So, I'm thinking a lot about breasts lately, because I'm trying to understand mine. My own recent masses disappeared but were followed by the 'appearance' of what now seem to be blocked milk ducts. I nursed for two years and three months, but have had milk come and go since I stopped nursing. I still get the "let down" sensation when I hear babies crying, where my breasts tingle and I feel ready to nurse. My breasts seem to respond the same way to the emotions of others. When someone cries in my presence I produce milk. So, now, I've got these blocked milk ducts under my nipple, that when massaged properly are expelling small amounts of milk four and a half years after I expected to.
Breasts are sponges. The mammary glands literally absorb things from our environments, which is why breast cancer is quite high, especially in the Mashpee area, where the ground water has been very polluted. It's by a military base, and there's a radar beam which runs through the town. It's also close to the power plant. Health depends of the quality of air, water, and food, as well as the emotional and mental environment you live in. Mammary glands absorb toxicants. We know this because when breast tumors are examined, dissected, and analyzed scientists have found that plastics (including BPAS which are found in plastic food containers, the linings of cans, and receipts) and other man-made chemicals are a large part of their composition. We also know that the chemicals from toilet boil deodorizers and perchlorate (a chemical found in jet engine cleaning fluid) are both found in mother's milk. Years before I became pregnant with my son, I began hovering over toilet seats and avoiding all contact with bathroom anything. I was the pick-up-a-paper-towel-before-opening-the-bathroom-door kind of woman. The idea that my mammary glands could be filled with cancer-causing chemicals made me very cautious. I threw out all make-up that wasn't 100 percent natural. I started juicing, eating tons of salads, walking a lot, doing aerobic exercise to videos at home with my mom, and got in touch with my body.
Thankfully, we also know that our bodies are constantly shifting. The medical community has accepted that uterine fibroids come and go, shrink and expand, often time quickly in women's bodies. What else shifts quickly? You hear of people healing themselves with prayer and powerful positive energy all of the time. Many clients have come to me following traditional treatment for breast cancer, and some have come to me with lumps suspecting that these were tumors, which I treated with herbal tea, angel work and shamanic healings, after which masses have disappeared.
Breasts are such a part of female identity and effect the way people relate to us. People associate them with being womanly, nurturing, sensual, motherly, and many men flat out only find women with large breasts attractive. People respond to boobs, that's why they are photoshopped in every magazine to be rounder, perkier, smoother, larger. Over the years mine have fluctuated in size, shape, and texture. My relationship to them has also changed after having a baby. When you lactate, if you nurse, they become engorged in milk, quite round. When my son was six week old, my breasts were large hard balls. I couldn't stop nursing for more than three or four hours or they would ache. In fact, even after 'round-the-clock nursing patterns, I had really bad mastitis a few times. These involved painful inflammations which manual massage, hot water, herbal packs, and heating pads didn't cure. It wasn't until I discovered nursing my baby upside down and over my shoulder (where I was lying down), that his little chin pushed into the spot that needed to be stimulated to release blocked milk. By the time I was threw with being a nursing machine, my boobs were spent, my vital force was gone and all of the fat tissues had been converted to milk. My nipples looked sad, and surely Maria Shriver would have considered me "damaged goods". It took a long time before I related to them in a sensual way again. I was like, "Don't touch them. You're reminding me of [our son]".
I have a theory about the link between hard alcohol and breasts. When I went through my honeymoon with vodka, where it was literally the first thing I had for breakfast (mixed with cherry juice), I had cleavage. So much so that my boyfriend's friends' would comment on them. At that time I also had a soft spot for mole burritos, and large margaritas. But, through the vodka honeymoon which lasted a number of months my breasts were quite different. Mammary glands absorb toxicants. It would make sense of alcohol made breast tissue swell up. Alcohol makes lymph nodes swell up and the belly swell up.
For the record, most natural and organic products have chemicals known to cause cancer. In fact, my friend called me up today with a new detox product. Wraps which contain a bunch of wonderful herbs, but also a lot of harmful preservatives. There are good products out there, but you've got to be really careful. Everyone calculates their own risk. It is helping her to lose weight effectively without making dietary changes. Drinking water improves digestion and metabolism too though. Most people could lose weight just by breathing more deeply and drinking a gallon of pure water a day. Living stressed out in fear is at least are harmful to our immune systems as toxic chemicals themselves are. However, the lymphatic system is easily put off balance. Acidic conditions caused by the consumption of sugar, wheat, caffeine, tobacco, dairy, processed meat, preservatives and dyes are all bad news for your immune system which is responsible for keeping damaged cells in check. The tests doctors give often don't reveal problems until your body is already struggling to keep above water. Especially when it comes to the endocrine system.
