NHS Unfair?!
Question:
NHS Unfair?
I am 23 years old with a bust size of 34 G, I was a C cup at 10, I have always had large breasts and to be honest I am sick and tired of them.
I went to the doctors 3 years ago with a BMI of 36 (15 stone) I spoke the surgeon and he said that my BMI would need to be 30 or less for me to be considered. I went back to the doctors 2 weeks ago and my BMI now is 29 but have been told that the NHS do not do breast reductions anymore. I am now 12 stone so lost the weight they wanted and now I have been rejected.
I am not doing it for vanity reasons, I have a severe bad back 98% of the time, burning in my neck and I have had a fungal infection underneath my breasts as well (not very nice) I know they will get bigger and I just do not know what to do.
I cannot afford £3,500 to have a reduction and to be honest can't afford to spend £35-£40 on bras that are strong enough to support me!!!
I need advise Please.....
Answers:
I would guess that you are estrogen dominant
This implies that it will be difficult for you to lose weight and keep it off. If your body is still estrogen dominant it will convert any spare food energy to fat. That's just the way it works.
If you are estrogen dominant your breasts may be getting a message to "grow". If you restore your hormone balance my guess is that you may see some desired results.
You may wish to do the on line hormone tests at http://www.hormoneprofile.com or http://www.johnleemd.com
If as I suspect they recommend you obtain hormones please have a saliva test done see http://www.npis.info or http://www.salivatest.com. A saliva test will check out active hormones something that blood tests do not. The WHO (World Health Organisation) uses saliva tests.
If a hormone is suggested by the saliva test please take the dose suggested. Size 10 shoes are not twice as good if you have size 5 feet.
A transcript of a John Lee talk http://www.keepsmilin.com/transcriptdrle... I have transcribed John Lee's December 2002 & June 2003 talks
http://uk.geocities.com/willim_walker@bt...
Any of these talks explain why for active hormone levels a blood test is worthless. Blood tests find hormones, but they are the ones on their way out of the body having done their work. They are not the active hormones.
I would rely on a saliva test to confirm the requirement for progesterone or any other hormones.
There is a list of doctors at http://www.npis.info who are aware of the benefits of natural progesterone they may be more helpful than your GP. Maybe you are about to educate your GP before using the hormones.
In countries other than the UK there are doctors knowledgeable about natural progesterone and other hormones
Natural progesterone means natural to humans i.e. identical to that produced by the human body.
For a good explanation of how vital natural progesterone is to humans see
http://www.hormoneprofile.com/howhormone...
and other pages on this site
Wild yam is that Wild Yam the body will not convert it to progesterone. Also do not take fake/synthetic progesterone/progestins manufactured by the drug companies they will be of NO benefit.
After having done a saliva test I would suggest you talk to a doctor, one the NPIS ones or your own GP, before you buy progetrone which must be natural progesterone USP. USP means United States Pharmacopoeia.
If you skip to the end of http://uk.geocities.com/willim_walker@bt... there is a good summary -- 22 Susan Aschoff - St Petersburg Times Summary
When your hormone balance is better you''ll be healthier. All the best