall reading that PCOS is NOT the
>>same as virilization. and i remember my doc
>>saying to her assistant, now note that this is NOT the same as
>>virilization... (i have the body hair part...)
>>
>>does anyone know... is this true??? is PCOS the same as virilization or
>>is it not?
>>
>>so my other question is, ok, what does "breast atrophy" mean???
>>
>>i have always hated the shape of my boobs, or at least i have hated them
>>since i began thinking of my boobs as
>>a potential sexual, attractive feature rather than a petty annoyance
>>that made me different than the other girls in
>>my class. they are not ... well, they don't have that nice, round,
>>well-centered nipple look that most other
>>girls i've seen naked have. they're more like ... well, you know how
>>the pointy look was in in the 50's?
>>take that look, put the nipples in the points, and let 'em sag a bit.
>>(though they do perk up nicely and look
>>quite good if i am cold or, ahem, aroused...)
>>
>>so i remember reading somewhere that breasts come in different shapes,
>>and can be round or conical, firm
>>or pendulous... and that yours will probably be the same shape as your
>>mothers. i remember seeing my mother
>>naked in the bathtub as a child, and wondering we her breasts were kind
>>of low and pointy, rather than having
>>the shape of girls i saw in R rated movies my parents didn't know i was
>>watching. :)
>>
>>but... well, my mother carried and breast fed two kids... hers could
>>be that way because of that, right?
>>
>>i have tried those exercises where you lay on your back with your arms
>>out to the side and lift weights upward
>>to above your chest... i have tried pushups... i have tried nivea
>>firming lotion... but they just don't change shape!!!
>>i fear the sagginess might be from doing jumping jacks without a bra for
>>a few months when i was in 7th grade
>>(i hoped then for some reason that shaking around braless would make my
>>boobs go away!!! how dumb of
>>me...)... but what if the roundess comes from some hormonal thing, and
>>that is what i have messed up? they don't
>>change in shape if i am on the Pill... so i don't know if that's the
>>reason or not.
>>
>>any input anyone?? am i normal in the breast region, or do i have this
>>virilizing atrophy thing going on?
>>does such a thing even exist???
>>
>>like i said, they do look good when i am cold... only problem is, when
>>i am cold, my breasts look good but
>>my legs look even more purple-spotted... my body just won't let me
>>win!!! :)
>>
>>- jodi
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