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Re: Painful breasts

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:54:01 -0500 (CDT)


At Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Sandra wrote: >
>My breasts are so painful about 3 weeks of the month that I am
>considering a hysterectomy. Is there another alternative to this as I
>have heard that a friends symptoms disappeared after having this
>procedure. Willing to try anything

The hysterectomy, or rather having your ovaries removed would help, as the loss of estrogen would result in less breast tenderness, but this is a very drastic step that I cannot recommend. There are other ways that your doctor can assist you with, even things as simple as taking Vitamin E every day.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
Clarksville, TN

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