Woman questions but if man knows something can help too :D ( Archived) (12)

The worst thing you can do is get second-hand, armchair advice here on this serious issue. Wait until your appointment with an expert and in the meantime keep your mind off it by doing something to keep busy.

Birth control pills which they use for this therepy can cause breast cancer.

i second that,even consult more than one specialist and see if they have the same opinion..

My dearest, first and foremost cool down, please!

"Freaking out" when it comes to ones hormones is the least productive thing to do.

Second, I will be telling a few science factoids that might or might not be of interest to you - I just believe that some added knowledge can never be of harm.

Simplistically speaking "Testosterone" is what makes a man a man and Estrogen is what makes a woman a woman.

I say this is over simplifying things, as both males and females actually posses either hormone.
All mammals are born inherently female.
Like many other biological features, the animal's actual gender is then determined by a trigger hormone, which encourages the development of the predisposition, or a suppressor hormone which, well suppresses the development of said feature.

The reason why e.g. both men and women have breasts, but male breasts are usually small in size and non-functional, is that the balance of EStrogen vs. Testosterone acts as a suppressor, not allowing the male breasts to fully develop.
There are known cases in which a genetical male developed fully sized breasts, because his Testosterone/Estrogen balance was screwed up.

Therefore Estrogen encourages the development of breasts, a soft voice and is also responsible for sparse body hair.
Except on the head, were - for as of yet unknown reasons - the hair follicles are inverted in their sensitivity.
Meaning a male's excess Testosterone will kill them and cause premature baldness (thus baldies actually tend to be more masculine than guys with a full set of head gear and women with too much Testosterone will likewise start losing theirs).

Testosterone is also the primary motivator for muscle growth, which is why its a popular doping aid.
But as I said before, both men & women produce both hormones.

Its just that men (normally) produce much more Testosterone and women more Estrogen.

So much for science babble ...

Imbalances for these hormones are nowadays easily treated, as either hormone can be produced artificially with a high degree of purity.

So once again, please do not freak out - there no reason to!