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[Charleyfarley]

Hi everyone. Merry Christmas 

I was wondering, breast tenderness is a side effect of HRT & I have been bumbling along the last few weeks just accepting that it’s probably normal.

It was only when I had a look online (quadruples my health anxiety!!!) that I saw people saying that although they were sure the huge boobs were hormonal they had still been to get checked….

I’m now getting anxious, are swollen boobs a sign of breast cancer? I have been using HRT patches since September this year and it’s only the last few weeks that they have really swollen up.

[ernie567]

Each time my dose of Evoril Conti has gone up (50 to 75 and recently to 100) my boobs have increased in size and become extremely tender. The size has stayed but the tenderness seems to ease off after maybe 2 to 3 months. I have large breasts (32FF) for my frame so I have always thought that the larger they are, the more tender they are, but I've no evidence from other people on that one. When I take my bra off at night they thud down out of their support and it hurts, and when touched they are tender.

[ernie567]

I should also have said that I have been on the higher dose now for about 2 months and it's only in the last 2 weeks or so that they're larger and more tender. Based on my experience, I'd expect this tenderness to last a couple of months - I don't know if I just get used to it or whether something else happens.

[Charleyfarley]

Thank you so much for that Ernie, sounds exactly the same…ooooh sounds painful when you take off your bra!

I think if it had started the day after started the patches I wouldn’t have blinked but because it was a couple of months in I started to panic!

Thank you the reassurance is very much appreciated ♥️

[SarahT]

Hello

I have always had nasty breast tenderness as part of pms, it seemed to lessen when I hit perimenopause but then came back with a vengeance I also went from a B to  D cup. Which though tender and painful I kind of likes the size.... But I do think in perimenopause the huge hormone fluctuations downplay a part in breast pain. I take a high strength evening primrose oil capsule ( Boots, vegan ones) which does seem to help. Definitely felt worse savvy time I upped my patch, but having been on 125 for several months all seems to have settled down a lot. X

[Charleyfarley]

Aaah thank you Sarah….definitely makes sense that it would increase with the patch…I feel somehow like even the lowest dose is kinda flooding me with both the good and the bad 😂🤦‍♀️ ovulation and clear discharge is now like periods but on STEROIDS and periods have gone aaaaall the way back to my teens, heavy flooding and gorgeous big spots 👀🤯 but it was always the psychological effect that was crippling and moods have really lifted so I’m gonna take the symptoms on the chin…can’t have it all I guess 🤷‍♀️😂♥️

[Penguin]

Remember your own fluctuations may well be going on underneath the additional estrogen you are adding. Perhaps that explains delayed response with the sore boobs?

[Charleyfarley]

I was thinking exactly the same Penguin…

Is it possible that behind the new replacement estrogen and progesterone I have my natural ones that could be taking the fake ones into overdrive?? The way I’m describing that sounds a bit crazy but sometimes I can feel extra wired…like the estrogen is on overdrive or the progesterone is a double downer

still so green with all this peri, I try and research as much as I can but I’m still trying to make sense of some things…

[SarahT]

Charley if you ever do figure all this out do let us know the answer.

It can feel like you are going mad at times. I often used to think to myself the only consistency is it seems totally inconsistent.😲. It's taken me some time with lots of huge ups and downs, but I think I am now on the oestrogen and progesterone  hrt regime that suits my needs right now. It's not perfect but I was never expecting a cure, just more stability. It can be very much trial and error and patience, which is the worse thing to try to be when your hormones are playing  up - tbh I never thought I would get as stable as I am right now. So I wish you well, and just post any question any time, or sometimes what helps me more than anything is the huge support when so need it most

[Penguin]

I was thinking exactly the same Penguin…

Is it possible that behind the new replacement estrogen and progesterone I have my natural ones that could be taking the fake ones into overdrive?? The way I’m describing that sounds a bit crazy but sometimes I can feel extra wired…like the estrogen is on overdrive or the progesterone is a double downer

still so green with all this peri, I try and research as much as I can but I’m still trying to make sense of some things…

That's definitely possible. Estrogen spikes do that for me, this month's lasted nearly a fortnight. Then of course when I start the utrogestan, that causes soreness all by itself 🤷‍♂️

[Charleyfarley]

I was thinking exactly the same Penguin…

Is it possible that behind the new replacement estrogen and progesterone I have my natural ones that could be taking the fake ones into overdrive?? The way I’m describing that sounds a bit crazy but sometimes I can feel extra wired…like the estrogen is on overdrive or the progesterone is a double downer

still so green with all this peri, I try and research as much as I can but I’m still trying to make sense of some things…

That's definitely possible. Estrogen spikes do that for me, this month's lasted nearly a fortnight. Then of course when I start the utrogestan, that causes soreness all by itself 🤷‍♂️

Well that just automatically eases my anxiety so thank you so much 🙏♥️ I think I have definitely had a couple of weeks of estrogen….spiking to Everest 😂🤦‍♀️ but seriously thank you…I do find the power of reassurance & just someone else that experiences it super helpful x

[Charleyfarley]

Charley if you ever do figure all this out do let us know the answer.

It can feel like you are going mad at times. I often used to think to myself the only consistency is it seems totally inconsistent.😲. It's taken me some time with lots of huge ups and downs, but I think I am now on the oestrogen and progesterone  hrt regime that suits my needs right now. It's not perfect but I was never expecting a cure, just more stability. It can be very much trial and error and patience, which is the worse thing to try to be when your hormones are playing  up - tbh I never thought I would get as stable as I am right now. So I wish you well, and just post any question any time, or sometimes what helps me more than anything is the huge support when so need it most

Thank you Sarah…..honestly so comforting to read these comments, your all so kind…how amazing that you’re feeling so stable aswell…gives me hope 🤩 I’m an older mama so my little girls only 5 and I’m determined to make it as stable as I possibly can so that her formative years aren’t just a rollercoaster of emotional highs and lows 🤦‍♀️♥️xx

[Bass1979]

Hi

I have been experiencing the same my boobs are killing me with the left boob and armpit pain the worst.

I have been very anxious too

So I have been on the patch 10 weeks in total, however was on for 6 weeks had really bad headache so took a 2 week break and then re started so now been back on them for 4 weeks and I think am on the “normal” cycle but I have had an hysterectomy (ovaries remain) so not 100% sure when my “normal” cycle should be

Am just worried all the time, I also take evening primrose which at the min not helping x